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Joe Tillman, Spencer Kobren, The Bald Truth

The Bald Truth Show: Live Today

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I have discussed “The Bald Truth” show many times on this blog. The program’s hosts are Spencer Kobren and Joe Tillman. Spencer has been involved in the hair loss world for 25 years, and in 2000 even authored a book on hair loss. He is also the founder of the American Hair Loss Association.

I have covered Joe several times on this blog, and he has had an unbelievable 10 hair transplant surgeries. Ranging the gamut from bad surgeries; to repair surgeries; to crown and scar improvement surgeries; to a minor body hair transplant procedure. You can find Joe’s before and after photos and videos on his site.

I will republish this post on most Friday’s when the show is on live. The post will only remain on top for a few hours. You can click on the below embedded video to go to the actual broadcast on YouTube. Over there, I sometimes participate in the sidebar chat.

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Alopecia Areata, Brett King, George Cotsarelis, Psoriasis, Spencer Kobren, The Bald Truth, Tofacitinib

The Bald Truth interview with Dr. Brett King

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This post is an update to the potentially ground breaking development from four days ago that I posted on this blog regarding arthritis drug tofacitinib curing a patient’s alopecia universalis and psoriasis.

Spencer Kobren of The Bald Truth Talk show managed to interview Dr. Brett King, and Dr. King’s optimism is palpable throughout the session. A must watch video, especially the last five minutes of it.

Spencer talks about the inflammatory aspect of male pattern baldness, and Dr. King strongly feels that a topical formulation of this drug would likely be tested on patients with Androgenic Alopecia. That segment made me quite annoyed that Dr. Cotsarelis was so dismissive of this new development per the CNN article I linked to at the bottom of my first post on this subject. Per Dr. Cotsarelis, androgenic alopecia does not have an immune system rejection related component to it. I am not so sure about that, especially since so many of us hair loss sufferers get itching and psoriasis type symptoms along with the hair loss.

My favorite quote from Dr. Brett King in the video is:

It’s hopeful…it’s beyond hopeful.

I am not as optimistic as Dr. King as yet, and a topical formulation has yet to be developed and will be difficult to develop due to the large size of the molecule involved and consequent difficulty in penetrating the scalp skin. However, I find this whole development absolutely amazing and it seems like Dr. King is optimistic that a topical formulation will be developed once enough funding is available.

As Dr. King warns, nobody should be experimenting with this drug, nor buying it on the black market. This drug’s potential side effects make finasteride seem like candy in comparison. I would wait for the topical formulation to come out, as well as more reports to come out on the side effects experienced by the many more patients who will now surely start taking it (in trials and under doctor supervision) for alopecia areata and severe psoriasis.