Too good to check: Baldness cure in sight?

The US researchers have pinpointed the mutation which leads to hair thinning, a process that can begin as early as childhood.

APCDD1 causes hair follicles to shrink, leading to thinner hair described as “peach fuzz”.

The team found that the progressive form of hair loss, a relatively rare condition known as hereditary hypotrichosis simplex, is caused by a phenomenon called hair follicle miniaturisation.