Air pollution contributes to hair loss,study finds

摘要

SOUTH KOREA Research conducted at the Future Science Research Center,Korea,has found that exposure to common air pollutants,known as particulate matter(PM),contributes to hair loss.The findings,which were presented by Hyuk Chul Kwok at the 28th European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress in Madrid,were collated by exposing cells from the scalp to a variety of concentrations.The study used PM10 pollutants from dust and diesel extracts,and incubated the human follicle dermal papilla cells(HFDPCs)for 24 hours.