by irenesoler | Mar 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Radio 4 “Best Thing Since Sliced Bread” radio show and podcast with Greg Foot has looked at the claims made by the makers of Caffeine shampoos with the Queens hairdresser, Ian Carmichael and consultant dermatologist, Dr Paul Farrant. Some lab based in...
by irenesoler | Nov 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week all the European principle investigators met in Berlin for an intense day of training before the clinical trials start for two JAK inhibitor studies being conducted by Pfizer. It has been a long time coming! In the UK there are 5 sites in Brighton,...
by irenesoler | Jul 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Research always takes a lot longer to get started than is planned, even if it is part of commercial pharmaceutical trial. You often hear of studies, get given a proposed start date, plan around this and then the dates get pushed back and then pushed further back...
by irenesoler | Jun 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am often asked about what causes Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia, FFA. Despite being described over 20 years ago now in 1994, we still do not know what causes this condition. We know it is increasing in frequency. We know there are familial cases and some recent genetics...
by irenesoler | Aug 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been in touch with the Spanish authors of the paper on using laser devices for LPP (see previous post) and the US makers of Hairmax laserband. The Spanish device used in the trial is not available in the UK. If you are using the Hairmax Laserband 82,...
by irenesoler | Jul 17, 2018 | Uncategorized
About four years ago whilst at a research meeting in Miami I heard about an American dermatologist treating patients with scarring hair loss and inflammatory scalp conditions with low level laser light (LLLT). These are home use or salon based devices that are...
