scalp

"You're still quite young," I remember the hair transplant consultant telling me, as he drew on my scalp with a felt-tip pin.

"Your scalp has 180,000 oil glands and it collects dirt and debris if it's not regularly washed."

Ms Bacon was given a local anaesthetic to numb her scalp and skull and had immediate improvement in her fingers on the operating table, allowing her to play the clarinet easily.

A soft hand takes the place of the towels at my feet and calves while warm oils are simultaneously dripped onto my hair and massaged into my scalp.

This challenge has driven researchers to explore new ways of improving how minoxidil is delivered to the scalp.