Prince William’s hair loss

For all the stories about how handsome and charming Prince William was throughout his recent Australian tour, it seems that his increasing bald spot attracted more than a fair share of comment.
There were articles in major newspapers headed ‘Balding Royals’, it was discussed on numerous radio chat shows and there’s now even a t-shirt [...]

Women who took chemo drug say they were not warned of permanent hair loss

Women who took a drug to fight breast cancer say they were never warned of a side effect  permanent hair loss  that left them looking sick long after they were treated for the disease.
I had a normal head of hair and I am now completely bald, said Cynthia MacGregor, 50, of Montreal, who has been diagnosed [...]

Hair regeneration clinical study

Aderans Research Institute Inc. (ARI) recently achieved a significant milestone in its Phase 2 clinical study of cell-based hair regeneration, treating the trial’s 100th subject. With clinical sites expected to double in the coming months, the study will likely add dozens of additional subjects to its enrollment.
The breadth of this phase of our trial [...]

New Hair Loss Treatment Clinical Trials

The thinning hair experts from the UK – Nanogen are planning to be involved in no less than 4 clinical trials in 3 countries, involving both the increasingly popular Scalproller device and other cutting edge therapeutic techniques.
Nanogen widens their scope for hair loss treatment, becoming involved with large scale clinical trials for the extremely promising [...]

Study indicates Finasteride therapy may benefit women suffering from hair loss

Molecular dermatology research and development innovator HairDX today announced the results of a six month pilot study that presents, for the first time, evidence that genetic mechanisms may predict treatment response to Finasteride for postmenopausal female Androgenetic Alopecia (female hair loss).
The double-blinded placebo study followed a small cohort of postmenopausal female patients suffering from [...]

Female Hair Loss

Despite the negative impact of their hair loss on their lives women have been reluctant to seek treatment. But that trend seems to be turning around. “It was always very hush-hush, so women did not talk about it with anyone other than their hairdresser,” Dr. Limmer says.
“But today, more and more women are seeking [...]

Company tackling male baldness

Island Laboratories, which has its corporate headquarters in St. George’s, has developed Stemcelex, a safe and natural hair regrowth treatment. It has now applied for Health Canada’s approval as a natural health product.
You have to display safety and efficacy to them, but their most important perspective is it’s safe for people to use, said Robert [...]

Hair extensions should be banned

Hair extensions should be banned, according to one of the biggest hair science groups in the UK.
The Trichological Society says a growing number of salons are offering to do them at a cheap price and some hairdressers don’t have the qualifications to put them in properly.
The organisation says that’s leading to more young [...]

Hair Restoration Surgeon Expertly Performs Modified Scalp Reduction for Cancer Survivor

Scott Boden, M.D., a board certified hair transplant surgeon with the Hair Restoration Center of Connecticut, donated his services to remove a scar and transplant hair on the scalp of a woman who recently fought cancer.
As a result of radiation treatments to treat ringworm as a young girl  a common form of treatment in the [...]

Confusion over high tech hair loss aids

LaserCombs are a relatively new class of product designed to fight hair loss combining a brush with a special light source. They’re sold online in the UK with the marketing information saying they are “FDA approved meaning the US health regulator has cleared them for use.
There’s no mention of them being UK approved, which is [...]