Research oln Hairloss - THYROID! HAIRLOSS/SKIN

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Missed this article. http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/beauty/article3150085.ece

"GET YOUR THYROID CHECKED?

Interesting new research concerns thyroid function. Experts have long known that thyroid anomalies affect hair; yet, despite this, doctors will not prescribe medication to patients if their only symptom of a thyroid problem is hair loss.

Working with Dr Maurice Katz, an endocrinologist at University College Hospital, my team is currently researching the effect of triiodothyronine (T3), the thyroid hormone most likely to affect the hair follicles. During the second world war, this hormone was given to soldiers to assist the healing of wounds. In our studies, we are investigating whether applying T3 topically may counteract detrimental hair loss."

read also: http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/105072503321319468?journalCode=thy

http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/short/en.2005-0192v1

Topical Thyroid Hormone Accelerates Wound Healing in Mice

[[...Although the physiologic role of thyroid hormone in skin is not well understood, mounting evidence suggests that T3 plays an important role in epidermal proliferation. In the current study we determined that topical T3 dramatically accelerates wound healing in mice.This represents the first demonstration that topical thyroid hormone may prove a useful wound healing agent.....]]

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