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I saw an unusual treatment for balding on Animal Planet. It was a show that featured the top ten weirdest animal treatments (Leeches, Maggots, ect.), and it showed a doctor who has a cow lick people’s heads to regrow hair. I know that sounds like bull (no pun intended), but there were photos that made it look like it worked great, and there were people who swear by it. There was even a woman who talked about how many really stupid things are tried by people who are losing hair. The show mentioned that saliva may have some kind of healing property, or that the men could be regrowing hair due to the placebo effect.

That gives me a great idea for a new business to supplement my existing hair business! I could rent an office in Beverly Hills, put a single cow in it, and charge people by the minute to get their cow licks. Hopefully I’ll be able to find a building that allows me to keep a cow indoors. And I am the perfect guy for this, for as many of you may know, I had a dairy farm in the 1970s and if there is anyone who could know how to tell the difference between a cow and bull, it would be me. One day, my father was visiting from Florida, and he saw all of the cows and asked me how to tell the difference between a boy and girl cow (no joke). My entire family laughed and laughed and it simply went over his head. So for those of you who wish to take advantage of my new cow licking venture, please leave a comment here to give me an idea of how much you’ll be willing to pay.

On a serious note, I didn’t see the special you’re talking about on Animal Planet, but there’s no cow I know of that has magical saliva that makes hair grow.

Update: A reader has provided a link to the Animal Planet clip about the bovine spit growing hair. I think it belongs on a show like Ripley’s Believe It or Not, but you can judge for yourself. Video here.

Here’s a note from patient, posted here with his permission:

I’d like take this opportunity to express my gratitude for all your past help and suggestions. I wonder if potential clients realize how appreciated and important this follow-up care is to the whole experience. All of my expectations have been met or exceeded. Unfortunately, other than family members most people are either unaware of what the positive change is that appears to them or reluctant to ask if detected. Rest assured that if asked I would be delighted to speak of my experience. Please pass my sentiments on to your colleagues especially Dr. Rassman as I was fortunate to have him perform the procedure.

I believe that we practice medicine the way it should be practiced, focusing not only on the technical side of what we do, but focusing on the people side and helping them through the experience. From pain management to patient education, we make the experience the way it should be.

We keep answering questions about post-operative care from patients who have not had responsive hair transplant surgeons, so this post is presented because we practice what we preach.

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I’m interested in fighting MPB without drugs so I am taking interest in soy and broccoli. I read that both contain goitrogens that affect iodine and the thyroid. I’ve been drinking like a whole carton of soy (8 servings) and a head of broccoli each day (probably a few servings) and I don’t consume dairy. I just bought a kelp supplement for iodine and it says to take one capsule a day which provides 276 percent of DV of iodine. But because I eat so much soy and broccoli each day, should I be taking more i.e. two, three, or four a day? I’m a big guy so maybe that makes a difference. I’ve also eaten chicken livers before and those contain like 1000 percent DV of vitamin A, so several kelp capsules can’t be too bad right?

I don’t think broccoli or soy will grow hair, but I do know that it produces gas. I know I don’t need to say it again, but indulge me — male pattern baldness is from genetics. You really can’t fight the cards you are dealt from a genetic perspective, as there is no cure for balding. Good luck against the fight!

Also remember anything in excess can also be bad for you, so use your judgment.

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We are unlocking more and more of our genetic codes. The balding four most probable genes have been identified. Now we have identified one of the main culprits of psoriasis. Once we know the gene and command it, we will develop appropriate drugs for its cure.

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Well, all I can say to that is… man, I’m in trouble! Now, cue the hundred “this somehow proves hair loss and masturbation are linked” emails….

You often talk of shedding and how in theory if miniaturized hairs are shedding after starting medication like Propecia it might be making way for new thicker hair. Is this the only way that reversing miniaturization can occur or can it happen within the same cycle? A reverse “exclamation point hair” I guess. Thin at the end and thick at the root.

Considering that most people have a hair cycle of 3 years and we see changes in miniaturization with medications in months, the answer is that changes do occur within cycles. I have the means to measure hair shaft thickness and maybe on a patient with an 8 month reversal of miniaturized hairs, I will measure the two ends of a single hair shaft.

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So keep an eye on Thomas Whitfield. The 27-year-old Oxford biochemistry PhD is working on a venture called TRX2 (derived from the Greek word for hair, Trichos. “The two for second – your second generation of hair,” he tells me). It promises to make “hair loss a thing of the past”.

Still in stealth mode as the intellectual property is in the process of being protected, Whitfield plans to have his “product and service” on the market within 12 months. His only guidance is that it is not based on “gene therapy” – an area being explored by several other British start-ups.

Full article at Telegraph UK

It is easy to make claims, but the proof will be in the product and the research that is released. The good news is that European patent filings are published 6 months after receipt of the application so we will all not have to wait 12 months find out what the secret is.