[Innovative]

Quite remarkable and promising...

[Still Thinking]

This Common Drug Can Cure Baldness

Is the name of the drug "hair"?

[kaehurowing]

I’ve noticed my joints ache more and more when I wake up in the morning.

[varon]

After two months, the patient had grown scalp and facial hair. After eight months of treatment, the patient had experienced "full regrowth of hair" including eyebrows and eye lashes.

I remember, when I was nearing my teen years, how a certain activity would make hair grow but it was limited only to the palm of the hand..............didn't need a prescription either....

[Larry Lucido]

Didn’t George Costanza find something like this from China?

[SgtHooper]

But one data point? Nothing scientific about this. Lottery odds.

[doorgunner69]

Seems it works if you got some sort of obscure skin condition.

Says not a thing about the usual male pattern baldness most of us have.

We're still screwed.

[Explorer89]

35 odd years ago, there were a brother and sister in my elementary school with this condition. They both wore wigs. As I recall, one trait of kids with this is that they turn out to be remarkably well adjusted. (don’t quote me on that, it was something I recall about it.). Both of these kids were very popular, actually. If this is an autoimmune disease, this is great news of a possible treatment.

[Ben Mugged]

Now if we can only find a cure for liberalism.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Remember finasteride which ended up chemically castrating men permanently? Whoops! You got hair and divorce papers! Congratulations!

[WellyP]

http://www.drugs.com/cdi/tofacitinib.html

Tofacitinib may increase the risk of serious and sometimes fatal infection. Patients who also take medicine to suppress the immune system (eg, methotrexate, corticosteroids) may be at greater risk. Reported infections have included tuberculosis (TB), shingles, and other bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. You should be tested for TB before you start tofacitinib. Discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using tofacitinib.

Contact your doctor right away if you develop symptoms of infection (eg, fever; chills; persistent cough or sore throat; increased or painful urination; unusual muscle aches; red, warm, swollen, painful, or blistered skin; tiredness; loss of appetite or unusual weight loss; night sweats).

Lymphoma, skin cancer, and other types of cancer have been seen in patients treated with tofacitinib. Patients who have had a kidney transplant and take medicine to suppress the immune system may be at greater risk for a problem with certain white blood cells growing out of control. Discuss any questions or concerns with your doctor.

[mjp]

alopecia universalis and alopecia areata are not the same as common male pattern baldness