Pill that can cure baldness in five months

U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 14:03 EST, 17 August 2014 | Sophie Borland

[jmcenanly]

A twice-a-day pill that can cure baldness caused by alopecia has been developed by scientists.

It has enabled three patients to grow back a full head of hair within the space of just five months.

Researchers now plan to carry out further tests in the hope that it will eventually be rolled out as a standard treatment. Between 1 in 500 and 1 in 1,000 Britons are thought to suffer from alopecia areata and it is most common in young adults aged 15 to 29.

It is thought to be caused by a problem with the immune system which results in cells destroying the hair follicles.

There are no treatments and although some patients’ hair grows back naturally, others remain completely bald for life

[RedMDer]

Too late for Old Joe

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[gigster]

I also suffer from “Premature Kojak-ulation”.

[al baby]

no you mate does

[Lizavetta]

Lame title. Baldness caused by alopecia and standard baldness are two very different things.

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ping.

*ducking* and running for cover...

[smokingfrog]

What side effects?

[Dr. Sivana]

I’m waiting for a pill that turns white hair back to its original color.

The right mixture of these ought to do it.

[Dogbert41]

Side effects? There are no side effects!

[Oratam]

"The Chinese have done it, my friend!"

[Heart-Rest]

One possible thing to watch for when using these magic pills is when your hair starts to grow rapidly out of the sides of your head, but stops growing completely on the top of your head, like this:

Then you know it's time to invest in a magic hat, like this:

[Jemian]

I just recently lost about 1/3 of my hair due to dengue fever. I am 60 and had been losing hair anyway. I would LOVE to grow some back.

[Sequoyah101]

I was thinking more along the lines of cousin it or just a big fur ball but good one.

[lafroste]

My son said that his doctor in China also said the treatment worked for male pattern baldness. I quit being a skeptic when I picked him up at the airport.

[Celtic Conservative]

I prefer the term “follicularly challenged”.

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[MooseKnuckles]

A thick wallet trumps a thick head of hair any day.

[RckyRaCoCo]

[mikrofon]

More dangers of improper application ...

[ottbmare]

So what was the treatment the Chinese gave him?

[lafroste]

When he left for China in early June 2013, He had lost approximately 60% of the hair on his scalp. When I picked him up at the airport, he had a full head of hair (and I have pics to prove it). According to what he told me, Alopecia Areata as described by his doctor in Guangzhou was a result of an imbalance between his liver and kidneys.

His treatment was pretty rigorous: two large bowls of an herb soup twice a day (I don’t know the English names or availability of these herbs in the US) that he said tasted awful, twice weekly doctor’s office treatments using a scalp stimulant (consisting of a very small mallet with metal spikes in it, beaten around his head to the point of drawing blood), and daily heat lamp treatments on his skull.

He did come back with a treatment kit in case of relapse consisting of 10 ml bottles of some herbal substance, two other topical lotions (alcohol based) to put on any new spots that cropped up, and I had to buy him fresh ginger and Brandy to soak the ginger in then rub it on his scalp on any bald spots that showed up. None have so far.

Since the labels are in Chinese, I cannot read them, but he said they were over the counter medicines there.

As I said earlier, it is tough to argue with dramatic results. I have all the medicine bottles but I would have to get them translated to tell you what they are. I would imagine they can be found online with some digging.

[KingLudd]

Did you say, “a very small mallet with metal spikes in it, beaten around his head to the point of drawing blood?”

How old is your son?