Any news??

[Breaking Bald]

Hey guys, so I rarely come here these days. My hair is still slowly going but it's getting more and more noticeable by the day. Dare I ask is there any news? Anything in the pipe line at all?

[Trenblastoise]

A cure? No.

You can block your testosterone to DHT, and you can use minoxidil for short term(~2years effect. Other than that there is the hair transplants.

Stem cell research have managed to make both epithelial cells and dermal papillae cells. They have also managed to create micro hairs combining these as far as I have understood. And that's about it.

[Alias123]

1-2 better treatments are coming for maintaining and slight regrowth

[sascha]

Replicel + Shiseido. exciting stuff keep your head up

[tedwuji]

PiloFocus ?

[johnsmith]

Hey guys, so I rarely come here these days. My hair is still slowly going but it's getting more and more noticeable by the day. Dare I ask is there any news? Anything in the pipe line at all?

No, absolutely nothing. For the past 30+ years, a press release or two emerges each year exclaiming a "breakthrough cure" has been found, but the release is always accompanied by a tempering statement that indicates that it will take scientists about 5 more years to develop the findings into a viable treatment. Usually within 2 or 3 years, the company responsible for "the breakthrough" is bankrupt and out of business. The 5 years always come and go, over and over and over again, with absolutely no cure at the end of the 5 years.

I fully expect that we will see full human cloning, coupled with bioengineering to create new designer bodies for us, before any legitimate hairloss cure is developed. Of course, such an eventuality with cloning would complete bypass the need for a hairloss cure. We will simply be able to design our dream bodies and have the electro-chemical contents of our existing brains transferred over to our new brains that exist in our new new bodies.

Of course, that may not happen in our lifetime, but neither will a legitimate cure for baldness.

Many believers, of course, will tell you that we've never been closer to a cure for baldness than we are today! LOL. That big hope, along with $10, will buy you an exotic ice coffee at your favorite gourmet coffeshop.

[tedwuji]

No, absolutely nothing. For the past 30+ years, a press release or two emerges each year exclaiming a "breakthrough cure" has been found, but the release is always accompanied by a tempering statement that indicates that it will take scientists about 5 more years to develop the findings into a viable treatment. Usually within 2 or 3 years, the company responsible for "the breakthrough" is bankrupt and out of business. The 5 years always come and go, over and over and over again, with absolutely no cure at the end of the 5 years.

I fully expect that we will see full human cloning, coupled with bioengineering to create new designer bodies for us, before any legitimate hairloss cure is developed. Of course, such an eventuality with cloning would complete bypass the need for a hairloss cure. We will simply be able to design our dream bodies and have the electro-chemical contents of our existing brains transferred over to our new brains that exist in our new new bodies.

Of course, that may not happen in our lifetime, but neither will a legitimate cure for baldness.

Many believers, of course, will tell you that we've never been closer to a cure for baldness than we are today! LOL. That big hope, along with $10, will buy you an exotic ice coffee at your favorite gourmet coffeshop.

Touché

[It's2014ComeOnAlready]

Hang on to your finasteride, It's the best we've got. Bimatoprost next year, and a preventative treatment to follow.

[rdawg]

Just speculation right now.

all I'm waiting on are the BIM Phase IIB results, nothing else to get excited for i nthe near future(barring a random discovery)

but within a year we'll have SM and CB results! so things are moving a lot more forward than they were when i first came to these boards 2-3 years ago, back then it was basically histogen(which wasnt doing much) or nothing.

[FearTheLoss]

Just speculation right now.

all I'm waiting on are the BIM Phase IIB results, nothing else to get excited for i nthe near future(barring a random discovery)

but within a year we'll have SM and CB results! so things are moving a lot more forward than they were when i first came to these boards 2-3 years ago, back then it was basically histogen(which wasnt doing much) or nothing.

I think SM could really be big time. They did their phase 1 trial in Australia and now they went into a MASSIVE phase II trial in the US, only recruiting patients that are high norwoods, and they are bringing results out in a timely manner. I don't think a company could have this big of a phase II trial with high norwoods if they didn't have something that showed great promise in phase I. Plus, the WNT pathway has backing.

[It's2014ComeOnAlready]

I think SM could really be big time. They did their phase 1 trial in Australia and now they went into a MASSIVE phase II trial in the US, only recruiting patients that are high norwoods, and they are bringing results out in a timely manner. I don't think a company could have this big of a phase II trial with high norwoods if they didn't have something that showed great promise in phase I. Plus, the WNT pathway has backing.

It sure looks promising, and you are right about the WNT pathway. It is definitely backed up by a number of studies. I'm very happy that there are a number of companies out there looking to create a new topical treatment. I have had high hopes for Follica, but it is taking quite a bit of time and we're not hearing anything, so it's hard to stay enthusiastic. Competition is good, the patent for propecia is expired, and the race is on to dominate the hair loss treatment market.

[tedwuji]

just keep poppin Fin like its ur birthday.

[Illusion]

It's funny how divided this community is. Some people seem to have very little hope for the foreseeable future, while others believe things wil get a lot better soon (soon as in "in the next 5 years" or so).

[joel203]

It's funny how divided this community is. Some people seem to have very little hope for the foreseeable future, while others believe things wil get a lot better soon (soon as in "in the next 5 years" or so).

In other words, the people that have been around for a while and know how things work out and the new people that come, hear any news and are optimistic

[Pentarou]

In other words, the people that have been around for a while and know how things work out and the new people that come, hear any news and are optimistic

Basically, yeah, that. Anyone who has spent any amount of time lurking or posting on hair loss forums will not fall for the "cure in 5 years" schtick. I remember in 2002 people were convinced we were on the cusp of a breakthrough.