May 2024 in “Aktualʹnì problemi sučasnoï medicini: Vìsnik Ukraïnsʹkoï medičnoï stomatologìčnoï akademì” This review discusses the multifactorial pathogenesis of acne and current treatment strategies including the use of isotretinoin and spironolactone, but reports no new clinical results.
May 2024 in “Research Square (Research Square)” This study found that shea butter is the most used plant among women in Tamale, Ghana, for cosmetic purposes like skin smoothening and hair growth.
April 2024 in “MGM Journal of Medical Sciences” This study outlines several common home remedies used in India, such as turmeric, ginger, and coconut, highlighting their traditional efficacy in treating minor ailments and emphasizing the importance of balancing traditional and modern medicine for optimal health outcomes.
January 2024 in “Advanced Healthcare Materials” In a mouse model of androgenetic alopecia, this study developed a treatment combining a copper-curcumin nanoparticle oleogel with traditional Gua Sha therapy, which augmented hair regeneration more effectively than minoxidil by improving the follicular microenvironment and regulation of inflammatory responses.
December 2023 in “International journal of research publications” This review examines the potential of non-conventional therapies such as herbal medicine and nutraceuticals for treating post-COVID-19 syndrome, suggesting they may be promising but require further research.
October 2023 in “Jurnal Farmasi Galenika (Galenika Journal of Pharmacy)” This study explored the ethnopharmacological use of traditional plants by the Amarasi community in Indonesia for treating dandruff and hair loss, identifying 18 plants with potential anti-dandruff and hair-nourishing properties used by local healers for scalp care.
September 2023 in “Chinese Journal of Integrative Nursing” This article discusses Traditional Chinese Medicine approaches to treating alopecia areata, outlining etiology, treatment stages, and methods, but does not report new clinical results.
August 2023 in “Journal of Education, Health and Sport” This study reviewed current knowledge on Traditional Chinese Medicine, finding that Chinese herbs may reduce chronic urticaria activity, psoriasis severity, benign thyroid nodules, and improve β-cell function in diabetes. The authors noted the need for further research and the development of high-quality TCM pharmaceuticals.
This study found that nearly 20% of men surveyed in German-speaking Europe had undergone cosmetic surgery, with higher conformity to traditional masculinity ideologies linked to greater odds of having these procedures, particularly hair transplants.
July 2021 in “Belarusian State Pedagogical University repository (Belarusian State Pedagogical University)” In this study, PMC was identified as a promising plant for nourishing hair, with effective hair growth promotion and 5α-reductase inhibition observed in both laboratory and animal studies for androgenetic alopecia treatment.
September 2020 in “Journal of the turkish academy of dermatology” In this study, 13.3% of dermatology patients reported using traditional and complementary medicine, with herbal remedies being the most common method, especially among middle-aged university graduates.
September 2017 in “Eureka, Health Sciences/Eureka, Health Sciences.” In this study, chronotherapy was reported to be significantly more effective than traditional treatment for alopecia areata, resulting in hair regrowth in 53.3% of patients and improving various biochemical, immunological, and health markers.
This review summarizes methods for creating alopecia areata animal models and reports no new results, emphasizing that improved evaluation and combined disease models are needed for future research.
January 2015 in “Traditional Chinese Medicine” This review discusses recent advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments for androgenic alopecia, highlighting approaches such as syndrome differentiation, specialized formulas, and acupuncture, but reports no new clinical results.
January 2013 in “Chinese Archives of Traditional Chinese Medicine” In this study, traditional Chinese medicine liniment appeared to promote hair regrowth and hair follicle development in a rat model of androgenetic alopecia, with greater effects observed at higher concentrations.
January 2012 in “Journal of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine” This study found that more frequent shampoo use, high fat consumption, work pressure, and mental labor were associated with an increased risk of androgenic alopecia.
January 2004 in “Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine” This study found that the expression of androgen receptors is higher in the scalp area affected by androgenetic alopecia, and its expression varies based on different traditional Chinese medicine syndromes.
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December 2003 in “American Journal of Pathology” This study observed that the ontogenetic transition from scarless repair in early fetal rat wounds to scar-forming repair in late gestation is associated with differential TGF-β ligand and receptor expression patterns.
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June 2007 in “Journal of Biological Chemistry” This study found that the combination of MT-DADMe-ImmA and MTA selectively induced apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cell lines FaDu and Cal27, but not in normal fibroblasts or MTAP-deficient breast cancer cells.
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February 2020 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” In this study, CRH receptor antagonists from Pulsatilla chinensis reversed stress hormone-induced changes in hair follicles and dermal papilla cells in a lab setting, suggesting potential pharmaceutical and cosmetic applications for treating stress-related hair loss.
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January 2017 in “Sub-cellular biochemistry/Subcellular biochemistry” 6 citations
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March 2024 in “The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health”
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May 2016 in “Dermatology Online Journal” This review discusses chronic telogen effluvium, focusing on the potential role of hormonal fluctuations and circadian control genes, and reports no new clinical findings.
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March 2018 in “The Journal of Dermatology” This letter discusses a trichoscopic feature called the color-transition sign for differentiating between alopecia areata incognita and telogen effluvium, and reports no new clinical results.
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October 2017 in “ecancermedicalscience” This study observed that the molecular structure of keratins in hair fibres' discrete transition zone differs in breast cancer patients, with altered lipid ester absorption bands reverting post-cancer removal.
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January 2006 This study found that keratin fibers like human hair undergo thermal and mechanical transitions that can help assess changes from cosmetic processes such as bleaching and perm-waving.
March 2026 in “Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism” This study reports that from 1990 to 2023, Saudi Arabia experienced a 117.3% increase in age-standardised diabetes prevalence, primarily due to type 2 diabetes mellitus, with projections indicating continued growth in prevalence and disability, despite forecasted reductions in diabetes-related mortality by 2030.
This review re-examines hair blowouts as a material science process, where water acts as a plasticizer altering keratin's glass-transition temperature, allowing for temporary hair shaping through a moisture-induced matrix state change under heat and tension.
January 2024 in “Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin” In this study, Panax ginseng extract and its ginsenosides were found to stimulate the proliferation of hair-related cells and promote the transition from the telogen to the anagen phase, enhancing hair-shaft growth by suppressing BMP4 expression in human dermal papilla cells.
In this study, six-week-old male mice showed significantly increased hair regrowth rates and higher expression of hair growth-related factors when treated for 22 days with Lactobacillus strains and fermented Korean berry, suggesting these could be potential promoters of hair growth via gut microbiome regulation.