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I know many of us here are hoping for a cure tomorrow, or yesterday or 10 years ago.
Technological advances are usually incremental, until something revolutionary happens.
In the grand scheme of human history we've come a long way in 60 years, when hair transplants first started in the US. First strip methods, then FUE, now robotic-assisted FUE... I expected with better and better cameras and advances in robotics, FUE will be get better, safer and cheaper.
Of course the advances on most things are incremental, but every once in a while a huge innovation occurs. The problem is, its hard to predict from the outset which innovations are incremental and which are path defining.
I have a Ph.D. and am actively engaged in many research projects. I love them all and I think they are all worthwhile. But sometimes they don't pan out. Sometimes they do.
So as hard as it is, we need patience. Relatively to other procedures, hair tranplants need a lot of time. For a new surgical procedure, you can often gauge success in days (are they dead or not). We need at the minimum 6 months to know anything about growth, and possibly a year or two, and eventually we need 5 years to assess long term effects.
Lots of stuff won't pan out. Sometimes it will seem likely progress has stalled (because it has) but stuff will keep moving forward. In the meantime, hit the gym, get in shape, and be healthy so we can be healthy and active enough to enjoy advances as the come out.
Technological advances are usually incremental, until something revolutionary happens.
In the grand scheme of human history we've come a long way in 60 years, when hair transplants first started in the US. First strip methods, then FUE, now robotic-assisted FUE... I expected with better and better cameras and advances in robotics, FUE will be get better, safer and cheaper.
Of course the advances on most things are incremental, but every once in a while a huge innovation occurs. The problem is, its hard to predict from the outset which innovations are incremental and which are path defining.
I have a Ph.D. and am actively engaged in many research projects. I love them all and I think they are all worthwhile. But sometimes they don't pan out. Sometimes they do.
So as hard as it is, we need patience. Relatively to other procedures, hair tranplants need a lot of time. For a new surgical procedure, you can often gauge success in days (are they dead or not). We need at the minimum 6 months to know anything about growth, and possibly a year or two, and eventually we need 5 years to assess long term effects.
Lots of stuff won't pan out. Sometimes it will seem likely progress has stalled (because it has) but stuff will keep moving forward. In the meantime, hit the gym, get in shape, and be healthy so we can be healthy and active enough to enjoy advances as the come out.
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