https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a65350192/baldness-cure-sugar-study/
New research suggests the cure to male pattern baldness might be sugar.
The team simulated testosterone-based balding in mice and treated them with deoxyribose sugar, which stimulated blood vessel formation and ultimately caused hair regrowth.
Researchers say that the sugar treatment is just as effective as minoxidil (the active ingredient in Rogaine), a hair loss treatment currently on the market
https://www.iflscience.com/this-sugar-could-be-a-cure-for-male-pattern-baldness-and-its-been-in-our-bodies-all-along-79950
Put down the rosemary oil and pause the red light therapy, research suggests the secret to curing male pattern baldness could lie in a sugar that occurs naturally in our bodies.
In a mouse model of testosterone-driven hair loss, the sugar, called 2-deoxy-D-ribose, stimulated hair regrowth just as effectively as existing treatment minoxidil – the active ingredient in Rogaine.
Though commonly referred to as male pattern baldness, the condition, also known as hereditary-patterned baldness or androgenetic alopecia, affects women too. In fact, up to 40 percent of people experience it, making it the most common cause of hair loss worldwide. Symptoms typically begin in a person's 20s and 30s, or after menopause. We still don’t know for sure what causes it, but it’s thought that a combination of genetics, hormones, and aging all play a part.
Treatment options are currently limited, so breakthroughs like this one, even if they’re limited to mice for now, are very promising.
“Male pattern baldness is such a common condition, affecting men all over the world, but at the moment there are only two FDA licensed drugs to treat it,” Professor Sheila MacNeil, Emeritus Professor of Tissue Engineering at the University of Sheffield, said in a statement.
“Our research suggests that the answer to treating hair loss might be as simple as using a naturally occurring deoxy ribose sugar to boost the blood supply to the hair follicles to encourage hair growth.”
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