Dave & Chuck the Freak talk about a rise in infants developing 'werewolf syndrome' after their parents use over-the-counter hair loss remedies. And, they imagine how they would handle having a werewolf baby.
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00:00All right, it is good news that you guys did not take any popular hair loss drugs.
00:15I did!
00:17Because your kids could have been born with werewolf syndrome.
00:20Oh, well, no.
00:21No, I didn't then.
00:22Some infants are developing werewolf syndrome due to their parents taking popular over-the-counter
00:27hair loss remedies.
00:29That's crazy.
00:30With nearly a dozen cases reported over the past year.
00:34Listen, you don't want your kids to have the werewolf thing.
00:39No, you don't, dude.
00:40You don't.
00:41No, no, no, no.
00:42So it will make hair grow, but on your unborn child.
00:47I can't have a werewolf kid.
00:48No, you can't.
00:49He's already seeing demons.
00:51He can't be a werewolf.
00:53Jason, he can't be a werewolf.
00:55Oh, no.
00:55If you turn into a werewolf in the middle of the night.
00:57Listen, that kid has the back hair that I had at about 21.
01:04Right.
01:04And he's a young child.
01:05Yeah.
01:06So this hypertrichosis, commonly known as werewolf syndrome, there's been 11 cases reported.
01:11This is in Spain.
01:12They found that 5% topical minoxidil was used by each of their caregivers.
01:22Holy crap.
01:23Infants who developed it grew tufty hair across their back, legs, and face.
01:27In one extreme case, one little guy looked just like a Wookiee from Star Wars.
01:32Holy crap.
01:34They believe that topically used 5% minoxidil being used by the infant's parents is then absorbed by the babies, either topically or orally.
01:44So is it that I put it on and then I'm, and I put it on with my hands and then I'm touching the baby and stuff and I'm feeding the baby and I don't realize I still have it on myself.
01:58This is the active ingredient of several popular over-the-counter hair loss treatments, including HIMS, Rogaine, Keeps, Equate, and generic products.
02:10I thought that we heard one time of something else happening, and it might have been testosterone, where like an infant was like growing.
02:21Yeah, I think it went through puberty early.
02:23It went through puberty, like a kid went through puberty, and then they realized like Grandpa was slathering on the testosterone and then holding the baby.
02:32What's up, Lise?
02:33I'd be so mad if my husband made my baby hairy.
02:35Oh my God, Lise, there's no, I mean.
02:38You dummy, what did you do?
02:40But he's got a full head of hair.
02:42Yeah, oh yeah.
02:43Oh, I would sacrifice my kid.
02:45Well, you know, you'd sacrifice your kid, Chuck, come on.
02:48You can't sacrifice your kid.
02:50I made him hairy anyway.
02:51He's going to be hairy.
02:52Yeah, but not werewolf hairy.
02:53It just hasn't happened yet.
02:55He's not going to look like Chewbacca.
02:56He will.
02:57It's going to be pretty close.
03:00Oh, look at that baby with all that hair.
03:02Oh my God.
03:03It's crazy.
03:04It has a nice baby skin.
03:06I feel like I had the same arms.
03:08One of the first cases to bring the attention to the medical researchers was after a breastfeeding baby developed hair all over their body.
03:16Over the course of two months, during an interview with the family, health officials found that their father was using topically applied minoxidil.
03:25When the father stopped the treatment, the child's symptoms completely regressed.
03:30Oh, well, thank God.
03:31Thank God it goes away.
03:32That's good.
03:33In every case in Spain, the baby's unwanted hair receded when caregivers stopped applying minoxidil solutions.
03:42Okay.
03:43What does the breastfeeding have to do with it?
03:45Well, I just...
03:45Is that coming from the mom?
03:46But so then the dad touches the mom and it goes to the mom?
03:49Well, some women...
03:50Yeah, it grabs the boobs, right?
03:52No.
03:52It's in her system?
03:52You don't touch those things.
03:53Some women are on this drug, too.
03:55Oh, really?
03:56For the thinning hair.
03:57Oh, okay.
03:58You know?
03:59Because that's awful.
04:00I mean, I feel so bad for women that go through with it.
04:03I see.
04:04So I'm guessing that some of them...
04:07Yeah, it sucks to be a wolf boy.
04:09Oh, man.
04:09Oh, no.
04:10Life's no good for wolf boys.
04:11It's not great, guys.
04:12Yeah, but you weren't a hairy little infant.
04:15Not until I was about 16.
04:17And then it was a real downhill battle.
04:20Someone said if you stop taking minoxidil, your hair will completely fall out permanently.
04:24So once you start, you can't stop.
04:26Yeah, I think that's what I've heard.
04:28So it's either you'll have a werewolf baby or you'll be...
04:30Because your head wants to go bald.
04:32Like, your head wants to go bald.
04:34That's why I don't think there's anything really that grows stuff back.
04:37There's just stuff that keeps what you have.
04:41But look at the babies.
04:42But the hairy babies.
04:43So you'd be upset about that?
04:44So you don't think it would work on your head?
04:46Like, if these babies get the hair, why wouldn't you get the hair?
04:49I think that because they have hair that wants to grow.
04:53Mine's already dead.
04:54On their face?
04:54I don't want to wear a child.
04:54Mine's already dead.
04:56They don't have hair that...
04:58No.
04:58It doesn't make sense, Chuck.
04:59I mean, you all...
05:00You have hair on your face.
05:01Everyone does.
05:02But look at this little kid.
05:04That's a wild looking kid.
05:06I know.
05:06Jason, you okay?
05:07No, because he like climbs into bed with me almost every night.
05:11And if he climbs into bed with me, I felt the fuzz of it.
05:15You know?
