Oops, We Cured Baldness

Eh, unless it resolves my patchy beard dilemna I'm going back to watching Vampire Diaries.
 
Originally Posted by Nako XL

Baldness: That cursed genetic trait, forever $$*!-blocking older men from cheating on their wives (with the exception of Bruce Willis), squelching their confidence to ask for a better cubicle and overall giving them the vague look of a gigantic human condom. And thus, Baldness: No. 1 most profitable "disease" yet to be cured.
Until now. Maybe.

See, UCLA scientists were just going about business as usual, torturing their lab mice with a "chemical compound that blocks the effects of stress on the gut" over the last few months [NYT], when voila:
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All those mice who had once been losing their hair due to stress were now sporting thick, luscious coats of mousey-%+# mouseness. Bow chicka wow wow...

We're sure the UCLA scientists fancy their discovery pretty sexy, too -- because now, what would probably have been another run-of-the-mill stress drug has possibly turned into What Men Want More Than Anything in the World, which will make them rich, +%*@! (as if the health execs at UCLA weren't already rolling in the millions).

The New York Times offers cautious hope:
Already the research is drawing a mixed response from dermatologists and hair-loss researchers. Dr. Melissa Piliang, a dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic, cautioned that the findings of a mouse study may not be applicable to humans, but she said that the results may spur more study of the role stress might play in human hair loss.
"We've certainly seen patients whose hair worsened when they are under a lot of stress," said Dr. Piliang. "But what we don't know is whether some of this genetic hair loss is particularly affected by stress. I think it's hopeful for future research and treatment."
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But -- and this is one damn-girl, bootylicious but -- the "cure" may only apply to stress-induced baldness, as opposed to genetic.

Every party has a pooper:
Dr. George Cotsarelis, chairman of the dermatology department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, said any treatment developed from the research would probably be useful only for hair loss related to stress, likes that caused by one-time events, rather than as a treatment for genetic baldness.
"It's difficult to say that it's going to lead to a new treatment,'' he said.


Still, everyone can agree it's the beginning of something great -- especially these little guys, who have to be the luckiest lab mice in the world. Just look at them, baskin' in the limelight like they were born this way:
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Study co-director Million Mulugeta (yes, her name is actually Million, and she is therefore a total baller, even aside from the bald cure thing) mentions one more exciting effect of the chemical: Skin pigment changed in some of the mice.

Meaning, for old people, that the potential drug could possibly convert their gray hair back to its original color. And meaning, for the rest of the world, that we may no longer be subjected to the black-hair-dye phases of midlife crises everywhere



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Originally Posted by Nako XL

Baldness: That cursed genetic trait, forever $$*!-blocking older men from cheating on their wives (with the exception of Bruce Willis), squelching their confidence to ask for a better cubicle and overall giving them the vague look of a gigantic human condom. And thus, Baldness: No. 1 most profitable "disease" yet to be cured.
Until now. Maybe.

See, UCLA scientists were just going about business as usual, torturing their lab mice with a "chemical compound that blocks the effects of stress on the gut" over the last few months [NYT], when voila:
http://
All those mice who had once been losing their hair due to stress were now sporting thick, luscious coats of mousey-%+# mouseness. Bow chicka wow wow...

We're sure the UCLA scientists fancy their discovery pretty sexy, too -- because now, what would probably have been another run-of-the-mill stress drug has possibly turned into What Men Want More Than Anything in the World, which will make them rich, +%*@! (as if the health execs at UCLA weren't already rolling in the millions).

The New York Times offers cautious hope:
Already the research is drawing a mixed response from dermatologists and hair-loss researchers. Dr. Melissa Piliang, a dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic, cautioned that the findings of a mouse study may not be applicable to humans, but she said that the results may spur more study of the role stress might play in human hair loss.
"We've certainly seen patients whose hair worsened when they are under a lot of stress," said Dr. Piliang. "But what we don't know is whether some of this genetic hair loss is particularly affected by stress. I think it's hopeful for future research and treatment."
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

But -- and this is one damn-girl, bootylicious but -- the "cure" may only apply to stress-induced baldness, as opposed to genetic.

Every party has a pooper:
Dr. George Cotsarelis, chairman of the dermatology department at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, said any treatment developed from the research would probably be useful only for hair loss related to stress, likes that caused by one-time events, rather than as a treatment for genetic baldness.
"It's difficult to say that it's going to lead to a new treatment,'' he said.


Still, everyone can agree it's the beginning of something great -- especially these little guys, who have to be the luckiest lab mice in the world. Just look at them, baskin' in the limelight like they were born this way:
UCLA
​
Study co-director Million Mulugeta (yes, her name is actually Million, and she is therefore a total baller, even aside from the bald cure thing) mentions one more exciting effect of the chemical: Skin pigment changed in some of the mice.

Meaning, for old people, that the potential drug could possibly convert their gray hair back to its original color. And meaning, for the rest of the world, that we may no longer be subjected to the black-hair-dye phases of midlife crises everywhere



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Well that's pretty cool. Progress 
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Well that's pretty cool. Progress 
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to that guy asking about rogaine etc, the only one that actually works is propecia (proscar). It's worked for plenty of people, I even started taking it as I saw hint of receding hairline and freaked out and thought I better prevent further hair loss...BUT then I came across this page and stopped taking it immediately. This !@%@ is scary!

http://www.propeciahelp.com/symptoms

Essentially, a lot of the symptoms become permanent, even (and especially after) stopping the medication. No one's sure why but the drug seems to somehow affect androgen receptor sensitivity
 
to that guy asking about rogaine etc, the only one that actually works is propecia (proscar). It's worked for plenty of people, I even started taking it as I saw hint of receding hairline and freaked out and thought I better prevent further hair loss...BUT then I came across this page and stopped taking it immediately. This !@%@ is scary!

http://www.propeciahelp.com/symptoms

Essentially, a lot of the symptoms become permanent, even (and especially after) stopping the medication. No one's sure why but the drug seems to somehow affect androgen receptor sensitivity
 
I don't think ppl understand how much money is in this. Billionaire status. A day no bald men would die.
 
I don't think ppl understand how much money is in this. Billionaire status. A day no bald men would die.
 
if i start going bald im cutting all this crap off, until then
<<< long hair dont care
 
if i start going bald im cutting all this crap off, until then
<<< long hair dont care
 
"they" will never market this ... too much money to be made by hair "restoration" companies ...
 
"they" will never market this ... too much money to be made by hair "restoration" companies ...
 
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