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January 2013 in “Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery” Some cancer treatments can cause permanent hair loss.
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October 2010 in “Dermatologic Surgery” Fat transplantation can help regrow hair lost due to scleroderma.
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October 2017 in “Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry” Centella asiatica extract may help promote hair growth by blocking a specific cell signaling pathway.
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July 2017 in “Annals of Oncology” Chemotherapy toxicity might be reduced by using DNA neutralizing agents.
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May 2016 in “British journal of nursing” Scalp cooling can help prevent hair loss from chemotherapy without raising cancer spread risk.
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June 2015 in “International Journal of Dermatology” Non-obese women with hair loss have higher heart disease risk.
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December 2014 in “Stem Cells” Hair and skin can regenerate without bulge stem cells due to other compensating cells.
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