Hair loss treatment: Topical Formula - archives
Oct 10, 2005 to March 28, 2007
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Mar 28, 2007
Reference – Scientists discover why hair goes gray.
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Mar 23, 2007
Alert / Topical – Procede horror story.
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Mar 11, 2007
Alert / Hair Replacement – Advanced Hair Studio on Youtube.
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Feb 13, 2007
Topical – Neem Oil, another anti-inflammatory agent.
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Jan 18, 2007
Topical – Stemcellex topical treatment claimed breakthrough.
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Jan 11, 2007
Journal – Templeruins pics.
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Jan 04, 2007
Topical – Neosil Announces Positive Phase 2 Data for NEOSH101, an Investigational Treatment for Androgenetic Alopecia.
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Dec 07, 2006
Reference – Study suggests that AGA is a photoaggravated dermatosis that requires photoprotection.
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Dec 03, 2006
Topical – 4 month with Roxithromycin review
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Nov 30, 2006
Topical – Rogaine Foam success story
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Nov 23, 2006
Topical & Drugs – Bingbang before and after pictures.
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Nov 23, 2006
Reference – Study: Human hair growth deficiency is linked to a genetic defect in the phospholipase gene LIPH.
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Nov 10, 2006
Topical – Is SMAD7 even worse than TGF-beta?
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Nov 9, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Study: Hormonal profile in men with premature androgenic alopecia.
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Nov 8, 2006
References – Androgenetic alopecia in adolescents: A report of 43 cases.
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Oct 21, 2006
Topical & Drugs – Bingbang before and after pictures.
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Oct 17, 2006
Topical – Dr. Vera Price study shows that hair counts and hair weights plumment after discontinuation of treatment.
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Oct 14, 2006
Reference – Contrast enhanced phototrichogram pinpoints scalp hair changes in androgen sensitive areas of male androgenetic alopecia. Click here for details

Oct 14, 2006
Reference – A novel method for assessing regional scalp hair density in male pattern hair loss.
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Oct 6, 2006
Drug – Study Di-Indolyl Methane(DIM)as strong androgen receptor antagonist.
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Oct 4, 2006
Drug – Leukemia Drug Side Effect: Color Returned to Gray Hair.
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Oct 1, 2006
Topic – Link between sonic hedgehog and caffeine. Caffeine induces sonic hedgehog gene expression in cultured astrocytes and neurons. Click here for details

Oct 1, 2006
Reference – ISHRS hair loss survey.
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Sep 29, 2006
Topical – Study: Pattern alopecia: What clinical features determine the response to topical minoxidil treatment?
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Sep 29, 2006
Topical – Study: determination of the amount of topically applied substances penetrated into the orifices of hair follicles.
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Sep 29, 2006
Topical & references – The Vellus hair follicle. In the present study, characteristics of follicle sizes and potential follicular reservoir were determined in cyanoacrylate skin surface biopsies, removed from 7 different skin areas (lateral forehead, back, thorax, upper arm, forearm, thigh and sural region). The highest hair follicle density, percentage of follicular orifices on the skin surface and infundibular surface, were found on the forehead, the highest average size of the follicular orifices was measured in the sural region.
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Sep 27, 2006
Topical – Study: Ellagic acid may be effectively used to delay in vivo progression of catagen, which is a result of androgen & TGF- β signal pathways in androgenetic alopecia.
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Sep 29, 2006
Drugs – Study: frontal hairline restoration using oral finasteride and/or topical minoxidil.
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Sep 26, 2006
Reference – Study explores the role of survivin in the control of cell proliferation during the hair follicle growth.
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Sep 26, 2006
Topical – Study: hair follicle may be an important target for pharmacological intervention by melatonin.
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Sep 26, 2006
Topical – Study: How do potassium channel openers such as minoxidil stimulate hair growth?
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Sep 24, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Study: evaluation of androgens in the scalp hair and plasma of patients with male-pattern baldness before and after finasteride administration.
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Sep 23, 2006
Topical – Study: substances which could reverse graying.
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Sep 20, 2006
Topical – niacinamide and hair growth.
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Sep 19, 2006
Reference – Study of Cell Senescence in Cultured Primary Balding and Non-Balding Dermal Papilla Cells.
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Sep 16, 2006
Topical – Study: Fluridil, a rationally designed topical agent for androgenetic alopecia: first clinical experience.
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Sep 16, 2006
Reference – Study: Ethnic variation in hair growth.
