| abstract |
The present invention provides methods for treating hair loss, treating, inhibiting, or suppressing a degenerative skin disorder, treating androgenetic alopecia (AGA), generating new hair follicles (HF), and increasing the size of existing HF. The methods comprise epidermal disruption or administration of wnt, a fibroblast growth factor-9 polypeptide or another compound that upregulates sonic hedgehog gene signaling. |