Histogen Upcoming Events

[stayhopeful]

It seems obvious to some, but I see people all the time on forums who basically think they can just let themselves go bald because one of these companies will come to their rescue, when we have no idea how effective these treatments will be on a bald scalp (or when they will be on the market). "Oh I am going to skip fin, in a few years Histogen or Aderans will take me to NW1"
I have high hopes for these treatments, but imagine how terrible it would feel to be the guy who drops 3 NW levels waiting on these procedures, only to find out they won't work well for him because he lost too much hair. There is no way I could ever take that risk....not to mention the time you lose between now and then

Understandable. But I feel that with the current solutions it just is what it is. Most people are not willing to take Fin, including myself. I tried it for about 4 months, 3 times a week-- and it is one of my biggest regrets ever. It messes with your brain chemistry, man. I know some people take it happily ever after, but in my view, we will look back 10-15 years from now and be like I can't believe people were ingesting that poison just to maintain hair. And believe me, I know the other option--loosing hair--is not exactly a fabulous alternative. In fact, I am willing to do anything to maintain my hair, but altering my brain and personality (which I argue Finastaride indisputably does) is not an option. Even though balding does as well change your personality, but I would argue in a lot less extreme way than Fin.

God be with Hist and Anderans... I am sure we will still need transplants, but if we they can just come out with something that can make transplants full proof then we will all be on cloud 9... I swear if this comes through, I will be the happiest person for the rest of my life. Hopefully it is soon though! Until then, I plan to do everything to maintain happiness

[25 going on 65]

wow, that is a genius philosophy!!

haha jk

It seems obvious to some, but I see people all the time on forums who basically think they can just let themselves go bald because one of these companies will come to their rescue, when we have no idea how effective these treatments will be on a bald scalp (or when they will be on the market). "Oh I am going to skip fin, in a few years Histogen or Aderans will take me to NW1"
I have high hopes for these treatments, but imagine how terrible it would feel to be the guy who drops 3 NW levels waiting on these procedures, only to find out they won't work well for him because he lost too much hair. There is no way I could ever take that risk....not to mention the time you lose between now and then

[UK_]

Great to see their yearly plan!

[stayhopeful]

My personal philosophy....between now and the next big thing (whether that is Histogen, Aderans, whatever), the big idea is maintain

wow, that is a genius philosophy!!

haha jk

[25 going on 65]

My personal philosophy....between now and the next big thing (whether that is Histogen, Aderans, whatever), the big idea is maintain

[Jairus]

Well you can use Fin, RU ( doubts ), minox and some other DHT inhibiting goodies if you want. Even if you get to an NW5 by the end of 2015, perhaps getting a 4000+ HT will set you up for Histogen and Aderans etc.

[Scientalk56]

I understand everyone is excited about the potential, but this is years away from coming into market. What the hell am I suppose to do from now until the "possible release" of Histogen to prevent further balding?

We still don't know if Histogen will regrow hair on a completely bald scalp and that's where I'm trending by the time this comes out. Everybody gets peace of mind from hope, well I just hope I'm not a NW 5+ by the time this comes out. Who knows what it will do for me then.

Just move on and live ur life... life is short..

[StayThick]

I understand everyone is excited about the potential, but this is years away from coming into market. What the hell am I suppose to do from now until the "possible release" of Histogen to prevent further balding?

We still don't know if Histogen will regrow hair on a completely bald scalp and that's where I'm trending by the time this comes out. Everybody gets peace of mind from hope, well I just hope I'm not a NW 5+ by the time this comes out. Who knows what it will do for me then.

[Jairus]

Ah I must have missed that bit, thanks

Well thats good news, a yearly top up of injections would not be so bad.
And from what you say, it seems the treatment is compoundable.

[UK Boy]

Yes that would be very exciting indeed!

The question still remains tho - if you ONLY used Histogen injections, how long could you theoretically keep the revived follicles before MPB takes over again?

We really need some more info from them

Well they've shown that the hair stays for at least a year, if fact the hair growth actually increased over the year, the percentages were higher after a year than they had been at the 3 & 6 month points. Any results from the trials are from using ONLY Histogen injections, people aren't allowed in trials if they're using fin/dut/minox. Even if you had to have Histogen treatment every couple of years I wouldn't mind til the ultimate cure eventually came along.

[Jairus]

Yes that would be very exciting indeed!

The question still remains tho - if you ONLY used Histogen injections, how long could you theoretically keep the revived follicles before MPB takes over again?

We really need some more info from them

[Desmond84]

Hey, also Dr. Ziering injected a completely bald area back in October 2012. We should have a 6 month update on that by May this year!

If they got hair growing in that zone then anything is possible!

[Desmond84]

Histogen is reversing the chemistry of your scalp to its neonatal state so in all honestly at least in theory it may revive dead follicles...I think repeated injections should definitely revive a lot of those follicles!

Let's see if they add a third injection time-point in their Phase 2b! Imagine if hair growth is increased by another 40%! You would pretty much get 50% of your original density back!

[Jairus]

A significant increase in vellus hair count (p=0.033) was seen for the first time, supporting the hypothesis that the HSC treatment rescues dying follicles, in addition to converting vellus to terminal hairs and increasing the number of hairs per follicle. Statistical significance continued to be seen at the 24 week time point

Des do you reckon Histogen will solely be used for reviving vellus hairs as quoted above in the Oct release, or can it revive dormant follicles also?

[Desmond84]

Btw, let's hope they announce when Phase 2b is scheduled to start as well...