human hair

  • FDA Approves First Drug of Its Kind for Severe Alopecia

    FDA Approves First Drug of Its Kind for Severe Alopecia

    People with a severe form of baldness will now have a significant treatment option available. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved baricitinib for treating alopecia areata. The drug, taken as a pill, is the first of its kind intended to treat the autoimmune disorder, though it’s already commonly used for other conditions like…


  • Why Is It So Hard to Regrow Hair?

    Why Is It So Hard to Regrow Hair?

    Bodies are machines designed to remind you of death, to semi-continuously blare out the fact of your mortality, warning of the end with each ache, wrinkle, and — especially — lost strand of hair. One day you have a tremendous pomaded bouncy ‘do and are destined for eternal life, the next you’re sliding down an…