Baldness cure still ten years away:(

[clandestine]

It's not necessarily that they care so much about how they look, but it's the visceral agony that comes with being stripped of their identity and femininity.

Incredibly well said.

[Buckerine11]

I highly doubt that is the case!

It may be an exaggeration, but it's not THAT far off. I have heard many female cancer survivors say that the most emotionally devastating thing about the whole ordeal was when they lost their hair from chemo. It's not necessarily that they care so much about how they look, but it's the visceral agony that comes with being stripped of their identity and femininity.

[hellouser]

Many rock stars have tinnitus as well, Lars Ulrich for example. Poor guy has all the money in the world, but I can imagine, what Tinnitus must be doing to him! The Sound of Silence can sometimes be the sweetest things to the ears!

William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy both have it after standing too close to a stage blast that someone accidentally set off too early. Shatner was on the verge of suicide as well.

Tinnitus is far worse than hair loss.

[Morbo]

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[gmonasco]

Lastly, Bill Gates is a total hypocrite. He rails against a system from which he has profited from more than any individual on this planet.

It isn't necessarily hypocritical to work within an established system while also acknowledging that system's drawbacks and recommending approaches to change. And Bill Gates isn't "railing against capitalism," for heaven's sake -- he's merely advocating that a pure capitalistic approach has some flaws which governments should work to offset.

[baldozer]

Easy;

tinnitus and multiple sclerosis can be and usually are far more devastating.

I have tinnitus myself but a mild case. my mom has a really bad case of it and is near suicidal because of it.

Many rock stars have tinnitus as well, Lars Ulrich for example. Poor guy has all the money in the world, but I can imagine, what Tinnitus must be doing to him! The Sound of Silence can sometimes be the sweetest things to the ears!

[MackJames]

Yeah agreed Bill gates can shove it. That being said though I do respect his work on disease research by putting money and work into it. Its a good cause and he really is trying to help a lot of less fortunate people. Not everyone with his success would try to help less fortunate people.

You are absolutely correct. Gates deserves credit for his philanthropy.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

That doesnt excuse the fact that in 2013 there STILL isnt a cure, only shit treatments that require daily application.

Amen to that. It's absolutely sickening and extremely frustrating.

[hellouser]

Come on guys, he gives no reason for his conclusion, just "its ten years away". Why? Where is this forecast coming from? zilch facts or even going through his assumptions that lead him to his forecast. nothign. ]


this is just a filler article with a played out headline topic.

That doesnt excuse the fact that in 2013 there STILL isnt a cure, only shit treatments that require daily application.

[NeedHairASAP]

If this were a womans problem we'd have had a cure 50 years ago. Nobody gives a shit about mens problems. Everything male health related is a joke.

Bill Burr nailed it:

Come on guys, he gives no reason for his conclusion, just "its ten years away". Why? Where is this forecast coming from? zilch facts or even going through his assumptions that lead him to his forecast. nothign. ]


this is just a filler article with a played out headline topic.

[hellouser]

If this were a womans problem we'd have had a cure 50 years ago. Nobody gives a shit about mens problems. Everything male health related is a joke.

Bill Burr nailed it:

I think we get 1800 numbers, you [women] got ribbons, there’s groups; people give a shit. Anything happens to a guy, it’s just considered funny. Some woman cut her husband’s dick off, threw in the garbage disposal and turned it on. People thought it was hilarious, I mean, hey, hey, stumpy, nobody cares.

Do you think if a guy removed a woman’s titty and threw it in the drier anybody will be joking about it the next day? The entire country would grind to a halt; it’d be a moment of silence; the NFL would have some special colored headband everybody had to wear for an entire month. The most a-feminine color they could possibly come up with.

[win200]

Someone else said this, but the issue completely depends upon what the definition of 'cure' is taken to be. I think to most laypeople, a cure means a medicine that either transforms follicles to be immune to DHT or causes a man suffering hair loss to re-grow a full head of hair. If that's the standard, then sure, we're a long way away.

But most people on this forum take 'cure' to be 'donor regeneration,' which could enable us to have enough HTs to restore a full head of hair. I don't think members of the general public view multiple surgical procedures as a 'cure.' But that's what we're chasing, and there's a good chance that arrives within the decade.

[mpb47]

Lastly, Bill Gates is a total hypocrite. He rails against a system from which he has profited from more than any individual on this planet. Additionally, he has a full head of hair himself so he could not possibly comprehend the physical, psychological, and emotional suffering that hair loss causes.

Agree that he took advantage of the system - no doubt about it. He produced crappy products and got away with it. Did plenty of unethical things to word perfect, novell, netscape and who knows who else. But something happened to him when he got married circa 2000. His wife got to him somehow and changed him for the better. I don't know how, but she did and that is when he became a more respectable person.

And no , he does not have a full head of hair for himself. He has a huge baldspot and had not done anything about it. I have no idea if that was his wife's doing but he has not fixed it and you know he could in a heartbeat if he wanted to. Bill Gates was a bad person but somehow got fixed by his wife.

[gmonasco]

Microsoft spent billions on research and development and marketing on nonessential products mainly geared towards entertainment. This money could up have been spent on disease research. In short, **** him.

Microsoft is a public company. The CEO of a public company is responsible to the shareholders; he can't just declare "Screw the profit motive -- let's spend our money on stuff that helps mankind instead" and stay CEO for very long.

[burtandernie]

Yeah agreed Bill gates can shove it. That being said though I do respect his work on disease research by putting money and work into it. Its a good cause and he really is trying to help a lot of less fortunate people. Not everyone with his success would try to help less fortunate people.