hair bulb


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hair bulb

n. bulbo piloso.
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This pattern marks presence of the lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate affecting the hair bulb and thus, producing thinner hair shaft, [25] In our study, 20% patients had exclamation marks hairs initially.
The tapering is due to lymphocytic inflammatory infiltrate affecting the hair bulb, producing a thinner hair shaft.10 There is a significant relationship between vellus hair and lower SALT score.
"Scientists have long known that in order to prevent hair from going grey they would need to either prolong the life of the melanocytes in the hair bulb -- by protecting them from injury -- or expand the melanocyte stem cell reservoir in the upper or top region of the hair follicle so they continue to replace lost pigment cells,"explainedRodney Sinclair, Professor of Dermatology, Epworth Hospital, at the University of Melbourne.
The lower section of the follicles, namely the hair follicles and the hair bulb part that is below the bulge, experiences morphological changes, such as growth, anaplasia, and diapause.
It was reported that Dermal papilla (DP) was located in the center of the hair bulb and the dermal papilla cell (DPC) could induce the regeneration of the follicle (Hardy and Vielkind, 1996).
If the melanocyte reservoir at the top of the hair follicle can replenish the growing hair bulb pigment production continues.
Rivera and her colleagues wrote in their analysis that gray hair follicles "still preserve a reduced number of differentiated and functioning melanocytes located in the hair bulb. This reduced number of melanocytes may explain the possibility of [repigmentation] under appropriate conditions." But, there are competing theories as to why this should occur with cancer immunotherapy, they noted.
But while laser is monochromatic and diffused, IPL, as its name implies, is more intense, which allows it to penetrate deeper into the skin to destroy not only the hair bulb, but also connective tissues around it, including stem cells.
When the hair follicle is empty, the hair bulb receives a signal to start growing hair, so a very highly nervous cat is constantly supplied with new hair to shed.
They also bring a large activity to restore a general balance at the level of the hair bulb, as in vitro test results show an increase of energetic metabolism combined with a decrease in the release of inflammation mediators and in the creation of free radicals.
is directly injected into the scalp to increase blood flow within the scalp and nourish the hair bulb.
During the anagen phase, the hair bulb moved deeper into the dermis and reached its deepest position within the subcutaneous fat.