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Sep 15, 2006
Topical – Study: Limitations of human occipital scalp hair follicle organ culture for studying the effects of minoxidil as a hair growth enhancer.
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Sep 16, 2006
References – Kenogen. A new phase of the hair cycle?
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Sep 13, 2006
References – Study: a clue to better understand fibrosis.
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Sep 13, 2006
References – Trichoscan as a method which combines epiluminescence microscopy with automatic digital image analysis is invented for the measurement of human hair. The Trichoscan is able to analyze all important parameters of hair growth (density, diameter, growth rate, vellus and terminal hair density).
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Sep 13, 2006
All Natural – Study: element concentrations in serum, erythrocytes, hair and urine of alopecia patients. No differences in element concentrations of the samples mentioned above as compared to those of the normal population could be found. In addition, there was no tendency of excesses or deficiences of elements analysed in the samples.
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Sep 13, 2006
Topical – Study: Melatonin increases anagen hair rate in women with androgenetic alopecia or diffuse alopecia: results of a pilot randomized controlled trial.
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Sep 12, 2006
Topical – Study: The effects of minoxidil, 1% pyrithione zinc and a combination of both on hair density: a randomized controlled trial.
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Sep 11, 2006
Topical – Study: Ketocazole as an adjunct to finasteride in the treatment of androgenetic alopecia in men.
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Sep 11, 2006
Topical & Drugs – Study: Comparative efficacy of various treatment regimens for androgenetic alopecia in men, products evaluated: oral finasteride, topical minoxidil and topical ketoconazole.
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Sep 11, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Study: reversal of male-pattern baldness, hypertrichosis, and accelerated hair and nail growth in patients receiving benoxaprofen.
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Sep 10, 2006
Reference – Androgenetic Alopecia AGA overview.
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Sep 08, 2006
All Natural – Cysteine and arginine for hair loss: High sulfur proteins are cysteine-rich proteins synthesized during the differentiation of hair matrix cells, and they form hair fibers in association with hair keratin intermediate filaments. Trichohyalin (THH) is a major structural protein of the inner root sheath cells and medulla layer of the hair follicle and, to a lesser extent, of other specialized epithelia made from the conversion of arginine to citrulline.
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Sep 09, 2006
All Natural – Saw palmetto dosage: in order for a saw palmetto product to be effective, it should either supply a daily dose of 320 mg of 85 to 95% fatty acids, or 640 mg of a 45% fatty acid extract. Some saw palmetto products that do not have these high potency fatty acid extracts may not be as effective.
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Sep 07, 2006
Topical – Study: Activation of cytoprotective prostaglandin synthase-1 by minoxidil as a possible explanation for its hair growth-stimulating effect.
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Sep 06, 2006
Reference – Study: Expression of the heat shock protein-27 in the adult human scalp skin and hair follicle: hair cycle-dependent changes.
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Sep 04, 2006
Reference – Study: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) on Androgen-Inducible TGF-Beta1 Regulation of Dermal Papilla Cells.
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Aug 31, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Study: Natural Scalp Hair Regression in Preclinical Stages of Male Androgenetic Alopecia and Its Reversal by Finasteride.
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Aug 30, 2006
Reference – Exogen, a recently identified phase of the hair cycle, is characterized by weakening of anchorage of the club hair to the surrounding epithelium. The processing of the club hair terminates at the time of exogen hair release, i.e. hair shedding.
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Aug 30, 2006
Reference – Association of insulin resistance linked diseases and hair loss in elderly men.
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Aug 31, 2006
Reference – Why do thyroid patients lose their hair?
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Aug 23, 2006
Topical – Study: Latanoprost in promoting eyelash growth.
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Aug 14, 2006
Topical – Study: Modulation of hair growth with small molecule agonists of the hedgehog signaling pathway.
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Aug 11, 2006
Topical – Study revealed that t-flavanone suppressed the TGF-beta activation cascade of KC and then decreased active TGF-beta2 in the co-culture of KC/DPC.
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Aug 11, 2006
All Natural – Study establishes the effectiveness of naturally occurring 5AR inhibitors such as beta sitosterol and saw palmetto against AGA.
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Aug 06, 2006
Topical – Study: Structural optimization of pep7, a small peptide extracted from epimorphin (EPM), for effective induction of hair follicle anagen.
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Jul 22, 2006
Topical – Study: new study about topical finasteride and liposomal penetration.
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Jul 18, 2006
Topical – Study Hair Restoration and Anti-Gray Hair Effects by Topical  Roxithromycin.
