March 2021 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology” A man unhappy with his old hair restoration got a new, natural-looking hairline using a combination of follicular unit extraction and punch graft reduction.
This study achieved over 99% antibacterial efficacy against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli by modifying camel hair with Rose Bengal, allowing for color customization and strong mechanical properties under visible light, thus suggesting a high-value approach to diversifying camel hair textiles.
May 2022 in “Dermatology practical & conceptual” This study developed new graded visual scales integrating macroscopic and trichoscopic images for assessing the severity of androgenetic alopecia in men and women, potentially aiding in more objective disease evaluation.
June 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” In this study, researchers developed ScalpViT, a novel deep learning model, to improve the automated diagnosis of visually similar scalp diseases, achieving 94.3% accuracy and outperforming existing models like ResNet-50 and EfficientNet-B3 when tested on a diverse dataset of 7,000 images.
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October 2012 in “Anais Brasileiros De Dermatologia” This study found that dermoscopy is an effective tool for diagnosing and monitoring androgenetic alopecia in women, as it helped identify common signs such as hair miniaturization and peripilar brown halo.
January 2007 in “Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London)” This study identified interactions between EGF signaling and the GLI proteins in basal cell carcinoma that may contribute to the limited metastasis seen in this skin cancer.
October 2021 in “Aesthetic Plastic Surgery” New techniques in hair restoration surgery can lead to better hair alignment.
June 2025 in “Jurnal Bumigora Information Technology (BITe)” In this study, researchers aimed to develop a Naive Bayes algorithm to predict hair loss risk based on personal and clinical data, including age, gender, stress levels, hormones, and family history. Results were not reported.
February 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study introduces the N-K Healing Series, an alternative geometric approach to medicine, claimed to restore tissue fully and eliminate pain without the traditional drawbacks, allegedly achieving results beyond mainstream medical treatments in simulated injury scenarios.
In this study, researchers developed a method to create a synthetic dataset of facial acne images using generative techniques, achieving 97.6% classification accuracy with InceptionResNetv2, which helps overcome privacy concerns in biomedical applications by using anonymized data.
February 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” This study presents the N‑K Healing Series, a geometric approach to medicine that claims to restore tissue geometry, eliminate pain, and regenerate burns more effectively than traditional treatments, with simulations demonstrating significant improvements in healing outcomes and reduced scarring.
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February 2002 in “Journal of theoretical biology” This study found that a stochastic follicular automaton model replicates hair follicle cycle fluctuations, with deterministic simulations aligning with steady-state levels as follicle numbers increase.
June 2026 in “Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)” In this study, researchers developed a hybrid deep learning model called ScalpViT that accurately diagnosed scalp diseases with 94.3% accuracy, surpassing existing methods like ResNet-50 and EfficientNet-B3, and providing visual explainability for clinicians using GradCAM and Attention Rollout techniques.
March 2021 in “The British Journal of Psychiatry” The abstract for this research is not provided, so results or conclusions from this study are not available.
This study found that applying transfer learning with CNN architectures like AlexNet, VGG16, and ResNet50 achieved 99% accuracy in classifying multiclass hair disorders, suggesting a potential technological aid for dermatologists in diagnosing and treating hair conditions.
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January 2011 in “Journal of Cutaneous Pathology” This study introduces the "HoVert" technique, which generates both vertical and horizontal sections from a single biopsy to effectively differentiate lichen planopilaris from discoid lupus erythematosus in alopecia cases.
April 2020 in “JOJ dermatology & cosmetics” This study discusses eyebrow reconstruction techniques, highlighting the correction of unsatisfactory transplants using donor hair without laser or tattoos, focusing on factors like hair follicle density and eyebrow shape.
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September 2002 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This study presents an evaluation system that helps hair restoration surgeons better identify candidates for alopecia-reducing procedures, resulting in more consistently good outcomes by excluding poor and borderline candidates.
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June 2020 in “Dermatology and therapy” In this case report, narrowband-UVB phototherapy successfully treated a rare instance of Graham Little-Piccardi-Lassueur syndrome, a variant of lichen planopilaris, as investigated through non-invasive imaging techniques.
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October 2023 in “Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems” This study proposed and tested an Ensemble Pre-Learned Deep Learning and Optimized Long Short-Term Memory (EPL-OLSTM) model for classifying Alopecia Areata, achieving a 93.1% accuracy in differentiating healthy from varying severity levels of AA scalp hair using specific datasets.
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August 2023 in “Nature Communications” In this study, researchers observed that the combination of hair progenitors and their micro-niche changes every three days in mouse zigzag hair, and disruptions in specific genes affected this rhythm, highlighting the importance of this periodic change for normal hair morphology.
November 1998 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article discusses recent advancements in hair restoration techniques, focusing on optimizing efficiency for megasession procedures, and reports no new experimental results.
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December 2018 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” This study highlights the importance of recognizing artifacts in trichoscopy, as certain cosmetic products can mimic signs of early androgenetic alopecia.
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February 2012 in “Journal of Clinical Investigation” This review discusses the role of Hedgehog signaling in basal cell carcinoma development and highlights genetic mouse models and potential targeted therapies, but reports no new clinical results.
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August 2005 in “The American Journal of Dermatopathology” This article critically assesses literature favoring horizontal over vertical sections for diagnosing scalp diseases and concludes that a qualitative, vertical approach improves diagnostic precision for alopecias.
July 2025 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” In this study, higher expression of PEDF was observed in hair follicles from balding regions in AGA patients, suggesting that targeting PEDF could be a promising approach for treating androgenetic alopecia.
December 2024 in “Annals of Medicine and Surgery” Early diagnosis of pseudopelade of Brocq in men is crucial to prevent permanent hair loss.
January 2026 in “JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft” This study developed a deep-learning model that accurately diagnosed alopecia areata with an accuracy of 88.92% and distinguished its activity levels with an accuracy of 83.33%, highlighting the potential for artificial intelligence in improving the diagnosis and treatment of this autoimmune hair loss condition.
April 2026 in “International Journal of Engineering Research and Science & Technology” This study reports that an Explainable AI-based hair health prediction system using a novel hybrid model outperformed traditional machine learning methods, achieving high accuracy in predicting key factors and providing personalized recommendations.
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January 1997 in “Archives of Dermatology” This retrospective study of 1604 alopecia areata cases reported 13 instances of a potentially new hair regrowth pattern, termed the "androgenetic-like pattern".