More information: Jingjing Wang et al, PIEZO1-mediated calcium signaling reinforces mechanical properties of hair follicle stem cells to promote quiescence, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126 ...

Multiple hairs can grow in one follicle. This is called pili multigemini. We explore why this happens, what you can do about it, and more.

The skin has two types of adult stem cells: epidermal and hair follicle. Their jobs seem well-defined: maintaining the skin, ...

What if the secret to curing baldness has been hiding in your hair all along? University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

FUE has become more popular than the follicular unit transplantation (FUT) procedure, which led to the “hair plugs” look. Surgeons use micropunches to extract single follicles and move them ...

Hair color is determined by melanocyte stem cells that multiply inside hair follicles, previous research has shown. These stem cells get signals to mature and make proteins that produce hair color.

In fact, the hair follicle starts to shrink, getting ever smaller and making it more difficult for a new hair to grow. MORE: Male-Pattern Baldness Linked to Aggressive Prostate Cancer ...