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Jul 07, 2006
Topical – Study Caffeine Counteracts the Growth Inhibitory Effect of Testosterone in Ex Vivo Human Hair Follicles from Male Patients with AGA.
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Jul 07, 2006
Topical – Cyclosporin does not arrest progression of androgenetic alopecia.
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Jul 04, 2006
Topical – Study: Effects of tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS) on Minoxidil absorption.
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Jun 30, 2006
Topical – Study: Topical Administration of Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Showed Suppression of Potassium Channel Inhibitor (Tolbutamide) and Induction of Murine Hair Anagen Phase and Synergistic Effect with Minoxidil.
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Jun 30, 2006
Topical – Study: Hair Restoration and Anti-Gray Hair Effects
by Topical Roxithromycin.
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May 27, 2006
Topical – Study: Caffeine counteracts the growth inhibitory effect of testosterone in ex vivo human hair follicles from male patients with AGA.
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May 13, 2006
Topical – Equisomin 6 months update.
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May 08, 2006
Topical – Study: hair growth from ALCOHOL! Results show that even PLACEBO vehicles containing alcohol (no minoxidil at all) increased haircounts.
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May 08, 2006
Topical – Study: Influence of ethanol on cell death and caspase-3.
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May 04, 2006
Topical – New study about liposomes and penetration/minoxidil.
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Apr 19, 2006
All Natural – Lower inflammation using essential fatty acids.
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Apr 19, 2006
All Natural – Omega fatty acids and hair growth.
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Apr 08, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Age-dependent change of serum 5alpha-dihydrotestosterone and its relation to testosterone in man.
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Apr 07, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Testosterone and DHT levels with age. Levels of testosterone in young men are quite high, while levels of DHT are low. The enzyme responsible for the conversion of testosterone to DHT, 5-alpha reductase, becomes more active with age. Thus the levels of testosterone decrease while the levels of DHT increase
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Mar 21, 2006
Topical – Curis announced that it has reached the first preclinical milestone in a hair growth program with Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.
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Mar 21, 2006
Topical – REMOX 6 weeks results.
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Mar 16, 2006
Topical – Study: Rosemary oil found to be effective for alopecia areata.
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Mar 11, 2006
Topical – Rosemary oil for hair loss.
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Mar 07, 2006
Topical – MSM for hair loss.
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Mar 04, 2006
Topical – Study: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF ADENOSINE IN ANDROGENETIC ALOPECIA.
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Mar 04, 2006
Topical – Study: steroid 5alpha-reductase inhibitory activity and hair regrowth effects of an extract from Boehmeria nipononivea.
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Feb 14, 2006
Topical – Caffeine study: Caffeine inhibits the enzyme phosphodiesterase. Inhibition of phosphodiesterase delays hydrolysis of cyclic AMP and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which results in increased intracellular cyclic AMP levels. Maintenance of increased intracellular cyclic AMP has been proposed as a possible mechanism for prolonging the anagen phase.
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Feb 14, 2006
Reference – Modulation of Apoptosis in the Hair Follicle as a Tool for Correction of Hair Growth Abnormalities.
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Feb 14, 2006
Reference – The hair cycle. Telogen to anagen transition.
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Feb 14, 2006
Reference – The revealed life of human hair follicle.
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Feb 14, 2006
Reference – Histology of skin and hair follicle.
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Feb 14, 2006
Hair Multiplication – Four new studies on hair stem cells.
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Feb 06, 2006
Topical – Study: Effects of natural products (mostly Chinese herbs) on the inhibition of 5α-reductase type 2 for the development of chemopreventive agents in LNCaP cells.
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Feb 08, 2006
Topical – Study: Traditional Chinese medicines with caspase-inhibitory activity..
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Feb 06, 2006
Hair Loss – Polyester but not cotton or wool textiles inhibit hair growth. The effect of different types of textile fabrics on hair growth was investigated.
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Jan 30, 2006
Topical – Ultrasound enhances transdermal drug transport.
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Jan 30, 2006
Topical – New studies on BMP.
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Jan 29, 2006
Topical – Deer antler extract promote stem cells growth.
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Jan 24, 2006
Topical – Study to evaluate the effects of a combination regimen of topical and oral green tea supplementation on the clinical and histologic characteristics of photoaging.
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Jan 20, 2006
Topical – Fluridil 7 moths update.
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Jan 18, 2006
Topical – Study: topcial saw palmetto hair regrowth study.
