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Posts From Kevin Rands

Kyocera to Begin Regenerative Hair Loss Treatment Research 3

Two major companies and well-known hair researcher Dr. Tsuji have joined forces to begin development of a regenerative hair loss treatment technology…

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Differences Between Hairless and Hair-Bearing Scalp 0

An analysis of the chemical, structural, and functional differences between scalp that has already endured hair loss, versus unaffected scalp…

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Minoxidil: Why It Works for Some and Not For Others

Presentation differentiating Minoxidil responders from non-responders, whether higher concentrations work better, and how Minoxidil grows hair…

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Aldara as a Treatment for Alopecia Areata?

Alopecia areata is a relatively common, non-scarring type of hair loss. The pathophysiology of alopecia areata is still unclear, but an autoimmune mechanism is the…

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Alopecia Totalis Universalis Treatment UVA and Corticosteroids

Alopecia Totalis patients (108 cases) and Alopecia Universalis patients (175 cases) were treated with one of four different regimens for more than six months, and the rate…

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Four Year Alopecia Areata Totalis Universalis Study

To evaluate the clinical manifestations and the effects of treatment we performed clinical study of 532 patients with alopecia areata (including Alopecia…

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Alopecia Areata in Children – Can Stress be a Cause?

These results suggest that alopecia in children was predominantly developed in primary school students, the eldest sibling, children with atopic dermatitis or…

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Rogaine as a Treatment for Alopecia Areata?

The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of use of rogaine in treating Alopecia Areata patients under the age of 18 years. This survey of clinicians was…

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Micrografting Human Scalp Onto Mice

rafted hair follicles showed slowing down of the linear growth rate to 2/3 of the initial value and reduction of the expected life span of the hair follicles (up to 8 months) even though…

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Does Plucking Hair Really Slow Regrowth?

To clarify whether follicular stem cells, defined by their slow cycling nature, are directed to cell death by plucking, we determined the precise location of slow cycling stem cells…

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