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5 / 1000+ results![Skin Commensal Antigens: Taking the Road Less Traveled](/images/research/1f1b9501-7bd0-4961-b78c-010c0c0e88d6/small/19460.jpg)
research Skin Commensal Antigens: Taking the Road Less Traveled
Skin bacteria can help wound healing by activating certain immune cells.
research Transduction‐induced overexpression of Merkel cell T antigens in human hair follicles induces formation of pathological cell clusters with Merkel cell carcinoma‐like phenotype
Overexpressing Merkel cell virus proteins in human hair follicles can create clusters of cells that resemble Merkel cell cancer.
![T-cell “induced-self” MHC class I/peptide complexes may enable “de novo” tolerance induction to neo-antigens occurring outside of the thymus](/images/research/4786b405-c44d-4679-ab53-323b21641dea/small/35821.jpg)
research T-cell “induced-self” MHC class I/peptide complexes may enable “de novo” tolerance induction to neo-antigens occurring outside of the thymus
Hair follicles may help teach the immune system to tolerate new self-antigens, but this can sometimes cause hair loss.
research Perinevoid Alopecia: Report of Two Cases and Literature Review
Antigens from skin cells may cause hair loss in perinevoid alopecia.
![085 Autoantigen screening in C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata revealed high antigenicity of melanocyte-associated antigen epitopes](/images/research/9b102364-6b74-4efa-a188-705b1131bbf3/small/35793.jpg)
research 085 Autoantigen screening in C3H/HeJ mouse model of alopecia areata revealed high antigenicity of melanocyte-associated antigen epitopes
Melanocyte-associated antigens may play a key role in alopecia areata and could be targets for new treatments.
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5 / 11 resultscommunity 25F and have been losing my hair for 10 years. Been to doctors, no issues with thyroid or hormones. No history of hair loss in my family. Wtf do I do?
A 25-year-old woman has been losing hair for 10 years despite normal thyroid, hormone levels, and B12 supplementation. She has used Minoxidil with limited success and is considering hair transplants, Propecia, or shaving her head and wearing wigs.
community Physician here AMA – 30M oral Fin 1-1.25 mg daily
Hair loss treatments, specifically the use of finasteride, microneedling and potentially oral minoxidil. People discussed their experiences with finasteride, its effects on sexual behaviors, as well as potential solutions such as tadalafil or using other growth factor signal peptides for hope in curing male pattern baldness.
community 4 months progress / dut 0.5mg + topical min
The conversation is about someone's 4-month hair regrowth progress using 0.5mg dutasteride and topical minoxidil. Another person is inspired and is using 5mg finasteride and 5% minoxidil topically twice daily, hoping for similar results.
community Hormonal panel after 1 year of treatment - DHT levels doubled!!
A 27-year-old man shared his hormonal panel results after one year of taking finasteride 1mg/day for hair loss, showing his DHT levels nearly doubled. He reported stabilized hair loss with mild side effects that resolved, and he is considering a hair transplant but is concerned about the increased DHT levels and potential treatment options.
community No fin/no min protocol. Pictures were 4.5 years apart. January 2019-June 2023. I am 28 years old was 23 in the first picture.
The post is about a user's progress pictures of their hair loss over a span of 4.5 years. They did not use finasteride or minoxidil for their hair loss treatment.