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Hair follicle size and distribution vary significantly across different body sites.

Skin can heal wounds without hair follicle stem cells, but it takes a bit longer.

As people age, their hair follicles produce less pigment, leading to gray and white hair, due to factors like reduced enzyme activity and damage to melanocyte DNA.

Hormones like testosterone and estrogen significantly affect hair growth and structure.

Alkaline Ceramidase 1 prevents early hair loss in mice by keeping hair follicle stem cells balanced.

Activating Nrf2 in skin cells speeds up wound healing by increasing the growth of certain stem cells.

Hair is important for protection, social interaction, and temperature control, and is made of a growth cycle-influenced follicle and a complex shaft.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can affect men's beards and leads to permanent hair loss.

Intralesional triamcinolone injections can effectively stop frontal fibrosing alopecia with minimal side effects.

VEGFR-2 is active in hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, and skin on the human scalp.

Nanoparticle-based drug delivery to hair follicles is more effective when tested under conditions that match skin behavior.

Scientists created complete hair-like structures by growing mouse skin cells together in a special gel.

The conclusion is that Erosive Pustular Dermatosis of the Scalp is a rare condition best treated with strong topical steroids and sometimes systemic treatment.

Scientists found markers called CD34 and CD200 that help identify stem cells in mouse and human hair follicles.

HSPGs help control stem cell behavior, affecting hair growth and offering a target for hair loss treatments.

A Japanese man with rare skin conditions improved with hydroxychloroquine treatment.

The document concludes that central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA) should be considered in African American men with vertex hair loss and scalp symptoms, and that prompt diagnosis and treatment can slow disease progression.

Hair loss in both Androgenetic Alopecia and Alopecia Areata is often accompanied by inflammation around hair follicles, but the location and severity of this inflammation varies.

Enzyme injections can effectively treat epidermoid cysts without surgery.

N-acetylcysteine may prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy.

Abdominal skin heals faster than dorsal skin because it has more stem cells.

The document concludes that understanding hair follicle histology and the hair cycle is crucial for diagnosing alopecia.

RCM and OCT are effective for diagnosing and monitoring hair-related skin diseases but lack standardized protocols and need more research.

The best treatment for Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia and Lichen Planopilaris combines oral and topical medications to reduce symptoms and stop hair loss.

Reflective confocal microscopy can potentially diagnose epidermoid cysts without a biopsy.

Hair follicle stem cells are crucial for touch sensation and proper nerve structure in mice.

Frontal fibrosing alopecia can be misdiagnosed as androgenetic alopecia in African American women.

Hair color is determined by melanin produced and transferred in hair follicles.

Skin stem cells interacting with their environment is crucial for maintaining and regenerating skin and hair, and understanding this can help develop new treatments for skin and hair disorders.

Wounded skin cells can revert to stem cells and help heal.