They tested the hypothesis on mice, plucking 200 follicles -- one by one-in a variety of patterns. The team found that establishing a circular plucking area of a diameter between three and five ...

Hair follicles, like bacteria, don’t just live individual lives. They form communities, close-knit or otherwise, depending on the fullness of their molecular communications. When molecules are ...

The treatment for hair loss may be through plucking hairs in a specific pattern and density, found researchers at the University of Southern California. This counterintuitive approach uses the ...