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Jan 16, 2006
Topical – Study: P37 ASCORBIC ACID 2-PHOSPHATE PROMOTES HAIR GROWTH.
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Jan 15, 2006
Drugs & Hormones – Study: Alfatradiol, an estrasteroid without hormonal activity topical treatment that selectively targets the metabolic pathways involved in the balding process. In a drug monitoring study, efficacy and safety of alfatradiol (0.025 %) was assessed in 233 patients with AGA.
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Jan 17, 2006
Topical – Study: the benefit of a shampoo residence time in treating dandruff is documented. Leaving shampoo in for 5 minutes seem to produce better results.
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Dec 26, 2005
Topical – New trials: “The Effect of 0.5% Roxithromycin Lotion for Androgenetic Alopecia.”
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Dec 25, 2005
Topical – ProEstin-AB: brand new product offers a safe topical 5-a-reductase and aromatase inhibitor based on sphingolipid liposomes.
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Dec 19, 2005
Hair Loss – Hepatitis B vaccine linked to hair loss
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Dec 12, 2005
Topical – TB4 summary.
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Dec 12, 2005
Topical – ETHANOL INDUCES APOPTOTIC DEATH OF DEVELOPING {beta}- ENDORPHIN NEURONS VIA SUPPRESSION OF CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE PRODUCTION AND ACTIVATION OF TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-{beta}1 -LINKED APOPTOTIC SIGNALING.
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Dec 12, 2005
Topical – Is melatonin useful in alopecia: critical appraisal of a randomized trial?. British Journal of Dermatology.
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Dec 12, 2005
Topical – Studies on procyanidins including a clinical trial of topical application of procyanidin B-2 - results from a 12-month clinical, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial with a 0,7% topical solution of mixed procyanidin oligomers.
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Dec 12, 2005
Topical – Study: evaluating the efficacy of topically applied niacin derivatives for treatment of female pattern alopecia.
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Dec 11, 2005
Hair Loss – Study: Hair growth inhibition by psychoemotional stress and the role of minoxidil.
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Dec 03, 2005
Topical – Study: Water soluble Minoxidil sulfate is the active metabolite that stimulates hair follicles.
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Nov 30, 2005
Topical – Procter & Gamble patent using Agmatine.
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Nov 27, 2005
Topical – Study: Nudging hair shedding by antidandruff shampoos. A comparison of 1% ketoconazole, 1% piroctone olamine and 1% zinc pyrithione formulations..
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Nov 25, 2005
Topical – TB4 and hair growth studies.
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Nov 21, 2005
Laser – Laser and electromagnetic treatment discussions and studies.
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Nov 17, 2005
Drugs, DHT & Hormones – Hogan’s male pattern baldness theory.
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Nov 14, 2005
Topical – Curis and Proctor & Gamble’s Sonic Hedgehog Product – all background info and clinical studies.
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Nov 11, 2005
Topical – RU58841 review – very inconsistent results.
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Oct 30, 2005
Topical – Studies that examine the role played by some steroids (estrogens, androgens, antiandrogens) in the modulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression by DPC.
” Strong stimulation of VEGF protein and gene expression is observed in the presence of 17beta-estradiol. Also, the concentration-dependent inhibition of VEGF expression by DPC using the cytochrome-p-450-aromatase inhibitor, confirms the involvement of this estrogenic pathway in the regulation of VEGF expression in vitro.”
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Oct 25, 2005
Topical – TB4 - Panacea has licensed a peptide based novel technology for hair growth from NIH (National Institute of Health), USA. The patented technology provides the basis for development of safe and effective treatment for hair loss.
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Oct 26, 2005
Topical – Info complied on the RU topical under development by Proskelia/Prostrakan.
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Oct 25, 2005
Topical – Betamethasone dipropionate patent for hair loss.
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Oct 23, 2005
Topical – Initial observations on Nanosal
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Oct 22, 2005
Topical – eucapil-fluridil results are in
Mixed results from user of fluridil.
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Oct 24, 2005
Topical – Study shows that 4 weeks of repeated TU-2100 10% application is effective in reducing sebum excretion.
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Oct 16, 2005
All Natural – Study shows that long-term oral therapy with high doses of L-cystine and gelatin in combination with vitamin A may have beneficial effects on diffuse hair loss.
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Oct 15, 2005
Topical – Study show that use of alcohol will not cause further hair loss.
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Oct 15, 2005
All Natural – Study: beta-sitosterol have anti-androgen and anti-inflammation activities.
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