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I have been bald for almost three years. Some people – primarily my brother – will tell you that I have actually been bald for much longer than that, but I like to count from the moment I realised it was pointless to pretend that I still had hair. The moment I stopped trying to keep it in place with chemical sprays. The moment I abandoned the comb-over. It has been almost three years since I bought an electric razor from Argos and buzzed the whole lot off.

For patients with recalcitrant alopecia areata totalis or universalis, methotrexate combined with prednisone yields complete hair regrowth in about 31 percent of patients, according to a study. Pascal Joly, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues examined the efficacy and tolerance of methotrexate alone or combined with low-dose prednisone in 89 patients with chronic and recalcitrant alopecia areata totalis or universalis in a randomized clinical trial. Patients were randomly assigned to methotrexate or placebo for six months; those with more than 25 percent hair regrowth at six months continued their treatment to 12 months, while those with less than 25 percent hair regrowth...

Treatment involves adult patients with severe alopecia areata Eli Lilly has announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorisation for baricitinib – also known as Olumiant – for the treatment of severe alopecia areata in adult patients. Marketing authorisation was based on BRAVE-AA1 and BRAVE-AA2 studies which both used the Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score and both met the primary endpoint among the proportion of patients. Meanwhile, achievement of full regrowth or regrowth with minimal gaps in eyebrow and eyelash hair was also seen, with baricitinib, for patients who at baseline had significant...

Hair loss is far more common among men than women, so using the term is “inherently related to sex” — and equivalent to commenting on the size of a woman’s breasts, the employment tribunal said, according to the UK Telegraph. The finding — made by three judges who lament their own lack of locks in the judgment — came in the case of an electrician, Tony Finn, who sued a small Yorkshire-based family business over the term. Things first got hairy when one of Finn’s supervisors, Jamie King, allegedly called him a “fat bald c—” and he was later fired...

Insulting a man for being bald in the workplace amounts to sex harassment in the UK, a panel of balding judges have ruled, according to a report Thursday. Hair loss is far more common among men than women, so using the term is “inherently related to sex” — and equivalent to commenting on the size of a woman’s breasts, the employment tribunal said, according to the UK Telegraph. The finding — made by three judges who lament their own lack of locks in the judgment — came in the case of an electrician, Tony Finn, who sued a small Yorkshire-based...

It wasn’t a good look. Following last month’s unfortunate mixup, Brian Laundrie doppelgängers are buying up special T-shirts online to ensure they’re not confused for the infamous fugitive. The identity-solving couture surfaced on Etsytees and other online T-shirt bazaars as the search continues for the MIA fiancé of murdered TikTok influencer Gabby Petito. For just $22, the shorn-headed, beard-wearing men of the world can buy a T-shirt, hoodie or crewneck sweatshirt emblazoned with the phrase: “I’m just bald. Nope! I’m not Brian Laundrie.” The confusion-clearing clothing comes in colors ranging from white to gold and fits anyone up to a...

HAIR loss is a normal part of the ageing process with its cause to be down to a number of factors. However, men who are more prone to androgen alopecia could have an increased risk of COVID-19 severity says latest study.Findings presented at EADV’s Spring Symposium suggest that men with genetic characteristics that are sensitive to the male sex hormone androgen are more likely to experience severe COVID-19 disease. Researchers have discovered the novel biomarker to identify male COVID-19 patients most at risk for ICU admission. Due to the disproportionate number of men hospitalised with COVID-19, researchers were driven to...

An emotional video of a mother shaving her head in solidarity with her daughter battling cancer has gone viral online. The video is being widely circulated on various social media platforms, and it will truly leave you in tears. WHAT IS THE VIRAL VIDEO ABOUT? The video was shared on Facebook by Luciana Rebello, who is battling cancer and can be seen getting her head shaved in the clip. It also captures her emotional reaction on seeing her mom shaving her head.The clip begins with a woman chopping off Luciana's hair, as she gets emotional. In the video, two kids...

