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From the Miami Herald comes an update on Dr. Guinter Kahn, the inventor of Minoxidil, aka Rogaine:
Kahn’s name is associated with the discovery of the revolutionary baldness treatment Minoxidil, also known as Rogaine, for which he won the Distinguished Inventor of the Year Award in 1988.
But Kahn has provided mentorship and support to fledgling dermatologists […]
Time for some encouragement. Read up on Michelle Juehring’s story from the Quad-City Times.
Hair is not as important as I thought it was. Doing what feels right for me is.
My baldness is my badge of courage. Look at me! I’m fighting cancer! Join me in the fight!
When I look in the mirror, I don’t see […]
Thanks to my friend in the UK, Hsien (who has many blogs), for the tip and photo scan. There was also a short article, excerpt below:
Gail Porter proved she is happy to face the bald facts of life as she went shopping with a friend in London’s Notting Hill. Her companion, Michelle Chapman, also has […]
OK, complete the following equation:
[BALD HEAD] + [SUMMER SUN] = ???
Go!
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Time’s up. Pencil’s down. If you answered any of the following:
a. pain
b. peeling
c. blisters (Here’s looking at you, Aaron!)
d. skin cancer
score one point and move to the next round.
Let’s face it: Bald people have to do a lot of accepting. First, we’ve got to accept […]
It’s time for another b5media Science & Health Channel Topic du Jour! (I still need to streamlining that name.) It’s our own mini-Carnival: A topic and day are chosen, and each blog in the Channel posts about the topic on the day, preferably in a manner that connects the Topic du Jour with the regular […]
Hair Loss Buddy reminds us to drink our recommended allowance of water.
A healthy body means healthy hair, or at the very least you are giving your hair a better chance of survival. Every single cell in your body needs water to function. Water also helps shift amino acids, vitamins, minerals and a whole bunch of […]
As part of a new feature, I thought I’d track down the variety of diseases and syndromes for which alopecia can be a presenting symptom. In most cases hair loss is just good, old-fashioned hair loss; but there are times when it can be indicative of something else. Quick reminder: I’m not a doctor. If […]
GMToday.com has an article up on our Official Baldiness.com Aspiring Inventor.
You may remember Jodi Pliszka from the notorious moment in which she pulled her wig off on the new ABC show “American Inventor.” How you should remember Jodi Pliszka is the way she’s taken a proverbial bushel full of life’s lemons and made one fantastic […]
Gail Porter’s One Life BBC special aired last week, and it sounds as though it was quite good. The comments left in my original post announcing the documentary have all be positive. (I wouldn’t yet know, living in the USA as I do.) Since I can’t review the program, I’ll roundup a few interesting […]
Lots of interesting alopecia-related medical news while I was away. From HealthCentral.com:
A rare genetic defect that can trigger a range of diseases, from type 1 diabetes to alopecia (hair loss), helps to explain the imbalance of immune-regulator and killer cells in autoimmune diseases, researchers are reporting.
A mutation in the Aire gene causes APS1, a disease […]
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