Questions for Desmond at Hair Congress 2014

[hgs1989]

When stem cells are in question this 5 year prognosis for a new treatment are unrealistic. Mainly because there is always a danger of tumors forming from them when injected back into the receiving party. That is why they have to go through rigorous safety tests once they figure out how to mass produce stem cells and then differentiate them into hair follicles.

I can't agree with you. 1st Lauster should have been aware of this before making the claim. I know that he absolutely will not stick to his timeline(deep inside I hope he does), but mentioning a short period of time shows confidence. 2nd, why would it cause a tumor since it is your own organ with your exact DNA. their is no signaling of stem cells to become something else. it is just cloning. we have been hearing about cloning and implanting more complex organs. if any progress is made by replicel and aderans, it would be that they showed that injecting a person with his/her own cells is safe. I think we should be more confident by now about the safety issues. anyhow, my hope is with follica and PGD2. they showed that it inhibits human hair(planted on mice) and mice hair from becoming terminal. they measured to be high in balding scalp and its level peaks in catagen phase. hoping for an update from the congress. I think if PGD2 blocking really works, many would not even need a transplant or even follica other technique that produced new hair follicles. one thing I noticed about follica is that they crave attention which suggest they want to license the technology to a bigger company. I think this why they are all talks with no proof to people. we are not their target customers. or the lack of evidence would be really because of lack of results, which would be a shocker to me considering all this talk. if it turned out to be just hyped smoke, Cotsarelis is discrediting himself , U Penn, and puretech. the guy really speaks as if he already nailed it and he continues to do so and in big news media. he Would be a real A$$ if he did not have anything.yes he is really behind schedule. I hope he would give more in this upcoming congress. follica and histogen are the close thing we have. if delayed or cancelled , then we are very far from an effective treatment. Topical anti androgen won't help many. Propecia helps in keeping, which is what these anti androgen will best do, if proved effective. maybe for future sufferers they will work great. I don't think they would result in any major regrowth.

[artika]

To all researchers

Though I don't know yet if I suffer from DUPA or DPA (side is miniaturizing, the back is not)

To all the researchers you can ask:

Does this treatment help people who suffer from DUTA to restore their hair?

Big thanks from here for doing this too

[Desmond84]

No disrespect but where is Desmond with updates? Everyone's been sending money and he could have gotten the goal's worth weeks ago and people may still be sending money. Im not saying he has to be on here every second but an occasional status update and thank you would go a long way.

Hi sorry for not updating more often. Preparation for Jeju has been crazy .

We have had another $154 of donations since my last update. So we're somewhere around $2254 which is mind boggling. Thank you so much guys.

I'm doing everything I can to bring you guys all the news from the congress.

Btw this camera will be recording everything in 1080p and the sound quality is definitely above average.

I have bookmarked most of the important talks. Plz make a list of what talks you wanna see in case I missed any.

Also I have had at least 8 donations from our female members over the last 2 weeks. Thank you so much girls. I really hope I bring you guys good news as one can only imagine how much harder it is for girls to be going through hair loss.

I am going to register at the convention centre tomorrow and try and scout some of the researchers if I can.

I'll keep everyone posted from tomorrow on a nightly basis.

My next update will be in 24 hours cheers.

P.s. how do I upload snapshots from the congress on the net guys?

[Aik82]

Title says it all! Let's organize some questions for Desmond to ask the top guys.

Members can post questions they want to see asked and if you agree with a question then you can quote it, followed by a "+1". You are not allowed to vote more than once for the same question.

Since the forum does not allow editing posts beyond the 15 minute mark after a comment is posted, I'll be forced to give constant replies rather than simply update THIS comment/reply.

Let's organize the questions based on the researcher. I'll start off with a couple questions, see if you guys agree:

Dr. Roland Lauster/Beren Ataç

1. If the bioreactor creates exact duplicates of follicles that function as normal follicles, is it necessary to have them go through clinical trials for implanting considering hair transplants achieve this and have been approved as a method for commercial use.

Dr. Cotsarelis/Follica

1. Does the wounding method damage the scalp and dermis to the point of jeopardizing existing follicles that produce terminal hairs?

I have another question for Dr. Cotsarelis, one which I'm sure is the same one many of you already have, but I'll discuss that later.

+1 to all of them.

And, might sound stupid, but ask them if a combination of all current treatments in testing (replicel, aderans, hisotgen, follica and prof. Colin A. B. Jahoda) has ever been thought worth of trying.

Thanks all.

