What are the possibilities for 2014?

[TO YOUNG TO RETIRE]

guys i am sorry really really sorry.....for me for all of us... if sth doesnt work..

if nigam cant cure us with 2-3 sessions of the 5 k grafts they talk about then i will buzz and wear a hat yntil tsuji releases

[HairBane]

Chin up boys, stay positive.

Think of it this way - we're not the ones that need to worry. We are the prize. The biotech and drug companies developing effective treatments are the ones that need to worry. They're in a race to secure billions of dollars of prize money from us. Trust me, some one will claim that prize as soon as they possibly can. There's plenty on the horizon for 2015-16.

[Pentarou]

TBH, personally speaking I have no interest at all in hair transplants. For a diffuse balding man like me they are useless even if infinite donor regeneration existed (what am I meant to do, give up Fin and wait decades until all the DHT-affected hair is gone?). We don't even have a very long term means of keeping the DHT-damaged hair on heads that have had transplants, Fin and Dut aren't exactly perfect for that even if you're part of the majority that can tolerate them.

Hair transplants 3.0 will be a great tool for some types of hair loss sufferers if they work properly, but are only one weapon against AGA. We need good preventative medicines and something to regrow diffuse-lost hair, even if it's as low tech and desperate as dermarolling with minox.

[crafter]

im hopeful for bimatoprost for regrowth.

What you using now?

[Sogeking]

So far I've been a bit excited about every upcoming year in order to see hoe trials and possible new treatments are progressing. However I ain't holding too much if any hope about 2014. Didn't expect to see them before the end of the decade.


Hmm there is even talks that there is one major hurdle left before fusion becomes reality. Just like Star Trek. They had holodecks, warp engines, replicators. But couldn't grow hair. The irony .

[hellouser]

So far I've been a bit excited about every upcoming year in order to see hoe trials and possible new treatments are progressing. However I ain't holding too much if any hope about 2014. Didn't expect to see them before the end of the decade.


Hmm there is even talks that there is one major hurdle left before fusion becomes reality. Just like Star Trek. They had holodecks, warp engines, replicators. But couldn't grow hair. The irony .

2014 may be huge;

Pilofocus and Nigam.

Then of course the potential confirmation of Replicel finally launching in Asia in 2015. Histogen too, if they manage to finish their Phase IIb trials.

Doesn't look too bad!

[garethbale]

To be fair, 2014 and 2013, and the years that preceded them...full of speculation

2008 to 2010 - Intercytex was the next big thing...then that fell apart

Look at 2012...the build up to Replicel's phase I results was huge but their results were very disappointing.

2013 - Aderans has stalled, Replicel and Histogen plodding along, Follica not giving anything away.
Pilofocus and Nigam's technique will hopefully put a positive spin on things before the end of the year

I don't think 2013 has been that bad in comparison to recent years, its just the lack of anything conclusive that annoys me. If we knew cloning/cellular treatments/wounding etc would be released in X number of years we could at least plan accordingly and get on with our lives

[UK_]

TBH, personally speaking I have no interest at all in hair transplants. For a diffuse balding man like me they are useless even if infinite donor regeneration existed (what am I meant to do, give up Fin and wait decades until all the DHT-affected hair is gone?). We don't even have a very long term means of keeping the DHT-damaged hair on heads that have had transplants, Fin and Dut aren't exactly perfect for that even if you're part of the majority that can tolerate them.

Hair transplants 3.0 will be a great tool for some types of hair loss sufferers if they work properly, but are only one weapon against AGA. We need good preventative medicines and something to regrow diffuse-lost hair, even if it's as low tech and desperate as dermarolling with minox.

If Dr Mwamba starts offering doubling at his clinic and consequently confirms what Nigam is doing I would just use toppik until my diffuse is bad enough to get a doubling procedure. Wouldnt need to worry about stupid hormone drugs.

[burtandernie]

I think something is going to pop out of nowhere that shows big results its just a matter of time given the amount of money to made. The odds in 2014 it happens though? I think its going to be a few years or more though

[DepressedByHairLoss]

Well what about this one: http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-skin-...e-burns/20876/. With this method, hair could be generated without drugs or biological components so I'm not sure why this would require FDA approval. Or perhaps it could be performed in another country where the FDA is not so stringent.

And honestly, I sometimes have higher hopes for a company like Replicel than I do for Tsuji labs. Sure, Tsuji Labs are looking to clone hair, but that hair still need to be transplanted en masse to create anything close to a full head of hair. With Replicel's method, cells would be implanted as opposed to actual hairs, and therefore the process would be minimally-invasive, less labor-intensive, and with much more ability to generate a maximum amount of hair quickly and with less of a cost.

[hellouser]

Well what about this one: http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-skin-...e-burns/20876/. With this method, hair could be generated without drugs or biological components so I'm not sure why this would require FDA approval. Or perhaps it could be performed in another country where the FDA is not so stringent.

And honestly, I sometimes have higher hopes for a company like Replicel than I do for Tsuji labs. Sure, Tsuji Labs are looking to clone hair, but that hair still need to be transplanted en masse to create anything close to a full head of hair. With Replicel's method, cells would be implanted as opposed to actual hairs, and therefore the process would be minimally-invasive, less labor-intensive, and with much more ability to generate a maximum amount of hair quickly and with less of a cost.

Youre thinking of Lauster's method. Tsuji Labs' method would be injections and new follicles being formed.

[Desmond84]

Hey there Desmond !
Overall you have been viewed as an educated and positive member supplying a lot of good information here.
I know you are feeling down right now but bro' dont allow it to keep you down.
Please dont look at 2014 as being a dismal period of time.
Sometimes, generally speaking, we have been surprised by new and innovative technologies.
Hang in there Des' ,we will be A-OK.

Thanks Artista, you rock man

I'm sure we will...just a matter of time

[Rekoj]

Let me ask This - With all these Trials I have read on And Hopefully more Trials are in the pipe line.. Is there like some sort of "Board" Or forum that has all the trial sign ups, info or anything .. I mean .. I think we all would be game to signing up for something if it seemed promising ?? But every time I see some sort of Trial .. Like for the Carprost ... The trials are ended .. Well who do they find to sign up? .. how do they find them ? ..

[rdawg]

Product release nothing, but in terms of news, some very big things:

BIM release news
Histogen Release news
CB news

any new kind of discovery(I.e we had PGD2, FGF-9+wounding theory this year)

so there will definitely be some happenings

but product release not until at least 2015, and thats being optimistic.

[zigoberth]

Reading this thread at the end of 2014 is quite a kick to the guts.

That being said, there are threads like this on forums dating back to the early 2000s. It doesn't mean progress hasn't happened, but it is usually far slower than hopes or expectations.

For more recent trends, as long as the world economy is stagnant, our ability to fund major research endeavors will continue to idle. NIH funding is at an all time low and doesn't look like it's getting better any time soon.

"I'll believe it when I can run a comb through it" may be the reality for quite some time.