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Brief Items of Interest, June 2017
Hair loss news first: — Apparently, there is a small subgroup of people who suffer from hair loss due to a condition called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED), which also adversely impacts nails,...
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Beard Growth from Minoxidil
On January 21, 2003, a 20 year old man with the online name “Curi0usGeorge” started a US based beard forum thread about growing his sparse beard via applying extra strength Minoxidil (5% Rogaine) onto...
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Monasterium Laboratory
At the recent 76th annual meeting of SID I noticed an interesting presentation titled “Olfactory receptor stimulation promotes human hair growth“, with the lead author being a Dr. Jérémy Chéret who I...
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The Sonic Hedgehog Pathway — An Unrealized Dream
Perhaps the most important area of hair loss research that I have not yet covered on this blog relates to the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) protein and signaling pathway. While the sonic hedgehog protein has...
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Stromal Vascular Fraction Enhanced Adipose Transplantation
I have covered the link between fat cells and hair cells a number of times on this blog in the past. In 2014, I discussed a newly published paper by Dr. Fiona Watt and various others that found a...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, July 2017
Hair loss news first: — The biggest news story in the hair loss world during the past month probably deserved its own post, but I could not schedule things in that manner. Last week, respected...
View ArticleKerastem CEO Update
A few hours ago Kerastem’s CEO Mr. Brad Conlan sent me an e-mail for the first time ever. The timing of this e-mail is quite appropriate considering that I just mentioned Kerastem in my recent post...
View ArticleVitamin D and Hair Loss
During the past decade, vitamin D (in reality, a hormone) has been in the news more so than any other vitamin out there. Its deficiency has been touted as the reason for dozens of human health...
View ArticleYet More Indian Studies Involving Microneedling
Dr. Rachita Dhurat In late July, user “Saleen” commented that Follica had updated their website yet again. This time, they added several clinical advisers on their “our team” section, including the...
View ArticleUCLA vs USC in the Hair Loss World
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and University of Southern California (USC) are both based in Los Angeles, California in the USA. They have one of the most intense and historic rivalries in...
View ArticleAclaris Therapeutics and Dr. Neal Walker Update
Aclaris Therapeutics has been in the news a lot so far this month. The company has gone overboard with press releases and e-mail alerts (if you are subscribed) during the first two weeks of August....
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, August 2017
A few days later than usual due to the major new developments that I had to discuss in my prior two posts. Hair loss news first: — I covered an interesting “COOL” new company named PolarityTE last...
View ArticlePoll — Which Future Hair Loss Treatments are you Optimistic About?
Poll below can take a while to load so please be patient. Voting choices are all the way towards the bottom of this post. Please read all the 20 choices carefully before participating. They are in...
View ArticleAclaris Therapeutics Granted two Patents Covering JAK Inhibitors for Treating...
Aclaris Therapeutics’ latest e-mail from today morning contained a link to the following press release: Aclaris Therapeutics Announces Issuance of Two U.S. Patents Covering JAK Inhibitors for Treating...
View ArticleList of Hair Loss Forums Around the World
Over the years, I have frequented numerous online English language hair loss forums on a regular basis. However, sometimes I forget to visit some of the less popular ones for months at a stretch,...
View ArticleBrief Items of Interest, September 2017
Hair loss news first: Seems like all of a sudden, this became the month where important companies in the hair loss world updated their websites after a long time. — Who else but “nasa_rs” notifying me...
View ArticleInterview Questions for Dr. Heather Christofk and Dr. William Lowry
A little over a month ago, a new groundbreaking study came out of UCLA that found that increasing lactate production in mice via the use of two different topical drugs led to increased hair growth both...
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Mesotherapy with Dutasteride to Treat Hair Loss
The single best currently available medication to treat hair loss is enlarged prostate drug Dutasteride (which is basically Finasteride/ Propecia on steroids). I have covered Dutasteride or its brand...
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Oral Minoxidil to Treat Hair Loss
I have discussed Minoxidil many times on this blog in the past since it is one of only two drugs officially approved by the US FDA to treat hair loss. Most men use 5% topical Minoxidil foam and apply...
View ArticleRestoration Robotics (“HAIR”) IPO
Restoration Robotics is a privately held company that manufactures the world leading ARTAS robotic hair transplantation system that I have discussed on this blog several times in the past (search via...
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