Posted on 06/23/2009 6:12:29 AM PDT by Schnucki
Dr Simon Ourian, a cosmetic surgeon based in Beverly Hills, California, claimed that he stumbled upon its unexpected powers by accident while treating his mother who was suffering from migraines after having chemotherapy which had made her hair fall out.
Familiar with Botox's use as a headache treatment, he injected the chemical – the medical name for a form of Botulinum toxin – into her scalp but was surprised to find that it also appeared to help her hair to grow back.
He said that he tested his discovery on volunteers for three years, adding a mixture of vitamins to make the process more effective.
"With my patients these Botox vitamin injections for baldness have been very safe and more effective than anything I have seen before," he Dr Ourian.
If his claims are proved in formal scientific trials it could potentially be used as the basis for new treatments for baldness.
The theory is that by dilating blood vessels, Botox, a relaxant, allows nutrients into shrunk follicles by dilating the blood vessels.
“I was happily surprised by the result,” he said. “So I decided to share the discovery with several of my regular patients. Because hair loss is a significant source of insecurity for many people, both men and women, there was no shortage of volunteers with thinning hair.”
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Geesh... And I paid 15 grand for a hair transplant.
She went bald because of the chemo not because she inherit it. There is a BIG difference there!! I’ve had friends who have gone through chemo and lost all their hair, but once finished with the treatments their hair grew back...NOT so when you inherit baldness!
Now there’s a “twofer!”
Yeah, tell me about it.. ;-)
to our family, Trump’s picture is the male equivalent of Helen Thomas. UGH
I would imagine he tried it on non-chemo patients as well.
I wonder if botox could be used in place of Viagra to dilate blood vessels. Wait a minute, I think there might be a conflict of interest there.
If the effect is due to botox being a relaxant, wouldnt gin be just as effective, as well as cheaper and more fun?
:)
Neanderthals and Cro-Magnun man are depicted as being very hairy....so bald is beautiful and modernistic.
Yeah, Buddy.
(shots OK, been putting up with them for years.)
And the problem with botox is that the blood flow is increased but the numbness factor could cause problems.
I don’t need a cure for baldness anymore-I need a quicker way to deal with the stragglers. Hair does look good on the ladies but it grows back after chemo anyways.
Unintentional botox is created by improper food storage in the Alaska bush all the time. Don’t eat the stinky eggs and don’t drink the water.
If you just want to remove the wrinkles Viagra is better.
But instead of human hair, pig bristles grew, and liberalism fogged the brain.
Again, sounds very much like gin! :)
Just tell them its not a bald patch, its a solar panel for a LURRVVE machine!
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