Field Notes
The Science of Why Hair Goes Gray
Your hair color isn't maintained but constantly manufactured. And graying is what it looks like when the manufacturing has come to a halt
6 min read·Dr. Yaron Fuchs
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The Hairtellectual
Four Months In: What We Saw in Prologue’s Clinical Trial
Results from an independent four-month clinical study of the Prologue system, measured hair by hair under a trichoscope.
7 min read·Dr. Yaron Fuchs
Science · 2013 · Vol 341, Issue 6143
Sept4/ARTS Regulates Stem Cell Apoptosis and Skin Regeneration
Fuchs Y, Brown S, Gorenc T, Rodriguez J, Fuchs E, Steller H
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Oxidative Stress, or How a Hard Year Can Change Your Hair Color
Can stress contribute to gray hair? Explore how oxidative stress and nerve signals can affect the cells responsible for hair pigment—and what research suggests about whether some hairs can regain their color.
3 min read·Prologue Research Team
Going Gray Early? The Biologic Explanation
Whether younger generations gray earlier is hard to prove, but graying responds to conditions around the follicle, and several have shifted.
4 min read·Prologue Research Team
Nature Communications · 2018 · 9:4582
ARTS mediates apoptosis and regeneration of the intestinal stem cell niche
Koren E, Yosefzon Y, Ankawa R, Soteriou D, Jacob A, Nevelsky A, Ben-Yosef R, Bar-Sela G, Fuchs Y
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How Caffeine, Rosemary, Rice Bran and Tyrosine Impact Hair Follicles
What the research actually shows for five common haircare ingredients, including two that reach into color.
4 min read·Prologue Research Team
Sleep, Gut Health and Your Hair Color
Pigment cells run on a circadian clock and respond to the body's conditions, how sleep and the gut set the stage for color.
3 min read·Prologue Research Team