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October 2007 in “Australasian Journal of Dermatology” This case study reported that a 62-year-old woman with alopecia areata experienced significant hair regrowth with completely non-pigmented white hair following a 2-month course of oral prednisolone.
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May 2012 in “PloS one” This study found that non-pigmented hair follicles have significantly lower expression of nucleotide excision repair genes, which may be associated with reduced melanin production capacity in these follicles.
March 2019 in “Our Dermatology Online” A woman with severe hair loss regrew mostly white hair after treatment.
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August 2016 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” In this study, photodynamic therapy was found to achieve permanent reduction of nonpigmented hair in mice, unlike an 800-nm diode laser, by targeting the hair matrix through repeated sessions.
February 2016 in “Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University)” This study found that photodynamic therapy may offer a new option for removing nonpigmented hair, although it was less effective than diode laser for black hair in mice.