For some men, bald is beautiful.
The iconic look may work for a few - especially celebrities - like the rugged Die Hard star Bruce Willis and Star Trek's Patrick Stewart.
For many though hair loss is no laughing matter. But now researchers in America say they've uncovered a cure.
An academic medical centre has found that hair follicles actually shrink, but don't disappear.Dr George Cotsarelis, dermatology professor at Pennsylvania University, found the discovery hair-raising.
“What we found surprised us. The stem cells were present but they were not doing their job.”
The discovery of invisible hair sounds too good to be true. But what does it mean?
“It really gives us hope that because the stem cells are present it lowers the bar for developing treatments that could activate the stem cells and get them to form a new hair follicle,” said Dr Cotsarelis.
Treating these faulty stem cells means that, rather than just maintaining hair, we could soon regenerate hair.
Mark Lobel, BBC News
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rugged
here, a man's face that is strong with uneven skin
no laughing matter
serious, something people should not make jokes about
uncovered
discovered
cure
make well or heal
hair follicles
a sac from which a hair grows
hair-raising
very exciting
stem cells
cells with the potential to develop into many different types of cells in the body
too good to be true
something that sounds so good that it is unlikely to be real
lowers the bar
changes the standards required to make things easier
regenerate
grow again
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