Thirty Years (and More) of Hair Research Societies

Gill Westgate; Wilma F Bergfeld; Victoria Ceh; Maria Hordinsky; Rodney Sinclair; Bianca Maria Piraccini; Hoon Kang; Manabu Ohyama

doi:10.1159/000512035

Thirty Years (and More) of Hair Research Societies

Skin Appendage Disord. 2021 Feb;7(2):90-107. doi: 10.1159/000512035. Epub 2021 Feb 8.

Authors

Gill Westgate^{1

2}, Wilma F Bergfeld^{1

3}, Victoria Ceh^{1

3}, Maria Hordinsky³, Rodney Sinclair⁴, Bianca Maria Piraccini², Hoon Kang⁵, Manabu Ohyama⁶

Affiliations

¹ International Federation of Hair Research Societies, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² European Hair Research Society, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
³ American Hair Research Society, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Australasian Hair and Wool Research Society, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁵ The Korean Hair Research Society, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ The Society for Hair Science Research, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

The contributions of the core hair research societies and their members over the past 30 years have advanced the field of hair research and the understanding and treatment of hair disorders and normal hair growth.

Keywords: Alopecia; Dermatology; Hair; Hair disorders; Hair follicle; Hair research; Scalp disorders.

Publication types

Review