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Hairless Man Grows Full Head Of Hair In Yale Arthritis Drug Trial [YAAAAAY!}
boston.cbslocal.com ^ | June 19, 2014 11:04 AM | Staff

Posted on 06/19/2014 10:36:41 AM PDT by Red Badger

BOSTON (CBS) – Scientists at Yale may have discovered quite the off-label use for an FDA-approved arthritis drug.

During a trial, which stretched for eight months, a 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body grew a full head following treatment with the drug. He reported no noticeable side effects.

The patient was suffering from a rare, highly visible disease known as alopecia universalis, which has no cure or approved long term treatment.

The disease causes the loss of almost all body hair.

According to scientists involved in the trial, the patient also grew eyebrows, eyelashes, and facial, armpit, and other hair.

“The results are exactly what we hoped for,” said Brett A. King, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology at Yale University School of Medicine and senior author of a paper reporting the results online June 18 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. “This is a huge step forward in the treatment of patients with this condition. While it’s one case, we anticipated the successful treatment of this man based on our current understanding of the disease and the drug. We believe the same results will be duplicated in other patients, and we plan to try.”

The drug, called tofacitinib citrate has also been used successfully for treating psoriasis.

King has submitted a proposal for a clinical trial involving the drug.

(Photos courtesy Yale University)


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: bald; cure; hair
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To: Ditter

It simply starts growing back. Kinda like planting seeds. If it takes your hair a month to grow a quarter inch, then the bald areas should have a bunch of quarter inch long hair after a month.

It’s as if a folicle that is dead is suddenly alive again and just starts pushing out hair like all the others do.

It is actually even better for women in my opinion for the simple reason that a guy with hair loss looks normal. Women with especially thin hair kinda stand out. It doesn’t work any better for women, but it’s impact can be more emotionally rewarding for them.


61 posted on 06/19/2014 12:50:24 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: cuban leaf
"I’m now 60 and my hair looks like an early picture of one of the Beatles.

It costs about $29 a bottle and lasts roughly 18 months, and is absurdly easy to use (just like a cream rinse in the shower after shampooing)."

Would you be willing to tell me exactly what product you use, there are several for 29 and 30 dollars...below is link to Arbonne hair products.

https://www.arbonne.com/shop_online/showCatalog.asp?category=89

62 posted on 06/19/2014 12:51:20 PM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: PoloSec

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63 posted on 06/19/2014 12:55:17 PM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: PoloSec

They’re claiming that tea tree (melaleuca) oil blocks DHT. There is some evidence of activity with tea tree oil and androgens, but to my knowledge it’s not known for slowing or reversing baldness due to blocking DHT.

One thing that is known for doing that is fenugreek. People make a plaster with fenugreek powder and coconut oil, put it on their heads and let it sit like a poultice for a while, they do it about once a week. Much more common in India and other countries than here. Sort of messy, DIY kind of thing, don’t know of any commercial shampoos or other topical solutions. Fenugreek actually is known for blocking DHT, it’s regarded as a mild natural aid for ED due to increasing free testosterone as well.


64 posted on 06/19/2014 12:58:14 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: warsaw44; cuban leaf

I’m at the point where my Russian forehead is turning into a fivehead.

I’d shave my head, but my skull is a phrenologists nightmare.

Something like this is a serious consideration for me looking a few more years out.


65 posted on 06/19/2014 12:58:42 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: cuban leaf

Bookmarked. Thanks for sharing...


66 posted on 06/19/2014 1:00:54 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (Tri nornar eg bir. Binde til rota...)
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To: ResponseAbility

Nose hair...................


67 posted on 06/19/2014 1:13:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Soon there will be another American Civil War. Will make the first one seem like a Tea Party........)
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To: cuban leaf
I am a woman and tho’ I don't have any bald spots, I am 74 and my hir is thinner than it was when I was young. This stuff sounds great! I wonder if my dermatologist has ever heard of this?
68 posted on 06/19/2014 1:20:08 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: cuban leaf; Vendome

Could you please answer Vendome’s question in post 27?


69 posted on 06/19/2014 2:50:31 PM PDT by Justa
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To: cuban leaf

Which product specifically? I have thyroid issues and have been using Nutri Ox and it’s not doing much.

Thanks.


70 posted on 06/19/2014 9:24:02 PM PDT by JennWestCoast
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To: cuban leaf

What product specifically? I’m a 35 year old woman and hormones have taken 1/2 of my hair!


71 posted on 06/19/2014 9:24:02 PM PDT by JennWestCoast
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