05:16And then I'd turn the light on and it's the head.
05:19It's honestly...
05:20I got a werewolf baby!
05:21It's like a little...
05:24You damn dirty ape.
05:25A little Mexican homeless man has crawled into your bed is what it looks like.
05:31Hey!
05:32It's like a soft little fuzzy pillow or something.
05:34That would be really scary.
05:35Yeah.
05:35Yeah, I know that.
05:36His whiskers are all tickly.
05:39Yeah.
05:41You don't want your little baby werewolf crawling into bed with you.
05:44No, but I mean, you love him still.
05:46Of course you love him.
05:47That's your little guy.
05:48It'd be so hard, though.
05:48Your hairy little guy.
05:50It'd be hard.
05:51It'd be hard to love him?
05:52Yes.
05:52What'd you say?
05:53It would.
05:54You saw that kid.
05:55Of course he is, but it would be.
05:57His eyebrows are attached to his cheeks.
06:01Are attached to the top of his head.
06:03Oh my goodness.
06:04He's got sideburns that never quit.
06:08You're right.
06:08He's like a little Wolverine.
06:10He is.
06:11He really is.
06:11I mean, you just stop taking the stuff, you know?
06:15But the dad doesn't want to.
06:17I mean, really what you have to do is just make sure you're cleaning yourself.
06:22You can't have it on your hands and stuff.
06:24Right.
06:25You just got to take your werewolf baby out of there.
06:28You're going to leave that man.
06:29Yeah.
06:30You're not having a hairy kid.
06:32My fault.
06:33She took my werewolf son.
06:36She took my werewolf son from me.
06:38He was a werewolf.
06:39He was a young werewolf.
06:40She took him.
06:41I don't know where they are.
06:43Your hair looks luxurious.
06:44It's great, isn't it?
06:45Oh my God.
06:45I'm shaking my hairy baby and leaving.
06:49I would.
06:51She's not letting this man make my kid hairy.
06:55But at an APB, we got to.
06:56Lisa, I got to be honest.
06:58The baby's going to be pretty hairy.
07:00Yeah.
07:02She took off with my werewolf son 10 years ago.
07:06I don't know where they are.
07:07I've been searching the country.
07:09Keep your eyes open for a lady in a werewolf.
07:11A child is completely covered in hair.
07:13Well, it won't be away from the crazy dad.
07:16Yeah.
07:16Yeah, hopefully it'll go away.
07:18That's why I'm leaving.
07:18I hope so.
07:19Because that kid has got some thick hair.
07:21Is it because that we're grabbing ladies with our, you know, lotion up hands?
07:26I don't know.
07:27It's Spain.
07:27This was Spain.
07:28It's hard not to grab ladies in Spain.
07:31How is it transferring so well to the ladies, to the kid?
07:34They said some women take it.
07:35I think some women are taking it.
07:37I think that just.
07:38But in this one case, they said it was the dad.
07:40Yeah.
07:40I think that it's just on your hands.
07:43And you are just doing all the things.
07:45You are feeding the kid.
07:47It's on you.
07:47Just transfers.
07:48A lot of times, I don't know how many times, it'd be like, okay, well, I'm going to sort
07:52of take a shower, and then I've got the baby, you're trying to get them clean, and you're
07:58doing all your things, and it doesn't take much to get on a baby, and then next thing
08:05you know, we've got to get Jason's kid all made up with, like, fake hair and slip him
08:10into bed with him.
08:11Don't do that.
08:12Yeah.
08:12He'll be so scared.
08:13Jason will never talk again.
08:16Guys, you'll never believe it.
08:18He won't be able to do this job anymore.
08:19A werewolf crawls into bed with me.
08:22He would do it, too.
08:23He was a little prankster.
08:24Yeah.
08:24He'd love it.
08:25He's like, listen, we got an idea.
08:27Lisa's baby's howling at the full moon.
08:29She's like, oh.
08:30Ow.
08:31No, man.
08:32She's gone.
08:33She is gone.
08:35No.
08:36Not good.
08:37So, if you're on that, and your kid's hairy, now you know.
08:41Look at that kid.
08:42That's something I know.
08:43I know.
08:43Gotta get rid of it.
08:45Gotta get rid of it again.
08:46Yeah, no, the drugs.
08:47The picture, the picture.
08:48The drug.
08:49You want to see him walking around again, coming at you?
08:52His eye lids are hairy.
08:58You can't take pictures of him for a while.
09:00Right?
09:00I have no family photos.
09:03Gotta wait.
09:03The kid's happiest.
09:05He doesn't know he's a freak.
09:07He has no idea.
09:09A fuzzy little boy.
09:10You just said a minute ago you would know.
09:11I'd change my mind.
09:13You can't shave him, though.
09:15Yeah, you can't.
09:15I think if you shave him, it makes it worse.
09:18It's time for your nair bath.
09:22Your nair bath.
09:24Tell me if it's burning.
09:27Oh, wow.
09:28That sucks, man.
09:29Yeah, real bad.
09:30Real, real bad.
09:31Don't take it with your have kids around.
09:34Not vibe.
09:34I don't count theoralist.
09:35Love.
09:35Don't take it with your calf.
09:35I'm a kid too.
09:36Don't look.
09:36I don't look.
09:37Don't look.
09:37Don't look.
09:38I haven't fallen to be so quiet.
09:38I don't need to come.
09:39I don't know.
09:39I don't want that.
09:40Don't look.
09:45Don't look.
09:54I don't want that.
09:54I don't want 80% of children.
09:55Don't look.
09:56Oh, man.
09:56I don't want you to wear one.
09:57You're not on your face.
09:58You're not going.
09:59Oh, man.
09:59No idea.