How close are we? Really?

[SpacemanSpiff]

Hello. I am new. So sorry for the stupid question but I don't even know the name of any drug/treatment and you all seem to be very well informed.

As someone completely ignorant of this area all my expose is via the press with headlines like 'cure in 2 years' which seem to go by without said cure. Are all these bogus? Is there a clear path to a cure but it's slow going or is it a case of we don't know where a cure would come from?

Is it still just a case of using that shampoo, regaine, or has it moved beyond that?

Thanks

[brunobald]

Is it still just a case of using that shampoo, regaine, or has it moved beyond that?

Pretty much, lol, that and finasteride. Not a lot else out there man, most of everything else released has turned out to be duds or at best just as good with similer sides.

There are however plenty of potential treatment in the furture. Check out donor regeneration and CB-03-01 for starters and go from there.

I think 5 years may actually be realistic for something new.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Pretty much, lol, that and finasteride. Not a lot else out there man, most of everything else released has turned out to be duds or at best just as good with similer sides.

There are however plenty of potential treatment in the furture. Check out donor regeneration and CB-03-01 for starters and go from there.

I think 5 years may actually be realistic for something new.

Is regaine a scam or does it actually work? It seems a lot of men struggle with hairloss so my assumption is that it's effectiveness is minimum at best.

[DesperateOne]

This question has been pounded so many times, it's not even funny.
Go and read on the American hairloss association.

[VictimOfDHT]

I think Regaine is the UK version of Rogaine. Isn't it? It's Minoxidil. So it isn't a scam. But Minoxidil doesn't do wonders for many.

[Scientalk56]

No one knows. not even the scientists working on a treatment...

btw, we are not taking about a cure, but about a better treatment, that's it... a cure is many years away......a treatment maybe less..

when a treatment will be released, i will wake you up

[Tomb10]

The real cure will be hair cloning.
But we can only hope that tsuji labs will give us full heads of hair in about 10 years..

[brunobald]

Horse in the race..

Follica - Wounding the skin and forming new skin with follicles
Nigam/Gho - Multiplying via splitting follicles and replanting "doubling"
Cosmo - Topical med like finasteride with no sides
Cell Theropy - Using stem cells to rejuvinate or grow new follicles
Hair multiplication -Growing hairs in lab for transplant, unlimited donor.
Histogen - Similer to cell theropy but less risky?

Step one would be for any one of the contenders to prove a NW7 to NW1 conversion with good density and equal quailty hair to the rest of the scalp is possible.

Any steps after that would be to do with cost, availabilty and safety.

[clandestine]

Guys, the answer he's looking for:

We don't know.

[Desmond84]

I think this is a safe estimate to make assuming all listed treatments come to fruition:

2013-2016: Finasteride & Minoxidil

2017-2020: CB-03-01, Histogen's HSC, Replicel, Follica

2021-2025: Tsuji Lab (True Hair multiplication)

2025 & Beyond: Luminescent hair

[UK_]

No this is how the future looks Desmond:

2013-2016: "cure is five years away".

2017-2020: "cure is five years away".

2021-2025: "cure is five years away".

2025 & Beyond: "cure is five years away".

Conquered solar system: "cure is five years away".

Interstellar travel is commonplace: "cure is five years away".

[Desmond84]

Uh brother, why so upset man! Things will work out...trust me! Did you try the bi-weekly fin regimen? UK_ halt your hairloss for a few years till we get our hands on CB, then we're good till the real cure comes out!

You have to give it a shot man...I hate to see you so miserable!

[UK_]

Uh brother, why so upset man! Things will work out...trust me! Did you try the bi-weekly fin regimen? UK_ halt your hairloss for a few years till we get our hands on CB, then we're good till the real cure comes out!

You have to give it a shot man...I hate to see you so miserable!

I'm on 0.25mg every two weeks... I dont even think this is remotely effective... but it's the only way I can avoid SOME of the side effects.

Yeah, even at this amount I get sides (testicular pain, low sex drive etc).

**** this shit.

Desmond are you on Minox?

[The Dark Knight]

No this is how the future looks Desmond:

2013-2016: "cure is five years away".

2017-2020: "cure is five years away".

2021-2025: "cure is five years away".

2025 & Beyond: "cure is five years away".

Conquered solar system: "cure is five years away".

Interstellar travel is commonplace: "cure is five years away".

Oh God, I can't stop laughing, that would certainly explain captain Picard

[Desmond84]

I'm on 0.25mg every two weeks... I dont even think this is remotely effective... but it's the only way I can avoid SOME of the side effects.

Yeah, even at this amount I get sides (testicular pain, low sex drive etc).

**** this shit.

Desmond are you on Minox?

Are you? That is great news man Keep at it...believe me. It will definitely halt your hairloss. The first 6 months is different shed cycles! You dont know what is happening. Everyday is a roller coaster and then voila...all hairloss stops and you notice tiny bit og regrowth

I'm only on fin and Nizoral twice weekly...thats it!

Don't use Minox yet...give fin 12 months before adding something else

EDIT: I just realised you wrote every 2 weeks! That is very low indeed! That's OK though...work ur way up slowly....ur libido should improve over time