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December 2006 in “Biopolymers” Permanent waving weakens hair by altering its protein structure.
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May 2019 in “Heliyon” Hair treatments cause significant structural changes, especially with excessive heat, regardless of ethnicity.
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June 2020 in “Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces” Heating hair proteins changes their structure and may improve their blood clotting ability.
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December 2012 in “PubMed” Permanent wave treatment with thioglycolic acid changes hair structure by altering disulfide bonds.
October 2023 in “Animal production science” Vitamin A deficiency changes cattle hair structure, while pregnancy may improve it, suggesting hair can indicate cattle health.
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December 2020 in “International journal of biological macromolecules” Treatments improved hair surface and scale structure but didn't increase certain bonds in the hair cortex.
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June 2005 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” The document concludes that assessing hair follicle damage due to cyclophosphamide in mice involves analyzing structural changes and suggests a scoring system for standardized evaluation.
October 2012 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” Scientists used a special imaging technique to observe that hair follicle regeneration involves cell division and structural changes, mostly in the lower part of the follicle, and that the dermal papilla at the base is crucial for regrowth.
December 2012 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” The conclusion is that the dermal papilla is crucial for hair follicle regrowth, and hair follicles undergo significant structural changes in addition to cell division during regeneration.
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January 1997 in “Clinics in Dermatology” Pregnancy can cause skin pigmentation, stretch marks, and changes in hair, nails, and sweat glands, with most resolving after birth.
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January 2011 in “Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology” Loose anagen hair syndrome is caused by structural abnormalities in the hair follicle's inner root sheath.
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September 2021 in “Data in brief” Bleaching hair changes its structure and weakens it, which is important for understanding hair damage and creating treatments.
Hair proteins in preschool children and their mothers could indicate developmental changes and health status.
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February 1990 in “Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology” A 17-year-old developed woolly hair nevus in adolescence, which is unusual, and over time the hair darkened and straightened slightly, but microscopic changes persisted.
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September 2021 in “EMBO reports” Osthole inhibits the TRPV3 channel by binding to specific sites, potentially aiding drug development for skin diseases and cancers.
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May 2020 in “Experimental Dermatology” Aging scalp skin contributes to hair aging and loss, and more research is needed to develop better hair loss treatments.
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January 2019 in “Jikken doubutsu ihou/Jikken doubutsu/Experimental animals/Jikken Dobutsu” Pigs without the Hairless gene showed skin and thymus changes, useful for studying human hair disorders.
Oxidized hair can naturally regain strength and stability over six months.
January 2016 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” Some cells may slow melanoma growth, a protein could affect skin pigmentation, a gene-silencing method might treat hair defects, skin bacteria changes likely result from eczema, and a defensin protein could help treat multiple sclerosis.
January 2021 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” Mothers have more hair proteins than their children, with age-related differences in protein patterns, and some proteins in hair could indicate early childhood development.
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November 2016 in “Cell Reports” Touch sensitivity in mouse skin decreases during hair growth due to changes in touch receptors.
October 2024 in “Cosmetics” ATG effectively reduces hair frizz without damaging hair strength.
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December 2019 in “Clinical ophthalmology” Bimatoprost eye drops make rabbit eyelashes longer, thicker, and darker, and increase the number of lashes without causing inflammation.
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June 2010 in “Experimental Dermatology” The hair follicle is a great model for research to improve hair growth treatments.
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September 2024 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” Quercetin-loaded nanoparticles protect human hair from UV-B damage.