Glaucoma drug helps balding men regrow hair,
shows study
Monday October 29, 2012 08:52:38 AM,
IANS
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London: There's some
good news to cheer up balding men - a common glaucoma drug may be
effective in regrowing your hair and in other forms of alopecia
(baldness), says a study.
A new research shows how the FDA-approved glaucoma drug,
bimatoprost, causes human hair to regrow. It's been commercially
available as a way to lengthen eyelashes, but the new findings are
the first to show that it can actually grow human hair from the
scalp.
"We hope this study will lead to the development of a new therapy
for balding which should improve the quality of life for many
people with hair loss," said Valerie Randall, study co-author from
the University of Bradford, UK, the FASEB Journal reports.
"Further research should increase our understanding of how hair
follicles work and thereby allow new therapeutic approaches for
many hair growth disorders," adds Randall, according to a Bradford
statement.
Randall and colleagues conducted three sets of experiments. Two
involved human cells and the other involved mice. The tests on
human cells involved using hair follicles growing in organ culture
as well as those take directly from the human scalp.
In both the experiments, the scientists found that bimatoprost led
to hair growth. The third set of experiments involved applying
bimatoprost to the skin of bald spots on mice. As was the case
with human cells, the drug caused hair to regrow.
"This discovery could be the long-awaited follow up to Viagra that
middle-aged men have been waiting for," said Gerald Weissmann,
editor-in-chief of the FASEB Journal, which published the study.
"Given that the drug is already approved for human use and its
safety profile is generally understood, this looks like a
promising discovery that has been right in front of our eyes the
whole time," Weissmann said.
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