Quorum Sensing : pluck hair to regenerate growth

[noisette]

Hello guys,

I'm not sure this is a new research, but I read this paper published on February 2015 : http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0...2900182-8?cc=y

You can also see here : https://www.oximity.com/article/Are-...eating-baldn-1

" Researchers have demonstrated that by plucking 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow in a mouse. "

[burtandernie]

Yeah but I just want to highlight this key phrase.

they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow in a mouse.

[noisette]

yes but perhaps they can test it on humans in few months or not... I don't know

[jamesst11]

Well, there is a reason scientists test on mice, because, believe it or not their biology is very close to humans. So who knows? The theory behind it makes sense to me. Simply a response to a physiological stress... the only question is, what about the follicles already affected so drastically by DHT? But, you're absolutely correct in the most important way - I am yet to see a mouse affected by male pattern baldness. haha

[youngin]

NW6 here and tried this already with waxing part of my head FOR SCIENCE. Didn't do anything.

[liba]

mouse, period.

[Terry Mancini]

I wouldn't try that if I was you noisette.

Unfortunately, I am blessed with an unseemly mono brow that makes me resemble Attila The Hun. I was once arrested for trying to invade the Roman empire.

However, after intensive plucking I can now go out in public without frightening furry animals.

Plucking will only weaken the existing follicles thus leading to further hair loss.

[walrus]

Well, there is a reason scientists test on mice, because, believe it or not their biology is very close to humans.

A point worth emphasizing that many people seem to forget.

[Futurocabeludo]

Hello guys,

I'm not sure this is a new research, but I read this paper published on February 2015 : http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0...2900182-8?cc=y

You can also see here : https://www.oximity.com/article/Are-...eating-baldn-1

" Researchers have demonstrated that by plucking 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow in a mouse. "

This process is similar to that used in humans by Liu :-)

[doinmyheadin]

How about we follow on from the Dermarolling Community Trial, anyone interested in starting a Plucking Community Trial

[hellouser]

Well, there is a reason scientists test on mice, because, believe it or not their biology is very close to humans.

Yeah? Well when it comes to HAIR, their biology isnt close to humans. If it was, we wouldnt have been bald after about 100 'breakthrough' discoveries about how to make hair grow on mice.

I'll be impressed when they test ANY of these discoveries on humans. Until then, close the damn book.

[jamesst11]

Hey guys! this research emphasizes how the scientists extracted hairs ONE BY ONE, in a SMALL circular area that was about .5 cm! (remember there are about 2.5 cm in an inch, so this is pretty small)... other ways they repeated the experiment, utilizing to large of an area, didn't yield results at all. This is the essence of this study, specificity in the size and extraction method. The body is amazingly complicated, we all know this. The feedback pathways and signaling responses are things that often times we can't fully understand. There was SOMETHING about this method though that seemed to trigger a response that led to strong hair growth. If the study is correct, then waxing large regions, or plucking eyebrows, has nothing to do with it.

[youngin]

A point worth emphasizing that many people seem to forget.

They arent experimenting on mice with MPB though.

[walrus]

Yeah? Well when it comes to HAIR, their biology isnt close to humans.

Claims the armchair expert. The scientists have been wrong all along.

[Terry Mancini]

Come off it lads. The last time I looked Mice have a coat of fur.

This reminds of the time when the Mrs freaked out when she spotted a mouse in the kitchen. It took me a good 2 hours to corner the thing but when I finally did, I noticed how cute and fluffy it looked. I picked it up, stroked it, and since then, Rufus has become my best friend and lives in my pocket.

Mice may have close to human biology, but I dont care what any brain box says. the thing walks around with a coat thicker than than an inmate of a Russian Gulag.