George Cotsarelis and upenn new article today

[Hair Bear]

I actually feel as if everyone is somewhat manufacturing their products around Follica's research, if Follica claimed that they'd used goats droppings in their latest round of trials with results then I know of at least one company that will market it and another will put large sums of money behind it to exploit the market asap, whether it is true or not let alone beneficial is not important to them as long as they can get some sort of returns based purely on hype.

Follica have been around for quite a while but from a technical stand point have always been progressing at a steady pace, I'd just like to have some sort of deeper understanding and knowledge of where they are technically at direct from the horses mouth.

Given what I have read there seems to be adequate information to suggest they they are not working towards a treatment to halt hair loss and maintain it rather they are attempting to reverse hair loss and regrow strands of hair where there once was.

[Thinning87]

Follica have been around for quite a while but from a technical stand point have always been progressing at a steady pace, I'd just like to have some sort of deeper understanding and knowledge of where they are technically at direct from the horses mouth.

Exactly. Consistent, steady progress; not as fast as we'd hope, but good progress is being made and we are seeing small signs every six months. This is really good.

Given what I have read there seems to be adequate information to suggest they they are not working towards a treatment to halt hair loss and maintain it rather they are attempting to reverse hair loss and regrow strands of hair where there once was.

Luckily for those like us who will continue to bald quite a bit at least before anything new comes out, it seems like prevention of hair loss and creation of new follicles are related to the same scientific concepts and in other words once you understand how to do one, you also understand how to do the other.

[Scientalk56]

Exactly. Consistent, steady progress; not as fast as we'd hope, but good progress is being made and we are seeing small signs every six months. This is really good.

not as fast as my falling hair...

[Scientalk56]

I'm a realistic person, i'm not waiting for a cure, just a better and safer treatment than propecia.. but it seems like it's a lot to ask for..

[Thinning87]

Ask who? Does anyone owe you this? Are you entitled to someone else giving you something because you're unhappy?

[Scientalk56]

Ask who? Does anyone owe you this? Are you entitled to someone else giving you something because you're unhappy?

asking the universe.. lol

[BoSox]

I'm a realistic person, i'm not waiting for a cure, just a better and safer treatment than propecia.. but it seems like it's a lot to ask for..

Any treatment compared to propecia is not good enough. It's 2014, we need a cure not something that barely works.

[hellouser]

Any treatment compared to propecia is not good enough. It's 2014, we need a cure not something that barely works.

Amen.

[UK_]

They're definitely NOT going to release a product that simply slows down hair loss... we've had garbage products like that for the last 20+ years; finasteride and minoxidil.

Spencer Kobren confirmed they created NEW hair follicles...

Oh God I know... they must realise if they release a product that slows hair loss down nobody will care... it will be like finasteride (only 7% of potential market would seek treatment)... what would be revolutionary is new hair on slick scalp.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Oh God I know... they must realise if they release a product that slows hair loss down nobody will care... it will be like finasteride (only 7% of potential market would seek treatment)... what would be revolutionary is new hair on slick scalp.

Ever thought that the only reason why 7% seek treatment is because they are scared of sides?

[hellouser]

Ever thought that the only reason why 7% seek treatment is because they are scared of sides?

It's not really JUST the sides... its the really TERRIBLE results that come with it too; 20% regrowth, IF achieved? Thats garbage.

[UK_]

Ever thought that the only reason why 7% seek treatment is because they are scared of sides?

Yeah... I'm one of them.

But I think it's mostly because the majority of people out there are too far gone for propecia to even help, it just doesnt create the same buzz as a NW7 guy going down to a NW2.

[yeahyeahyeah]

Yeah... I'm one of them.

But I think it's mostly because the majority of people out there are too far gone for propecia to even help, it just doesnt create the same buzz as a NW7 guy going down to a NW2.

BUT if there was a good preventative treatment out there, there will be no more NW7s.

[burtandernie]

Yeah more preventative measures would be good. I dont think preventing MPB is quite a solved problem yet even with propecia or dut there is more going on with receptors and sensitivity that allows MPB to slowly keep progressing. We need a more powerful AA that is hopefully safer to use long term

[UK_]

We've been over this topic a billion times.

God this place is getting boring.