Technology in sports is a beautiful thing, but sometimes even the greatest inventions can go wrong. This happened over the weekend in a soccer game in Scotland, when an AI-controlled camera got confused, and thought a lineman’s bald head was the ball. ...To make matters worse Scotland is under strict social distancing measures. With no fans in attendance this was the only ways for fans of Iverness and Ayr United to watch the match, and instead they were treated to 90 minutes of head watching.

**SNIP** As well as the surgery scars, Jackson also underwent some strange cosmetic procedures, including having his lips tattooed pink. While his eyebrows were black tattoos and the front of his scalp had also bizarrely been tattooed black to blend with his hairline. Meanwhile, the star's knees and shins were mysteriously bruised and he had cuts on his back, suggesting a recent fall. His body was also mottled with areas of light and dark skin, confirming he did indeed suffer from pigmentation disease vitiligo. But more disturbingly, his wavy, shoulder-length hair was found to be a wig that had been...

Dr. Coleen Stice usually performs surgery on humans, but this week she had an entirely different type of patient — a bald eagle. Stice, an Omaha plastic and reconstructive surgeon, lent her skills to help the injured bird, found this spring with a mysterious head wound. The eagle was discovered on the ground south of Syracuse, Nebraska, in May and brought to Fontenelle Forest’s Rehabilitation Center near Elmwood, where it’s being cared for. Raptor experts were baffled over what caused the strange mark on the bird’s head, a spot that should be covered with white feathers.

**SNIP** Experts say they’re seeing more people like John and Mabel: men and women as young as 18 who are freaking out about going bald. San Francisco dermatologist Andrea Hui says balding millennials are coming to her more than ever, asking her for everything from natural supplements like Nutrafol to more invasive procedures like PRP, which involves injecting your own plasma into your scalp. New York City stylist Angelo David has seen a “tremendous” number of young and balding clients too: “The new hair extension story is no longer short to long but thin to thick,” he says. “People want...

Wispy, thinning and suspiciously free of grey, François Hollande’s boring hairstyle has never been held to much scrutiny,..But now the balding pate of the French president is at the centre of an embarrassing scandal dubbed coiffeurgate after the weekly paper Le Canard Enchaîné revealed that his personal hairdresser is on contract for almost €10,000 a month, paid from the public purse.The publication of the contract with the hairdresser, named as Olivier B, has sparked a row over extravagant spending by a Socialist president who once liked to see himself as “Mr Normal”. “I can understand the questions, I can understand...

Security at a Berkeley middle school was beefed up after the principal received a “vulgar and poorly written” email threat over a teacher’s involvement in a counterprotest to a neo-Nazi rally at the state Capitol building in Sacramento over the weekend that turned into a bloody melee.

Share This film was a Finalist for the Nat Geo Wild to Inspire competition and screened at The Sun Valley Film Fest. One of four finalists of 350 entries. For more info email Mikelemery@yahoo.com or go to mikelemery.com “Conowingo Dam Bald Eagles” shows the resurgence of the bald eagle population at the Conowingo Dam in Maryland, where hundreds of bald eagles fiercely fight for the stunned fish that make it through the dam’s turbines.

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,...

If you're balding and want your hair to grow back, then here is some good news. A new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal shows how the FDA-approved glaucoma drug, bimatoprost, causes human hair to regrow. It's been commercially available as a way to lengthen eyelashes, but these data are the first to show that it can actually grow human hair from the scalp. "We hope this study will lead to the development of a new therapy for balding which should improve the quality of life for many people with hair loss," said Valerie Randall, a researcher involved...

It's a problem that has always plagued men, but there is an upside to hair loss according to new research which has found bald men appear tougher and more powerful than others. Guys with shaved heads are also seen as taller, stronger and having greater potential as leaders, researcher Albert Mannes has found.

An injection that gives middle-aged men the hairline of their youth could be available in just five years, scientists predicted last night. The jab would use fat cells from the tummy to pep up hair growth on the scalp. The required amount of fat would not be enough to make a noticeable difference to waistlines. In a series of experiments, researchers from Yale University in the United States looked at what triggers the hair growth. They found fat cells to be key, with immature fat cells producing chemical signals that ‘wake up’ dormant follicles, leading to the production of hair....