(this is my first post, I have been a reader for many years, silently hoping for a definitive cure to show up)

[hellouser]

Hi sorry for not updating more often. Preparation for Jeju has been crazy .

We have had another $154 of donations since my last update. So we're somewhere around $2254 which is mind boggling. Thank you so much guys.

I'm doing everything I can to bring you guys all the news from the congress.

Btw this camera will be recording everything in 1080p and the sound quality is definitely above average.

I have bookmarked most of the important talks. Plz make a list of what talks you wanna see in case I missed any.

Also I have had at least 8 donations from our female members over the last 2 weeks. Thank you so much girls. I really hope I bring you guys good news as one can only imagine how much harder it is for girls to be going through hair loss.

I am going to register at the convention centre tomorrow and try and scout some of the researchers if I can.

I'll keep everyone posted from tomorrow on a nightly basis.

My next update will be in 24 hours cheers.

P.s. how do I upload snapshots from the congress on the net guys?

Hey Desmond,

I've got two time slots available with a location, but I need confirmation which time and which place will work for you. Please respond ASAP either here or via the private forums.

In regards to posting videos recorded, you can easily do this with Youtube, just create a youtube channel and you should be fine.

If you need to upload the audio recordings of the presentations themselves, use SoundCloud;

https://soundcloud.com/

It's basically the youtube equivalent for music and audio.

[hellouser]

Desmond, here are your choices to meet with Dr. Lindner:

Thursday between 10:00-11:00 am or 3:30-4:30 pm during the poster sessions. You can meet Dr. Lindner at his teams poster No. 082 and than have a look around where to sit together.

Please respond ASAP with your preferred choice of time! I'll let him know and CC you on our emails, just let me know if it should be your paypal email.

Thanks again!

[efedrez]

Desmond, here are your choices to meet with Dr. Lindner:

Thursday between 10:00-11:00 am or 3:30-4:30 pm during the poster sessions. You can meet Dr. Lindner at his teams poster No. 082 and than have a look around where to sit together.

Please respond ASAP with your preferred choice of time! I'll let him know and CC you on our emails, just let me know if it should be your paypal email.

Thanks again!

This is amazing! can't wait to heard news from Dr. Lindner and the congress in general, (hopefully good news)

[hellouser]

Tomorrow at 8pm is Bald Truth radio show at 8pm. Will anyone be calling in to the show and ask Spencer what he thinks about the initiative with Desmond at the Hair Congress?

[Arashi]

I suggest that if you upload the video's to youtube, to make it private (it's an option while uploading). So you can't search for it on youtube, you can only watch it if you have the link. Not sure if the researchers would like to see their own presentations browsable/searchable on youtube, so making it private is an option I think.

Best of luck, Desmond !!

[lilpauly]

Hi Arashi , mr nigam will be there and givi g a key presentation , I know u have followed his work recently and do u believe he will offer any break through ? Etc ?

[hellouser]

Hi Arashi , mr nigam will be there and givi g a key presentation , I know u have followed his work recently and do u believe he will offer any break through ? Etc ?

Nigam should be banned from attending the congress.

[Desmond84]

Desmond, here are your choices to meet with Dr. Lindner:

Thursday between 10:00-11:00 am or 3:30-4:30 pm during the poster sessions. You can meet Dr. Lindner at his teams poster No. 082 and than have a look around where to sit together.

Please respond ASAP with your preferred choice of time! I'll let him know and CC you on our emails, just let me know if it should be your paypal email.

Thanks again!

Hi Hell

Thursday 10-11am is perfect. There are some key lectures in the afternoon that I dont want to miss

[hellouser]

Hi Hell

Thursday 10-11am is perfect. There are some key lectures in the afternoon that I dont want to miss

Perfect! I'll let him know!

[Desmond84]

Perfect! I'll let him know! BTW, is Desmond your real name or just an online alias? I'll need to give Dr. Lindner a heads up of who he's meeting up with. Thanks!

Hahaha its an alias

[Arashi]

Hi Arashi , mr nigam will be there and givi g a key presentation , I know u have followed his work recently and do u believe he will offer any break through ? Etc ?

I hope you are kidding, Boldy is suffering from inflamations because they implanted grafts upside down and he has now ingrown hair for 5 cm long. Wesley got so sick that he had to get on medications to turn off his immune system, Tom's donor was killed, Boyfrench is not getting his money back .. all of his patients are suffering from disasters, Nigam's own tests all failed and you expect Nigam to report something useful ?