Is it agreed that there will be a cure

[Nerve]

I was just wondering if there was an agreed consensus that there is a cure for baldness on the horizon. I hear a lot of talk about promising result from tests and I hear 4 or 5 years being banded about a lot. So is it agreed in the industry that in double that, in 10 years time, we will probably have a cure or are we just hoping on the most recent experiments?
By cure I mean, growing hair back.

[Conpecia]

I'd say closer to 15 or even 20 years for a full-blown cure, unfortunately. I have yet to see any product remotely close to being able to bring a NW7 all the way back, or even fully restore a NW3 to native density. And the stuff slated for 2015-17 seems only an improvement over current treatments but nowhere near a cure. That being said, a lot of stuff is on the horizon and there could be exponential improvements that come out of nowhere, but if someone put a gun to my head and said gimme a timeframe, I'd say 15 years if you look at where we are now and the treatments that will be available in 3-5 years, in addition to how ****ing long it takes to get FDA approval through trials. Let's hope I'm wrong.

[Morbo]

I agree with what Conpecia said.

Most specialists agree on the fact that we/they know a lot more about hair-loss than they did 10 years ago and they've made significant progress in discovering the causes. But in terms of a real effective (perhaps topical) treatment for the full bald man, we're still waiting and it can take between 10 and a 100 years.

But I think it's definitely a certainty that between now, 5 and 10 years there will be new treatments on the market that will replace the current (Prophecia, Finastride, Minoxodil) products for people who catch it early.

[Kirby_]

Cure? Not in our lifetime. Better treatments? Inevitable, but who knows when. Just want there to be anything better than the crappy triumvirate of fin, dut, minox, but on the mainstream market that anyway can buy in their local pharmacy. At this stage, any new working treatments emerging seems next to a miracle..

[Breaking Bald]

Well hopefully Histogen will be available for us in a 2-3 years!

[john2399]

If histogen can grow enough hair back..combine that with a pdg2 pill or cream to stop hairloss for good than theres the cure.

[Tracy C]

Is it agreed that there will be a cure.

No it is not agreed upon at all. Almost everyone on the internet speculates out the nose but the reality is that none of them knows anything.

There is also no agreement on what constitutes a "cure" for hair loss.

Personally, I feel we will have much more effective treatments available to use within a few years. Female hereditary hair loss may be "cured" around that time as well - but male hereditary hair loss might take longer. Only time will tell.

[Dan26]

A full blown 'cure' is not on the horizon. BUT a combination of some things that should be coming out in the next 4-6 years will definitely keep your hair and grow a lot back. So if you are still have a decent a mount of hair left by then, even if you are pretty bald, you should be OK, considering HT's as an add-on as well. CB will tackle androgens, Histogen and something to address PDg2 levels will promote growth, modulate immune response, stop inflammation etc.

[WarLord]

A full blown 'cure' is not on the horizon. BUT a combination of some things that should be coming out in the next 4-6 years will definitely keep your hair and grow a lot back. So if you are still have a decent a mount of hair left by then, even if you are pretty bald, you should be OK, considering HT's as an add-on as well. CB will tackle androgens, Histogen and something to address PDg2 levels will promote growth, modulate immune response, stop inflammation etc.

I wonder, if you just fell from the Moon or where have you spent the last 15-25 years? Don't we already have very effective medications, anti-androgens like dutasteride that can virtually annihilate DHT in your body? While you whine on this website, the medications keep working in the majority of people, who use them (especially in mutual combination). It is only hypochondriac, hysterical, misinformed and defeatist guys on internet forums, who live in a different reality and continue with their blah-blah about the dreamed-of future cure.

[Dan26]

I wonder, if you just fell from the Moon or where have you spent the last 15-25 years? Don't we already have very effective medications, anti-androgens like dutasteride that can virtually annihilate DHT in your body? While you whine on this website, the medications keep working in the majority of people, who use them (especially in mutual combination). It is only hypochondriac, hysterical, misinformed and defeatist guys on internet forums, who live in a different reality and continue with their blah-blah about the dreamed-of future cure.

Hair loss is not only androgen driven, there are many other factors. I assume you are just being a troll, but fin/dut does not work for everyone. If you think we know the long term effects of being on fin/dut at a young age you are clueless. These are NOT great medications. A small amount of DHT reduction is actually healthy, for the prostate and for longevity. But if you feel 'happy' about reducing DHT in your body by 70-95%, then you really don't understand the hormone and it's importance. If it was the only option I had, I would take fin at a low dose. But it isn't.

"Don't we already have very effective medications, anti-androgens like dutasteride that can virtually annihilate DHT in your body? working in the majority of people" - Warlord

*Troll of the year bro!*