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Pill that can cure baldness in five months
U.K. Daily Mail ^ | 14:03 EST, 17 August 2014 | Sophie Borland

Posted on 08/17/2014 2:45:30 PM PDT by 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

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: baldness; cure
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To: KingLudd
He had just turned fifteen when his hair started falling out. He came back from China a few days before his 16th Bday.

And yeah, he wasn't fond of that part of it.

41 posted on 08/17/2014 7:14:17 PM PDT by lafroste (matthewharbert.wix.com/matthew-harbert)
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To: Celtic Conservative
"I prefer the term “follicularly challenged”."

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As distinguished from the term "fluke-ularly challenged”, the condition of being too poor like Sandra Fluke to be able to afford mere pennies a day for one's birth control and abortifacient chemical needs, and seeking instead that those chemicals be paid for by taxpayers through their subsidization of the poor person's B-O-care scam-plan.

42 posted on 08/17/2014 7:22:00 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: ottbmare
"So what was the treatment the Chinese gave him?"

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It is rumored to contain generous dollops of the exotic, tropical "Hairy Fuzz Plant".


43 posted on 08/17/2014 7:24:01 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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To: Heart-Rest
It's all in the pronunciation, LOL

CC

44 posted on 08/17/2014 7:25:35 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: jmcenanly

I’m not bald, okay? I shaved my head. Understand?

Who said that line from what movie? With out looking it up on the Internet? :)


45 posted on 08/17/2014 7:46:45 PM PDT by Redcitizen (Hmph. Adventure. Heh. Excitement. Heh. A Jedi craves not these things.)
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To: erlayman

I don’t think I have ever met anyone 15-29 without any hair.
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I attended school with a good friend from grades 1-12. By the 8th grade he was bald, with only a fringe of hair about 1 inch high on the sides and back of his head. Strange.


46 posted on 08/17/2014 8:25:45 PM PDT by octex
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To: jmcenanly
An alternative approach might be to use special oiling/shining treatments and go for the bold glistening shiny look:


47 posted on 08/17/2014 8:26:18 PM PDT by Heart-Rest ("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
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