A few weeks ago, I reported that a miracle had been found to cure alopecia.
It created a lot of noise in the worlds press and many people commented to me about it.
Whilst at the Alopecia conference a few weeks ago, this "breaking news" was discussed.
As it turns out, this drug is not a miracle drug for alopecia at all.
Here are the facts, as I understood them:
The drug would need to be adminstered every day of your life hence forth.
The drug, which incidentally is an Oncology drug, would have significant side effects
The drug, which would most likely not be reimbursed by any health authorities, would cost around 25,000 UK pounds a year.
The drug, has not yet been proven to cure alopecia on a wide scale.
So all that to say, that the article did raise hopes, only to dash them. Its unlikely that any alopecian would be interested in taking that drug under those conditions.
That said, it does give a signal that research is ongoing in the area and that maybe this drug and others like it, will continue to be made safer and possibly cheaper and that one day a cure will be known.
Until then, bring on the baldness!
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