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Charlie Villanueva's been waiting for this day his whole life
Courtesy Yale University
Take heed, hairless men, for soon ye too shall be hirsute. No longer will your brilliant dome blind oncoming traffic or herald your approach like a beacon, for the great Ivy League minds at Yale have uncovered pharmaceutical alchemy that will bring whiskers to your body like moss to a Chia Pet.
Over the course of an eight-month trial a nearly hairless man, whose condition is the result of a rare disease called alopecia, sprouted a full head of hair along with eyebrows, eyelashes, facial, armpit, and “other” hair. This miracle drug, which also works for treating psoriasis, is called tofacitinib citrate, and is actually prescribed for arthritis (these other results are actually the side effects). And despite a bevy of serious sounding other side effects, like tuberculosis and urinary tract infections, the patient in Yale’s test reported none of them.
Tofacitinib was discovered by Pfizer and approved by the FDA in 2012, though it is currently not approved in Europe. For all the pharmaceutical industry’s evils, Pfizer is on a mission to make the baby boomer’s life better, first with Viagra and now this, though it’s ironic that both drugs are being heralded more for their side effects than original intent.
That said, no way this is worth risking the tuberculosis and kidney failure over.
Though I know a few NTers are hype like "I'm bout to be looking like"
. I've read meditation stimulates hair growth but not sure if you can get a full head of hair from it. I considered taking propecia but soon as they told me about impotence being a side effect I was :x
