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Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth

www.sciencealert.com Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth

Scientists have accidentally stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common cause of hair loss in both men and women worldwide.

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It hasnt even been tested on humans yet. Lame hype article.
- Anything “as effective as minoxidil” is pretty underwhelming news anyway, especially if that’s all it can claim even during its empty hype phase. Next.
the article says "The deoxyribose gel was so effective, researchers found it worked just as well as minoxidil"

minoxidil isn't that effective to begin with. It even points that out later in the article.

This is interesting but I'm not optimistic.
- I was incredibly excited until I read that. Yeah, minoxidil has never worked for me.
  
  my understanding is that minoxidil addresses half the problem and finasteride addresses the other half.. it's something like minoxidil increases the blood flow and finasteride thickens the hair (usually male pattern baldness is like just your hair is too thin to break through the skin or something?)
  
  if you're gonna try, I'd say it's not worth it unless you're doing both at the same time. It works really well for some people, but I'm too worried about the side effects to try
  
  plus, I save so much money just shaving my head 😂
Drugs for male vanity are “under-researched”?

That seems unlikely.
- I used to feel we waste a lot of effort on these vanity type research; baldness, erectile dysfunction, etc. But now that I’m older, and dealing with other mental health issues, I can appreciate the value that these medicines may have for a lot of men (and women) for their mental health wellness.
  
  Ive had male pattern baldness since I was in my early twenties. I got ahead of it by shaving my head. It’s worked well for me as a good look. And I love not having to deal with the hassle of “bad hair days”. But, I’ll be honest, if I had an opportunity to grow my hair back, I probably would. It’s a confidence thing. Confidence can also help boost self-esteem and positive self-image. I’m sure the same thing can be said for ED. Men deserve some positive self-image. 💙
  
  I don’t know how anyone can consider erectile dysfunction a vanity ailment. I hear extremo feminists talk about viagra as an evil medicine for rich white men to rape more with, and it’s incredibly offensive to me. It’s right up there with saying that abortion is for wanton sluts who want to fuck without consequences. Come on folks. It’s not that hard to just agree that proper sexual function is one aspect of health, and that everyone has a right to it.
  
  Same story exactly, if it looked like it'd work and not be just fake hair, and not super costly, I'd like my hair back.
  
  I hear ya. But men get all the research anyway. Hey if this turns out to be a thing, great. I just have to think in the country with Hair Club For Men there’s been more than a little money thrown at pattern baldness so the comment that it was “under-researched” seemed pretty far-fetched.
- Women face baldness as well, it's less common but hair is seen as such a feminine trait I bet it's devastating to go through that.
  
  Agreed, if it actually comes to fruition, great.
  
  Indeed. It’s worse for them. A man can walk around bald if he wants to. Maybe he won’t be so attractive, but he can do it. Women who lose all their hair have to resort to head wraps and wigs. They can’t just scalp it like they don’t care.
- Ever see a men's makeup department?
  
  Makeup is a topical drug that makes women feel better about themselves.
  
  Weirdly worded, but when I repeated this to myself with a positive tone - it's kinda true. Makeup can make you feel better about yourself. Feelings are valid. Everyone deserves to feel better about themselves.
  
  What the fuck
  
  And we have a celebrity role model with a major presidential candidate rocking foundation, with his VP candidate showing off some guy-liner!
  
  Your question piqued my interest so I did a quick search and found both Nordstrom and Walmart sell men's makeup. So yes there are men's makeup departments.
  
  Are you referring to how some woman treat makeup as an addiction, similar to how there are people addicted to playing the lottery?
  
  Or do you mean it in a way to suggest that makeup contains chemicals like narcotics that alter the person’s perception of reality (and I’m not referring to covering up blemishes for smoother skin)?
So this is why I had a DIY hair growth 'recipe' in my feed. Just rub sugar on your head! It's so simple!

It's nice to see the study that actually led to that mess.
Where do I buy deoxyribose sugar? Can I just use sugar from the supermarket?
- Deoxyribose is the 'D' in DNA. Just use the blood of your enemies.
  
  Why not just use cum?
- Yeah man. Just rub sugar water all over your scalp.
  
  It must be right because they got doctor in their name!
  
  Instructions unclear, I poured caramel on my head, now I am ~~bold~~ bald as a billiard ball!
  
  I have treated my scalp with simple syrup as instructed. Does the new hair stick to it or what?
  
  Let Edgar lick it off.
They’ll do anything to push HFCS! /s
- Let’s hope our DNA is not made up of HFCS. 😂
The deoxyribose gel was so effective, researchers found it worked just as well as minoxidil

IOW, it doesn’t work.

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