Scientists Find Skin Cells At The Root Of Balding, Gray Hair

[Georgie]

Apparently they scientists at the University of Texas stumbled upon this discover of certain genes which cause hair growth and pigmentation. When removed, hair fell out or hair went white. One of the leading scientists involved speculated that a topical could be made to reverse balding or hair colour loss in line with the findings.

http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/articles/year-2017/gray-hair.html

 

[Ikkaku]

Dr Lu Le again an asiat

 

[razzmatazz91]

Great. Scientists found something new. Let the wait if 20 years for this cure begin.

I don’t want to be a dick, but we need to realise that anything that is new will need research and development followed by trials for several years, and that is if it works and if it is efficacious enough to be profitable.
Or, it could of course turn into the next Brotzu.

Bottom line: curb your enthusiasm.

 

[Armando Jose]

The research also could provide answers about why we age in general as hair graying and hair loss are among the first signs of aging.

 

[Francky85]

The research also could provide answers about why we age in general as hair graying and hair loss are among the first signs of aging.

I dont think it is....if it was then women would lose their hair in the same way men do at the same percentages and you wouldnt have 18 year old teenage men losing their hair, whist you have some 50 Year old men with thick full heads of hair..and everyone by 80 man or woman would be practically bald....there is more to it than just simply aging IMO.

 

[whatevr]

I'm sure the kids born in 2025 are going to love this.

 

[Trichosan]

Surely there are multiple factors at play when you consider there are men out there in their 70s with gray or even pure white, full-heads.

 

[Armando Jose]

Dr. Le, who holds the Thomas L. Shields, M.D. Professorship in Dermatology, said he and his researchers serendipitously uncovered this explanation for balding and hair graying while studying a disorder called Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow on nerves.

serendipitously????

 

[Btg]

that study was published in december 2017 and there is no update, so they might have just found an essential protein for hair to grow , but as long as they dont find an absence of it in balding scalps it doesnt seem so interesting to me

 

[kiwi666]

Dr. Le, who holds the Thomas L. Shields, M.D. Professorship in Dermatology, said he and his researchers serendipitously uncovered this explanation for balding and hair graying while studying a disorder called Neurofibromatosis Type 1, a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow on nerves.

serendipitously????

Yes. Like how they serendipitously discovered finasteride as a hair loss drug.

Perfectly acceptable.

 

[kiwi666]

Great. Scientists found something new. Let the wait if 20 years for this cure begin.

I don’t want to be a dick, but we need to realise that anything that is new will need research and development followed by trials for several years, and that is if it works and if it is efficacious enough to be profitable.
Or, it could of course turn into the next Brotzu.

Bottom line: curb your enthusiasm.

If you don’t want to be a dick... just don’t be a dick

 

[abcdefg]

The research also could provide answers about why we age in general as hair graying and hair loss are among the first signs of aging.

Some of this is just a play on words. If something causes grey hair and male pattern baldness then is it really aging? A lot of things that we chalk up to aging now will probably end up being figured out eventually as having some root cause.

 

[rclark]

It seems crazy that scientists still haven't figured out how to permanently remove gray hair.

Sad but true.

Granted, there are hair dyes, but a lot of them contain bad chemicals that could be bad
in the long run.

 

[hanginginthewire]

It seems crazy that scientists still haven't figured out how to permanently remove gray hair.

Sad but true.

Granted, there are hair dyes, but a lot of them contain bad chemicals that could be bad
in the long run.

I agree. But I know you know that compared to hair loss, grey hair is a joke. I have a few greys and was perusing the various dyes (permanent and semi permanent) and shampoos and I practically wanted to cry when thinking over how simple the solution is to get a reasonably cosmetically acceptable result to grey hair. Like 10 bucks, a little hassle in the shower. Wash your hands.

Meanwhile I’ve spent hours and hours and hours and hours researching, agonizing, budgeting, despairing, etc. etc, over hair loss. No matter what treatments may appear soon (and I’m doubtful they will anyway), I am forever altered by this hopeless nightmare.

 

[abcdefg]

It seems crazy that scientists still haven't figured out how to permanently remove gray hair.

Sad but true.

Granted, there are hair dyes, but a lot of them contain bad chemicals that could be bad
in the long run.

I doubt it. Dyes just topically probably have minimal effect. You should just be thankful at an older age where you get grey hair that you have hair still to get grey. male pattern baldness is impossible to fix, and treating grey hair is easy. No prescription drugs or hormone altering. Just wash some crap in your hair. Tons of girls dye their hair just for fun, and its been around a long time its pretty safe.

 

[sunchyme1]

I doubt it. Dyes just topically probably have minimal effect. You should just be thankful at an older age where you get grey hair that you have hair still to get grey. male pattern baldness is impossible to fix, and treating grey hair is easy. No prescription drugs or hormone altering. Just wash some crap in your hair. Tons of girls dye their hair just for fun, and its been around a long time its pretty safe.

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[rclark]

My hair is very diffuse, and I cannot really say I have a "hairline".

That said, here's an interesting article about cancer and hair dyes:

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/hair-dyes.html

 

[That Guy]

This is the same sh*t that's been going on for decades and it's frankly embarrassing.

Step 1. Scientists find some stuff that, in a mouse, make hair grow or inhibit its growth.

Step 2. Proudly proclaim that the "cure" for baldness has been found.

Yeah, you know...except it shows a lack of even an elementary understanding of male pattern baldness.

We don't have this problem where the hair is just "inactive". For us, the hair is being annihilated at the cellular level, and the only thing that can replace it is brand-f*****g-new hair.

Making hair growth start and stop is not f*****g applicable to Androgenetic Alopecia.

 

[razzmatazz91]

Can you enlighten me on who's displaying unwarranted "enthusiasm" here? It's almost as if you've gotten your little heart bruised by brotion, & now all research comes as invasive to your thought process.

Hey. Chill the f*** out.
I know the language I used may have made some cry, but the only point I’m making is that even if this new thing works, it won’t be out until most of us are 50 years old.

Before anyone gets enthusiastic, they need that pinch of salt.

 

[SheddieMurphy]

This is the same sh*t that's been going on for decades and it's frankly embarrassing.

Step 1. Scientists find some stuff that, in a mouse, make hair grow or inhibit its growth.

Step 2. Proudly proclaim that the "cure" for baldness has been found.

Yeah, you know...except it shows a lack of even an elementary understanding of male pattern baldness.

We don't have this problem where the hair is just "inactive". For us, the hair is being annihilated at the cellular level, and the only thing that can replace it is brand-f*****g-new hair.

Making hair growth start and stop is not f*****g applicable to Androgenetic Alopecia.

yeah they always try to mask this with vague claims like "promoting growth" or "strengthening your hair"

really embarrassing