Episode 788
Goosebumps cause hair growth
Nerves that make hair stand on end send messages to make hair grow
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 21, 20206m 17s
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Show Notes
Getting cold won't just make your hair stand up, it may also make it grow. Yulia Shwartz at Harvard University and her colleagues have found that the nerves that give us goose pimples also send a message to the cells in the follicles that produce hairs, making them grow. It explains the prolific winter coat that some animals grow in the cold. Cambridge dermatologist Jane Sterling took Chris Smith through the findings... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
hair growthhair folliclesgoosebumps and hair growthgoose pimples and hair growthjane sterlingYulia Shwartz