If it helps, I don't think you're a troll. I DO think you're an asshole, and you're DEFINITELY a douche. But I agree with the moderators that balding has hit you hard, and that might even be the reason for the asshole-ishness and the douche-osity. And I think this forum helps you in the same way it helps us.
But I also thought this was a thread about Replicel, so what the heck do I know?
BaldTruthTalk forum is a place where everyone suffering from hair loss is welcome to share their thoughts, fears, insight, and opinions about hair loss and its treatment. Users that are overly disruptive to the forum are typically removed in time. We provide time to the offending poster to give them the benefit of the doubt and watch to see if they are getting something out of the community and positively giving something back.
There are those of us in our community who are less equipped to deal with the emotional turmoil that hair loss can cause us in our lives, and these are the people who need our help the most. We do read every "report" submitted and are not blind to the fact that Scorpion's posting activity has caused much disruption to the users of the forum. It can be extremely difficult to strike a balance between accommodating the users of the forum and needs of the person being reported.
Scorpion has certainly come a long way since he first began posting, and we hope he will continue on this path and take other hair loss sufferers into consideration when he posts. He has asked for his more offensive posts to be removed and it appears that his attitude has improved greatly, which we believe is directly attributed to having the ability to share his thoughts in our community. Shutting the door to someone who is clearly in extreme need, just doesn't sit well with us.
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nice piece of writing and very reasonable.
I'm shedding like mad. What is the connection between replicel's science and doctor Gho's? I've heard they are working off the same idea. Considering Gho is obviously correct about his assumptions, should we be extremely hopeful?
I've been stalking this thread for some time now and have read some on the current future treatments in the works...replicel, histogen, Aderans, etc...
1. Is there any summary/wiki/opinion that continuously updates where each one is at the process and ranks how promising/effective it seems to be?
2. I consider some users here probably in the top 0.0001% of experts in the hair loss field and what will likely happen with these different treatments...are any of you making any stock plays into how this will likely all play out?
3. I personally am an NW4-5, and was considering micro-pigmentation since I shave my hair anyway, but one of the biggest things that stopped me doing that for now was the promise of these future treatments, thought it'd be better to save the money and risk for a while to see if any of these pan out. I mean, even the up close pic of results from phase 1 of Histogen leads me to believe they will be able to create some product out of that someday. But am I just being too optimistic and should I just go through with the micropigmentation since these treatments could be years away/too expensive/not that effective?
1. Is there any summary/wiki/opinion that continuously updates where each one is at the process and ranks how promising/effective it seems to be?
I don't think so. The forums are probably the best place for a quick summary if someone keeping up to date answers your question. The problem with the forums is that even on the Replicel thread many of the posts are trash.
2. I consider some users here probably in the top 0.0001% of experts in the hair loss field and what will likely happen with these different treatments...are any of you making any stock plays into how this will likely all play out?
Replicel is the only publicly-listed company, the others use private funding. Check the "Buying Replicel Stock" thread for uses who have bought Replicel stock. Personally I haven't purely because I can't be bothered trying to find a broker who will let me trade on OTCBB. I figure if Replicel shoots to $100/share it'll be because the treatment works and that is all I need.
3. I personally am an NW4-5, and was considering micro-pigmentation since I shave my hair anyway, but one of the biggest things that stopped me doing that for now was the promise of these future treatments, thought it'd be better to save the money and risk for a while to see if any of these pan out. I mean, even the up close pic of results from phase 1 of Histogen leads me to believe they will be able to create some product out of that someday. But am I just being too optimistic and should I just go through with the micropigmentation since these treatments could be years away/too expensive/not that effective?
I personally don't like SMP but regardless of what treatment you're considering, be it SMP, FUE, or FUT... if you were going to get that treatment anyway and are holding off because of the promise of HSC/Replicel/Aderans, why would you wait?
If the new stuff works, you're no worse off. You get a full head of hair and nobody sees your scar/dots. Worst case you get a few FUEs to fill in gaps/hairline.
If it doesn't work, you've just spent five years bald that you could have spent with the procedure. And to be honest at this stage, the chance that any of these will completely cure hair loss is pretty small.
Personally I am going to spend five years bald because I'd rather be bald than have a bad transplant/SMP experience. But that's just me.
And yes, the treatments are years away and there is a good chance they won't be fully effective.
If the new stuff works, you're no worse off. You get a full head of hair and nobody sees your scar/dots. Worst case you get a few FUEs to fill in gaps/hairline.
I've asked about this specific point a couple times on here, and have received various responses, some of which differ from your response. Some people express uncertainty toward the notion that transplanted hairs will work in harmony with future treatments like Replicel. If I knew that I could get a transplant now and just wait for Replicel, or any of the other promising treatments, I'd sleep a lot better tonight. I'm not really sure why it wouldn't work, but it does make sense to my armchair-scientist mind that if you transplant hairs over dormant follicles it could effect them negatively. I'm thinking of a situation in which you transplant over a wide area. Just fixing up the hairline shouldn't bother the rest of the head, right? But again I know nothing of the science in all this, just guesswork. I'd like to hear what you think.
Wow, thanks so much for your reply Pate. I guess there are a couple things making me wait...mainly...in my situation, although I do have some reserves, I'd like to use the money as wisely as possible...MHT is not a bad solution, but it has it's potential risks and drawbacks as well, so trying to assess whether it's worth it or whether to save my money to wait for a better result. Like you hinted, it really comes down to personal choice, and with some talk on the forums of these treatments being out in 2015, it makes it a difficult choice for me.
I am finding myself constantly wanting to check to see if there are any updates or new information, but just silence for the moment.
I didn't think it was a common practice for companies to release important business related information at the end of the week. Something to do with the markets being closed on the following days. If it's good news they want the markets open. But, i'm not sure about that. I'm guessing if they release information this month, it will be Monday on the 30th.
I didn't think it was a common practice for companies to release important business related information at the end of the week. Something to do with the markets being closed on the following days. If it's good news they want the markets open. But, i'm not sure about that. I'm guessing if they release information this month, it will be Monday on the 30th.
You are probably right. The other thing is that they probably wants to milk the promotional dollars spent on their stock promotion campaign as much as possible prior to the release. Their last "quarterly update" was provided on January 30th, which was also a Monday, so they do have some precedence there.
If the results were shocking/amazing, a Friday release could allow for full reporting over the weekend with a buying frenzy Monday morning. It is probably revolves around how Replicel thinks it will play out better in coverage and in the media.
I had emailed Replicel earlier as to when they would have their annual report available (As this report would likely discuss this result in the MD&A), and they had said they anticipated by April 29th, but I am not sure if that response was vetted by senior management or if they had any regulatory/corporate governance reasons to meet that date. Also, that could be the date of the audit report, while it may not necessarily be made available to the public or posted to their website or filed until later. So, we shall see...
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