Researchers at the University of California were amazed to find that when 200 hairs are plucked, it grows back up to six times as many. Why so? The current theory is that if hairs are forcibly removed from one area or patch of hair, it triggers distress along the scalp into a burst of regeneration to compensate for the hairs plucked out. Isn’t it great news for those men with hair loss problem?
Millions of men and women, but mostly men, suffer from hair loss. In our generation wherein appearance is everything, hair loss is a great issue that is needed to be dealt with. Previous researches had shown that when hair follicles are damaged, it triggers distress releasing inflammatory proteins that therefore recruits immune cells to aid the bald spot by regenerating new hairs. The hairs not only grew back but regrew in greater abundance in the plucked area and outside of it.
Researchers conducted a study to test whether it was possible to stimulate the scalp enough for follicle growth. The researches plucked 200 follicles, one by one, from the back of a mouse. Study shows that when the area was more than 6mm, nothing happened and the area remained bare a month after, but if the area is kept below 5mm, the hairs not only grows back but it grows six times much more than the hair plucked. One mouse even gained 1300 hairs, a hundred more than the others because it even jolted the hairs outside the area tested.
“The work leads to potential new targets for treating alopecia, a form of hair loss,” as stated by Cheng-Ming Chuong, a Professor of pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
However, anyone who tries experimenting this at home should highly note that this is done by plucking the hair one by one. And even if it is effective in the case of mice, the study needs further scientific research for humans to use.
As stated by Dr Bessam Farjo, founder of the Farjo Hair Institute and Medical Director of the Institute of Trichologists, “Whilst it’s certainly interesting to see the results of this study in mice, all previous observations suggest that repeatedly plucking a human hair follicle will weaken the root, and eventually cause the follicle to die.” People pluck hairs – such as eyebrows – out all the time, and it doesn’t seem to stimulate the growth of other hairs.
“It’s great to see scientists putting resource to studies of this sort, but more scientific tests and human evidence are needed to substantiate the findings of this initial report,” he added.
If ever the research can be thoroughly proven, scientists aims to create a drug or therapy that mimics the effect of plucking to avoid the hassle and pain brought by literally plucking the hair out one by one.
Millions of men and women, but mostly men, suffer from hair loss. In our generation wherein appearance is everything, hair loss is a great issue that is needed to be dealt with. Previous researches had shown that when hair follicles are damaged, it triggers distress releasing inflammatory proteins that therefore recruits immune cells to aid the bald spot by regenerating new hairs. The hairs not only grew back but regrew in greater abundance in the plucked area and outside of it.
Researchers conducted a study to test whether it was possible to stimulate the scalp enough for follicle growth. The researches plucked 200 follicles, one by one, from the back of a mouse. Study shows that when the area was more than 6mm, nothing happened and the area remained bare a month after, but if the area is kept below 5mm, the hairs not only grows back but it grows six times much more than the hair plucked. One mouse even gained 1300 hairs, a hundred more than the others because it even jolted the hairs outside the area tested.
“The work leads to potential new targets for treating alopecia, a form of hair loss,” as stated by Cheng-Ming Chuong, a Professor of pathology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
However, anyone who tries experimenting this at home should highly note that this is done by plucking the hair one by one. And even if it is effective in the case of mice, the study needs further scientific research for humans to use.
As stated by Dr Bessam Farjo, founder of the Farjo Hair Institute and Medical Director of the Institute of Trichologists, “Whilst it’s certainly interesting to see the results of this study in mice, all previous observations suggest that repeatedly plucking a human hair follicle will weaken the root, and eventually cause the follicle to die.” People pluck hairs – such as eyebrows – out all the time, and it doesn’t seem to stimulate the growth of other hairs.
“It’s great to see scientists putting resource to studies of this sort, but more scientific tests and human evidence are needed to substantiate the findings of this initial report,” he added.
If ever the research can be thoroughly proven, scientists aims to create a drug or therapy that mimics the effect of plucking to avoid the hassle and pain brought by literally plucking the hair out one by one.
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