{"id":15165,"date":"2016-09-15T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=15165"},"modified":"2018-11-15T20:28:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T20:28:40","slug":"is-there-a-new-baldness-cure-m0908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/hair-growth\/is-there-a-new-baldness-cure-m0908\/","title":{"rendered":"Is There a New Baldness Cure?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cure for baldness would be a dream come true for many people, and researchers have found that an existing, FDA-approved drug may help people with a particular type of autoimmune hair loss regrow their hair. It’s not a treatment for traditional male-pattern baldness, which has different causes.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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The most common type of hair loss is male pattern baldness, which occurs when the body converts testosterone into dihydrotestosterone, or DHT. DHT affects the hair follicles on the head, causing them to shrink, producing thinner, finer hair until the follicles stop producing hair altogether.<\/p>\n

A different type of hair loss is called alopecia areata, and it is this type of hair loss that scientists have recently treated successfully in a small number of patients. Research is continuing apace, however into treatment methods of more common types of hair loss, like male pattern baldness.<\/p>\n

What Is Alopecia?<\/h3>\n

The word \u201calopecia\u201d means, simply, hair loss. A medical condition called alopecia areata causes hair to fall out in patches, from the scalp, or elsewhere on the body. People with alopecia areata may have different patterns of hair loss. The names of these patterns of hair loss are:<\/p>\n