Treat baldness with arthritis medicine

Researchers from Yale University (USA) have successfully used arthritis medications to help grow hair and body hair of a man almost completely bald.

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According to Journal of Investigative Dermatology, a 25-year-old man was transferred to the Dermatology Department of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, USA to treat an autoimmune disease that occurs concurrently with psoriasis. , hair loss / hair loss.

Photograph of the bald head and psoriasis of the patient before treatment .

Believing that both of his illnesses can be relieved by the same drug, the researchers prescribed him a tofacitinib citrate , a drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease.

The patient was prescribed 10 mg of medicine every day for 2 months, followed by 15mg of medication every day for the next 3 months. In just 8 months, he has re-grown his hair completely, eyebrows, eyelashes and other hair areas on the body - something that has never happened to him in the past 7 years.

Patients reported not feeling side effects of the treatment. Lab tests also showed no abnormalities.

"The exact result is what we expect. This is a big step towards the treatment of patients with this disease," said lead researcher Brett A. King.

. and after 8 months of taking tofacitinib citrate medicine.

The Science World Report reported that tofacitinib citrate was successful in treating human psoriasis and baldness and hair loss in mice. Still, the Yale scientists' results are still amazing.

Photos taken before and after the treatment show that, from the first part of being completely bald and suffering from psoriasis, the man finally had thick, thick blond hair.

The researchers found that tofacitinib citrate was effective by neutralizing the immune attack on hair follicles / hair. This arthritis medication can be effective in treating some, not all types of psoriasis.