Hair Loss Breakthrough in the News

There may be some very good news for baldinghas proven successful in creating "furrier" mice.
men and women who have been hoping for aWe don't know how long it will be before this new
"miracle cure for baldness". New research hastechnology makes it to market for human use, or if it
unveiled a discovery of a special protein whichis even safe for long term use, consumption, or
actually dictates the formation and growth of newtopical application, whichever the method may be.
hair follicles, specifically, in the human body.It will need to go through a lot more testing, as well
In other words, the key to causing new hair growthas be approved for public human use by the FDA,
and making baldness "extinct" may be closer than wethe Food and Drug Administration, before it can be
think. It's pretty exciting stuff, and it's really part of asold as either an over the counter hair loss and
larger body of research that has demonstrated webalding medication or treatment, or even a
may have more power over cellular growth andprescription treatment or medication for balding men
manipulation than we thought.and women.
You see, our genes produce proteins that go andRight now, we are still seeing a lot of natural hair loss
"communicate" to our body as to where certainremedies that can help you regrow your hair, mostly
bodily attributes will grow, or originate, such as hairthrough nutritional additions to your diet that may be
follicles. Scientists have identified one of the threelacking, and can cause or contribute to hair loss in
proteins that tells the body to produce more hairmen and women.
follicles, making the manipulation of hair growth muchThere are also popular over the counter hair loss
closer than it ever was before, scientifically andtreatments with an ingredient called Rogaine, which is
realistically speaking.supposed to help promote the growth of healthy
Unfortunately, we all know how long new technologynew hair and help repair damaged or unproductive
usually takes to actually morph into something thathair follicles.
can be used by the general public.Until this new technology comes to fruition, those are
This new technology, while promising, has not beenour options, and some of them work very well on
manipulated in such a way that it can be used bythe people who try them!
people yet. It's only been tested on mice so far, and