At hair salons, an extension on youth Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Recently Lisa Laurenzo, 42, traveled from her home in Hershey, Pa., to the Oscar Bond Salon in New York, where she sat for nearly four hours while a hairdresser meticulously attached more than 200 human hair extensions to her frail tendrils. It was the third time in a year that she had paid for the $3,300 indulgence, which was originally precipitated by a butchered haircut.
Methods for stimulating hair growth by administering bmps FreshPatents.com
Methods and compositions for stimulating hair growth and inhibiting immune system activity by administering BMPs are provided. The methods and compositions can be used for treating or preventing disorders resulting in loss of
The LouseBuster Kills: Study Shows Hot, Dry Air Device Eradicates Head Lice Science Daily
University of Utah biologists invented a chemical-free, hairdryer-like device -- the LouseBuster -- and conducted a study showing it eradicates head lice infestations on children by exterminating the eggs or "nits" and killing enough lice to prevent them from reproducing.
KPCC asks leaders not to criticise UDF constituents Kaumundi Online
: KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala asked party leaders to exercise restraint while issuing statements against the constituents in the Congress-led United Democratic Front.
Holding back the years Scotland on Sunday
Our obsession with staying young has pushed the beauty market through the £1bn-a-year barrier - is this a healthy sign or the mark of a sick society, asks KATE FOSTER
The Big Question: What is the DNA database, and why do we have so many people on it? Independent
Why are we asking this question now?
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Climb; Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble Rise Bloomberg.com
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures rose before a report that will probably show consumer confidence rebounded to its highest since April.
Bank governor criticised for hailing success of the Union The Scotsman
MERVYN King, the governor of the Bank of England, was at the centre of a political row last night after a speech in Gordon Brown's constituency in which he lauded Scotland's success and prosperity under the Union.
Subfertility, not a curse Sunday Observer
There are thousands of married couples seeking help to bear a child. There is a strong likelihood that something may be interfering with their efforts to have a child.
Jane Lea hopes her second bid for City Council successful Lodi News-Sentinel
Jane Lea wants to be the voice of the people of Lodi. The 48 year-old City Council candidate is taking her populist message to the voters one door at a time.

Growth of Human Hair
The growth of human hair. Each human head carries roughly 100000 hair follicles. As we have seen, a hair grows at a rate of about 1 centimetre a month.
Hair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The most noticeable part of human hair is the hair on the head, which can grow longer than The rate of hair growth and the weight of the hairs increase.
The Growth and Loss of Hair
On the scalp, human hair grows at a rate of 0.44 mm/day at the vertex and 0.39 Katz M, Wheeler KE, Radowsky M, et al: Assessment of rate of hair growth
Measurement of human hair growth by optical microscopy and image
Each point represents the hair growth rate of an individual hair. • , 8 Saitoh M. Uzuka M. Sakamoto M. Human hair cycle. J Invest
Human hair growth ex vivo is correlated with in vivo hair growth
A six-day culture of human hair follicles demon-. strated that the hair-growth rate ex vivo consistently. associated with hair growth in vivo (Fig. 3a).