Scalp hair loss is not random across follicular units: a new insight into human hair aging.
Junyu LuoQili QianWenxin ZhengIeva GripkauskaiteSijie WuMin ZhangJinxi LiBingfei FuRanjit BhogalPeter MurrayMatthew RowsonBin LiXiangyang XueXuelan GuYajun YangLi JinDavid Andrew GunnSijia WangPublished in: International journal of cosmetic science (2023)
We have found evidence of hair loss preferentially occurring in multi-hair follicular units which was more pronounced in men. This data suggests that part of the reason scalp hair is more susceptible to hair loss than on other body sites is due to the greater presence of multi-hair follicular units on the scalp.