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"Which cells are transformed into hair follicles is determined by three proteins that are produced by our genes," he said.

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· After a month or more, small, pinkish gray lumps, called follicles, form inside the upper eyelids.

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In some animals they are sufficiently well-marked to divide the peripheral or cortical portion of the gland into a number of compartments (so-called follicles), but in man this arrangement is not obvious.

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But it does not affect your hair follicles, which is what makes your hair grow.

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Getty Images A decline in a special type of stem cell found in hair follicles may be responsible for pattern baldness.

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Howard's rigid, helmet-like 'do almost seems too good to be true, but Helberg says he's not donning any fake follicles.

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In a related experiment, the researchers injected a type of cell similar to a human progenitor cell into mice and were able to create new hair follicles and hair growth.

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Sure enough, less than a minute later, I felt the hair follicles on my scalp slither and the familiar tingling that told me my hair was growing back.

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Stem cells in hair follicles normally transform into progenitor cells, which in turn produce normal hair strands, the researchers said.

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Male pattern baldness: A decline in activity by a special type of stem cell, known as a progenitor cell, found in human hair follicles appears to be responsible for male pattern baldness, according to a study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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