Greying? I have a cancer treatment for you

Discussion in 'Health and Fitness' started by Pekelo, Jul 21, 2017.

  1. Pekelo

    Pekelo

    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/no-dye-cancer-patients-gray-hair-darkened-immune-152515905.html

    "Cancer patients' gray hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has doctors scratching their heads.

    Chemotherapy is notorious for making hair fall out, but the 14 patients involved were all being treated with new immunotherapy drugs that work differently and have different side effects. A Spanish study suggests that may include restoring hair pigment, at least in patients with lung cancer.

    With the first patient, "we thought it could be an isolated case," said Dr. Noelia Rivera, a dermatologist at Autonomous University of Barcelona.

    But she said the research team found the same thing when they asked other patients for photos from before treatment.
    While most patients did not have a color change, the 14 cases suggest it's not an isolated finding. In 13 patients, hair turned darkish brown or black. In one patient, it turned black in patches."