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Scientists Grow Human Hair on Mouse

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:05:00 CDT

Bald people may have new hope for getting back those flowing locks. Japanese scientists have regenerated hair growth on bald mice, reports the Wall Street Journal . The researchers injected the follicle cells of a hairy mouse into the follicles of a bald mouse, and within three weeks, 74% of the...

Barbie Will Get Bald Friend

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:33:34 CDT

Barbie-maker Mattel is creating a special doll for children who have lost their hair to illness. The new doll will be bald and a friend of Barbie, and she'll come with fashion accessories including hats, scarves, and wigs. Earlier this year, a Facebook campaign that garnered 150,000 "likes" urged...

Researchers Find a Clue to Baldness

Matt Cantor — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:57:25 CDT

Researchers have tracked down a protein that appears to be a culprit in male baldness—thus identifying what they call a "target" for new treatments. University of Pennsylvania scientists found that the protein's levels are boosted in bald areas of the scalp. When they bred mice with high levels of...

'Balders' Demand Trump's Hair Certificate

Matt Cantor — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:38:05 CDT

The president’s done his part; now it’s Donald Trump’s turn to show us some proof—of the authenticity of his hair. “Balders,” Vanity Fair explains in a challenge to the real estate mogul, are “a small but increasingly vocal group of conspiracy theorists” who’ve “hijacked the news cycle,” and it’s...

Tough Choice for Bald Men: Hair or Sex?

Kate Schwartz — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 17:56:05 CDT

Tough news for the follicly challenged: Balding men taking finasteride, Merck's prescription drug that goes by the names Propecia and Proscar, may find they have trouble in bed—for a long while. Though the drug's label warns of "reversible" symptoms of sexual dysfunction, a small survey of 76 men under...

Baldness Cure Discovered by Accident?

Rob Quinn — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:18:05 CST

Researchers studying stress hormones were surprised to stumble upon what appears to be a cure for baldness—at least in mice. Mice who had gone bald due to overproduction of a stress hormone were treated with a compound that blocks stress in the gut and then returned to cages where...

William Proposed... Because He's Balding?

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:54:05 CST

Why did Prince William finally propose to girlfriend Kate Middleton? To hear the Brit tabloids tell it, there’s only one explanation: baldness. Yep, many speculate, 28-year-old Wills felt his attractiveness receding and figured he’d better lock in his longtime galpal. Lending a sort of credibility to this theory is the...

'Bald Is Back'...for Ladies

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:27:00 CDT

Not so long ago, women who went bald by choice were deemed crazy (hello, Britney Spears). But now, the look is increasingly becoming a fashion statement. Women “are either shaving the complete head or one side of the head, as we have seen with Jada Pinkett-Smith,” one barber tells AOL...

China Lifts Ban on Bald Taiwanese

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 08:46:00 CDT

If you're a bald Taiwanese man, good news: China wants you back. The southern Chinese city of Xiamen has axed a controversial visa restriction that barred hairless people from applying for the one-year multiple-entry permits most common among business travelers. Authorities had said that the ban was a protective measure...