Volume 35, No 5, May 2025

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 35 Issue 5, May 2025: 330-331

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Hangry hairs: intermittent fasting linked to hair loss

Carlos Galvan^1,2,3,4,5 , William E. Lowry^1,2,3,4,5,*

¹Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
²Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
³Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
⁴Broad Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
⁵Division of Dermatology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Correspondence: William E. Lowry(blowry@ucla.edu)

Chen and colleagues explore links between intermittent fasting (IF) and skin health, focusing on the effect of IF on hair growth, and discover that hair regeneration is blocked during IF periods.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-025-01082-y

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