What a hair loss breakthrough could mean for women like me
As scientists edge closer to new treatments for hair loss, Victoria Derbyshire examines what such breakthroughs could mean for women.
In what researchers are calling a “major breakthrough”, a team, led by Prof Takashi Tsuji, say they have managed to recreate the full cycle of hair growth in mice – meaning hair could grow, fall out and grow back again naturally. While transplanted hair can already grow, recreating follicles that can behave like the natural hair inside the body – repeatedly growing, shedding and regrowing over time – has proved far more difficult.
