September 2021 in “Physiology News” The abstract does not provide any research findings or conclusions to summarize, focusing instead on color and logo specifications.
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July 2025 in “Drug development & registration” This study developed and tested a new algorithm for analyzing coat and skin coloration in laboratory animals, using digital images and hierarchical color clustering, which effectively quantified color proportions and tracked changes over time without specialized software.
August 2023 in “The Kitakanto Medical Journal” Image analysis can effectively identify changes in scalps affected by chemotherapy-induced hair loss.
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March 1942 in “JAMA” This article examines the subject of gray hair, questioning its meaning and how vitamins or chemicals might affect it, but provides no new experimental findings.
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July 2010 in “Journal of life sciences” This study found that gray scalp hair had a higher prevalence of continuous medullation and crenate cuticle type compared to black scalp hair among Bengalee males.
February 2026 in “American Scientific Research Journal for Engineering, Technology, and Sciences (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers)” This study analyzed gray hair, revealing that it differs from pigmented hair in follicular activity, oxidative balance, and structure, impacting coloring processes and necessitating adapted techniques to maintain hair quality.
February 2022 in “arXiv (Cornell University)” This study introduces a novel method for capturing and digitally rendering the color appearance of physical hair samples using deep neural networks.
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January 2022 in “Electronic Imaging” This study introduces a novel method for digitizing hair color that accurately captures and renders the color appearance of physical hair samples in synthetic images.
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May 2001 in “Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE” This paper presents an RGB video microscopic system to monitor optical properties of hair shafts and follicles in vitro, but reports no new clinical results.
In this report, a unique case of premature graying in a 32-year-old male, with onset at age 15 and a distinctive fractal pattern, was presented, highlighting the need for further investigation into its potential causes and mechanisms.
September 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study applied a new RGB trichrome stain to human skin samples, revealing distinct structural staining in normal tissues and potential proteoglycan-rich zones in hair follicles.
50 citations
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February 2004 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology”
The document concludes that dermatology training and grading scales need to better represent dark-skinned individuals to improve diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions.
January 2004 in “Linchuang pifuke zazhi” This study identified specific genes that are more abundantly expressed in black hair than in gray hair, with black hair displaying higher expression of pigment-related proteins and gray hair showing increased expression of keratin-related genes.
November 2025 in “Informatica” This study introduces a novel image enhancement method that significantly improves the visual quality of low-light sports images by utilizing improved bilateral filtering and the CLAHE algorithm, achieving a 65.24% improvement in color and edge detail preservation compared to state-of-the-art methods on the LOL dataset.
This study found that ponytails with small fractions of gray hair have significantly lower swing height and higher damping, affecting the dynamic movement and appearance compared to those with fewer gray hairs.
December 2023 in “Modern engineering and innovative technologies” This article explores the theoretical foundations of the ChromaLens Precision Mapping system for analyzing hair, but it does not present any new experimental findings.
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.
This study found that some white or grey hairs can naturally regain pigmentation, suggesting hair greying may be reversible in certain conditions linked to psychological stress.
January 2020 in “대한미용학회지” This study reported that both gray and black-brown hair had decreased sulfur content after dyeing with a permanent hair dye mixture consisting primarily of carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.
5 citations
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January 2018 in “Skin Research and Technology” This letter compares automated digital image analysis (TrichoScan) with manual marking of hairs in male patients with androgenetic alopecia but reports no new results.
June 2025 in “Clinical Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology” This study examined the factors contributing to gray hair, such as genetics and lifestyle, and found that while graying correlates with some health conditions, it is primarily a physiological process rather than a pathological one.
April 2025 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study evaluated a new AI-linked imaging device for grading dandruff severity, finding high correlation with expert assessments and suggesting its potential application in other skincare areas due to its versatility and ease of use.
July 2026 in “Journal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery” This study found that trichoscopic quantitative parameters reliably indicate the severity of female pattern hair loss and complement the Sinclair scale by offering a more objective and reproducible grading system.
April 2026 in “Cosmetics” This study developed and tested a shampoo with semi-permanent dyes designed to gradually cover gray hair, reporting maintained stability and effective gray–black coloration on high-canities hair tresses through eight wash cycles.
17 citations
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February 2011 in “International Journal of Cosmetic Science” This study found that individual differences between pigmented and unpigmented hair fibers in Old Order Mennonites suggest grey hair may be perceived as drier and less manageable due to small mechanical and moisture changes.
17 citations
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June 2012 in “The Anatolian journal of cardiology” This study found that increased hair graying was associated with a greater coronary atherosclerotic burden, suggesting it could serve as a risk marker for coronary artery disease independent of age.
January 2017 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement”
10 citations
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January 2012 in “Journal of biomedical optics” This study used ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography to observe hair shaft structures, finding melanin granules absent only in white hair, which may explain color differences between black and white hair.
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May 2006 in “The FASEB journal” This study found that oxidative stress in hair follicle melanocytes contributes to premature aging and apoptosis, providing insights into graying as a model for studying aging and testing antiaging therapies.