We've all heard the age-old saying, "Beauty is pain." Woman are constantly finding ways to torture themselves in the pursuit of beauty, whether it's cramming their poor feet into 6-inch stilettos or ...

Despite what you may have heard, plucking actually stimulates hair growth. This is based on a study with mice conducted by Dundee University. The study found that plucking 200 hairs triggered a growth ...

At this time of year hair removal tends to fall towards the bottom of our to do list, but while we might skip the odd grooming session it’s still a major bugbear for most women. In fact, more than ...

Sonia Haria is a journalist and author with 20 years experience in the beauty industry. She has worked at The Telegraph since 2007, and has been the newspaper’s Beauty Director for the past decade.

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you see grey hair? Seeing even a single grey hair can cause a little panic. You might think plucking it is the solution, but hold on. Do you know if ...

Hair follicles, like bacteria, don’t just live individual lives. They form communities, close-knit or otherwise, depending on the fullness of their molecular communications. When molecules are ...

I've had the same strand of gray hair near my hairline for about 10 years. I don't know how it happened, it just came upon me one day and I've been cursed with it ever since. My gray strand and I have ...

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621. The first known instance of a composer ordering up plucking violins came just three years later. To musician and NPR cultural commentator Miles Hoffman, ...