Anastasia Cameron Anastasia Cameron says the skills gap for cutting and styling afro-hair textures has been an issue all her life From the age of seven Anastasia Cameron was turned away from hairdressers because she was told they “don’t do Afro hair”. When she needed a wig after chemotherapy as an adult, little had changed, … Read more
FAMILY HANDOUT Dr Alicia Pylpyczuk worked as an emergency doctor in Manchester but took her own life in February 2020 after battling depression triggered by alopecia Earlier this year a new drug to treat severe alopecia – an autoimmune condition that causes hair loss – was given the green light for NHS use. Some are … Read more
People living with one of the most common types of alopecia could soon have access to treatment on the NHS in Scotland for the first time. The drug – called Ritlecitinib – will go before the Scottish Medicines Consortium this week after it was approved for NHS use in England last month. Although the daily … Read more
Former adviser Dominic Cummings says the ex-PM asked top scientists about a video making the claim. Source link
As people age, pigment-making cells lose their ability to mature and maintain hair colour, research suggests. Source link
Five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair were analysed by scientists led by Cambridge University. Source link
Jeena Panesar’s hair claw clip became lodged in her head during the crash in which her car flipped over. Source link
Aug. 12, 2022 – Hair loss, reduced sex drive, and erectile dysfunction have joined a list of better-known symptoms linked to long COVID in patients who were not hospitalized, according to findings of a large study. Anuradhaa Subramanian, PhD, with the Institute of Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, … Read more
After wearing weaves and subjecting her hair to regular heat styling, Tammy Porter’s stylist convinced her to allow her natural curls to shine through. “As a Black woman, I didn’t want to live up to European beauty standards,” says Porter of Carson, CA. “I also didn’t want to spend my life in the beauty salon … Read more
