Multiple hairs can grow in one follicle. This is called pili multigemini. We explore why this happens, what you can do about it, and more.

Multiple hairs sprouting from one follicle (AKA compound hair), creates a thicker, denser appearance in certain spots. Uneven texture . Areas with pili multigemini might feel rougher compared to ...

Dr Shaskanct Kraleti, M.D., a UAMS family and preventive medicine physician, acknowledges that plucking grey hair will not cause multiple hairs to grow in the same spot. Nevertheless, he advises ...

Typical are so-called hair tufts, where multiple hair shafts emerge from one dilated follicle opening. This is caused by fibrosis of adjacent follicular units and retention of telogen hairs within ...

Baldness could soon be a thing of the past. A team of Japanese researchers has successfully grown mature hair follicles in a lab, an advancement in the battle against hair loss.. Scientists from ...

With its roughly half a million hair follicles, you can think of your scalp as a gigafactory of 3D printers. According to Plikus, nearly all these follicles need to be constantly “printing” in ...

Part One of a two part series discussing the structure and function of hair follicles, diagnostic approach to diseases causing hair loss, and the most commonly occurring nonscarring alopecias.

As a science journalist, I’m fascinated by the interplay between genetics and environment, and how it can lead to differences in the way we age; hair is one such visible example.My mother’s ...