Hair Loss

Dermatologica. 1987;175:19

Hair follicle biology and topical minoxidil: possible mechanisms of action.
Headington JT.

How minoxidil stimulates hair regrowth remains undetermined. ..snip…. Possible sites of direct drug action include either the dermal papilla of the follicle or hair matrix cells. Morphometric studies of control scalp biopsies taken from young male patients with androgenetic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) reveal that the primary morphologic event is miniaturization of terminal hair follicles…accompanied by shortening of the hair growth cycle ..snip…There has been no suggestion in any morphologic studies of minoxidil-treated patients for development of new follicles (f. Because dermal papilla of the hair follicle apparently controls both growth and differentiation of hair matrix cells ….snip…,

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