Abstract: The present disclosure includes the use of a miRNA inhibitor for inducing hair growth, increasing the hair density, increasing the follicular density, increasing the hair shaft thickness, increasing hair length, preventing hair loss, reducing hair loss, or any combination thereof in a subject in need thereof. In some aspects, the subject has one or more disorders selected from the group consisting of alopecia greata, androgenic alopecia, alopecia areata, alopecia universalis, involutional alopecia, trichotillomania, telogen effluvium, anagen effluvium, cicatricial, alopecia, scarring alopecia, scalp thinning, hair shaft abnormalities, infectious hair disorders, genetic disorders, and hair loss due to chemotherapy, hormonal imbalance, fungal infection, medication intake, chemical hair treatment, or aging.