paul@uwvax.ARPA (Paul Haeberli) (08/22/83)
Any research being done? --- -------- ----- ----- Does anyone know of *serious* research being done in curing/reversing male pattern baldness? I mean real, clinical/laboratory studies at some medical research facility, university or private research institute or *anyplace*.
dyer@wivax.UUCP (08/24/83)
There is some research being done at Upjohn on the topical use of a drug called minoxidil. It was introduced as an oral anti-hypertensive drug, but one of its strange side-effects is increased hair growth on the face, arms and back (rather like a werewolf!) I guess they expect that applying it to the scalp as a lotion will localize its hair-stimulating effects, without causing changes in blood pressure. The study is just getting underway, so I wouldn't expect results for a few years. Waiting to hear myself, Steve Dyer decvax!wivax!dyer
padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell[Admin]) (08/30/83)
If there is a cure, you can bet that it will be incompatible with with software...
Patrick ("Sunburned on top") Powell