Britons seeking medical treatments overseas ‘should beware low prices’
Experts warn ‘health tourists’ to do their research, saying savings can lead to higher costs for work to be redone
April 2024
Bald man or woman with wet hair – who would get the job?
Letter: Alice Moncaster thinks it’s time for some research on hair and gender bias
Brief letters
Clock this delightful paean to dandelions
Brief letters: Country diary | Isfahan’s sights | Dilyn the dog’s fleas | Bald truths | Pate expectations
Hair yesterday, gone today: why we are happily bald
Losing my hair made me miserable. Now I’m as bald as an egg, I couldn’t be happier
The beauty Q&A
I’m 40 and suffering from hair loss. How do I find the cause?
March 2024
Science Weekly
Why do we lose our hair as we age, and what can we do about it? – podcast
Madeleine Finlay speaks to one man about how it affected him and to hair specialist Dr Sharon Wong about what is going on when our hair thins and what treatments are available to help
December 2023
Louis Theroux shares no-eyebrows look on Instagram as alopecia spreads
TV documentary-maker says he might try cosmetic tattooing to replace brows
October 2023
I have not been seen in public without a hat for 10 years. Would a Turkish hair transplant change my life?
Weekend
Dolly Parton, John Crace on Keir Starmer, and could a hair transplant change one man’s life? – podcast
‘I have to wear two hats’: Thailand’s breakdancing team confronts hair loss at the Asian Games
How to have healthy skin
‘We’re not making new hairs, we’re rescuing’: could scientists reverse male pattern baldness?
July 2023
It couldn't happen to me … could it?
The trichologist who lost her hair: ‘I learned it isn’t about how you look – it’s about how you feel’
Chemotherapy hair loss? Try my hat trick
December 2022
Stop tying yourself in knots: what stress does to your body – and how to beat it
From migraines to IBS, back pain and hair loss, millions of us suffer health problems triggered by stress and anxiety. Here’s how to deal with them
August 2022
Notes and queries
Why do eyebrow and eyelash hairs stop growing?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
April 2022
Hair loss can be traumatic for men too
‘If it can happen to Jada, it can happen to us’: meet the people living with alopecia
March 2022
Jada Pinkett Smith wasn’t the only one furious at Chris Rock’s Oscars gag. I know how traumatic hair loss is
Arwa Mahdawi
‘Violence instead of words’: Will Smith condemned for hitting Chris Rock at the Oscars
