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Relax, I was simply pointing out an ironic statement Tracey made (and Tracey, I mean no disrespect). I apologize if I found it amusing that someone instilled with such hope regarding Replicel (right or wrong -- I truly have no opinion), a company that will probably be delisted from the NYSE in a month for it's inability to keep its stock price above $1.00 and showed disappointing results (based on no one's projections for efficacy but their own) in their clinical trials would at the same time advocate a healthy "scientific skepticism."
If Tracey can have hope for a product like that, sorry, but I'm going to find it amusing when she starts proselytizing about having scientific skepticism. Because the scientific skeptics say, a la Richard Crenna, "It's over, Johnny!"
It doesn't mean she's wrong, it doesn't mean she's right. I think well enough of Tracey to think she's thinking, "ah, well. Touché." And then not giving my post another thought.
Lighten up, folks! We'll beat this whole hair loss thing, and if we don't, paraphrasing Oscar Wilde, "If you knew how little people thought of you, you wouldn't care what they thought of you."Comment
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It's good to see that there are many more companies working on baldness cures other than the ones that are most frequently talked about. I love what companies like Histogen, Aderans, Replicel, and Allergan are doing and I greatly appreciate their work, but with today's innovation with stem cells, I really believe that a stem cell type cure could come from somewhere else outside of the aforementioned major companies.Comment
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You guys keep ignoring a very important detail about Replicels results. Sure the terminal hair count was lower than everybody hoped for - but the vellus hair count and total hair count was higher than baseline. What that means is Replicel's treatment either created hair follicles where there were none before or re-started dormant hair follicles that could not produce hair before the treatment. This is significant good news and I truly hope Replicel is able to continue their work - because they obviously are on the right track. It isn't over - and it shouldn't be.
No I didn't think that. Not even for a millisecond. I have a healthy and appropriate appreciation for the significance of Replicel's results beyond terminal hair count. The positives are there and I am simply able to see them while others are curiously unwilling to accept them.Comment
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Isn't Histogen doing phase I/IIa and I/IIb trials? If so, each trial is 24 months. So wouldn't that mean that it is not realistic to think it would be available anytime before 2017?Comment
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Bitmopost(allergan)- Expected to clear phase II quickly, seems very similar to minoxidil maybe slightly more effect. Already cleared for eyebrow growth I believe.
Expected Release- 2013
my POV: Good alternative to Minoxidil, might be slightly more effective but don't think this will cure anything at all.
Where did you see that the expected release date is 2013? Assuming phase II results are good in september and they continue to phase 3, that will take a year to complete. Then they have to get FDA approval (roughly a year).Comment
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I'd imagine since it's already on the market for eyebrow growth, it will pass those tests fairly fast and they'd just have to replace the labels wouldnt they? so wouldn't that mean Sept 2013(a year from beginning of phase III?)
It's already released anyway so you can probably just test it on your scalp right now to see if it works, although I hear its somewhat expensive.Comment
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Maybe someone can clarify if it's doing two phase I/II's but that would mean Phase III will start december 2013 if every thing goes right(which it probably will) which means it'll be approved for ASIA december 2014, released early 2015 there and released in North America mid-late 2016 after FDA approval.
If Histogen has great results in december this year though wouldn't it just go straight to the bigger Phase III?
and does anyone know if Histogen is releasing the 6 month results this month?
Essentially though, we'll know if this product works/will come to market within 2 years, the excitement alone I think will be enough to tide me over the extra couple years.Comment
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I'm doing that right now. The problem is that I don't want to stop using Rogaine because it is working for me. So I got a script for Lumigan from my GP and mixed the whole bottle with a fresh bottle of generic Minoxidil. I am currently using this mixture every other evening until that bottle is empty. Then I will mix another bottle and use it every evening until I have been using it for at least six months. At that time I should be able to tell if it is helping or not.
It is expensive but health insurance will likely cover the cost of Lumigan - but not Latisse. I've been using Latisse for my eyelashes for quite a while so I can attest that it does work. I didn't want to bother with my eye brows at first but I am now using the little bit that is left on the brush after doing my eye lashes on my eyebrows. I'm just hoping to darken them a little bit so I don't need to use a pencil if I don't want to.Comment
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It'll be interesting to see if it's slightly more useful than Minoxidil. I wonder if the price will come down if it's mass produced for hair as well?Comment
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