Spencer Kobren Speaks To Dr. Craig Ziering - Histogen’s HSC Update 6/16/12
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This is most likely the reason that Dr. Ziering is involved. If anything, this might boost hair transplant sales. Unless of course, it's a total cure - then it will wipe out HT's. Either way, smart move on Ziering
Especially when you consider it could take 2+ years for HSC to work fully, because of the number of repeat treatments needed - some guys won't want to wait that long and will be willing to get FUE to get their regrowth in 9 months or so.
It's still a biiiiiig call to talk about a full cure, anyway. Most likely outcome will be HSC will work and will become a treatment option for thinning hair, but not a full cure. And in that case, it really WILL boost HT sales - from me, for a start! If HSC could save my thinning zones, I'd get FUE on my hairline. But I know I don't have enough donor hair to get a good result over the entire NW6 area, so right now I'm not getting a HT.Comment
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This is more likely what will be the case, unfortunately. And I'll be right behind you.Comment
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It's still a biiiiiig call to talk about a full cure, anyway. Most likely outcome will be HSC will work and will become a treatment option for thinning hair, but not a full cure. And in that case, it really WILL boost HT sales - from me, for a start! If HSC could save my thinning zones, I'd get FUE on my hairline. But I know I don't have enough donor hair to get a good result over the entire NW6 area, so right now I'm not getting a HT.Comment
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Slick bald NW3 zone, badly thinning NW6.
Propecia grew back an area in my crown about 1" high and 2" wide to almost full cosmetic density but otherwise pretty much a NW6.
I'm not sure about that. Assuming Histogen would simply return one's original hair, most would probably gut it out and wait the extra year or two rather than undergo surgery, for the sake of guaranteed naturalness to the look, knowing it's actually the hair that is 'supposed' to be there.Comment
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It still has to be proven that Histogen has grown new hair or reawakened old hair follicles in slick bald zones. If HSC can't o that than it will serve primariliy for diffuse thinning, maintaing existing hair and guys that have just started to lose hair. And all of them will be perfect candidates for HTS which will boost HT sale.
A full cure will come only in terms of Dr. Lausters work or from Tsuji lab. And those guys are still years away from clinical trials let alone from having a product to offer.
We have to hope that Aderans, Histogen and/or Replicel have something.Comment
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I agree with you, Sogeking. We need a bridge to a full-blown cure. Something better than fin and minox and without the sides. I think that bridge may be 2-5 yrs away in the form of Aderans or Histogen, and a true cure perhaps in 10-15 years.Comment
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You're probably right, but we know hair loss is anything but rational, particularly among young guys. And what if it takes 3 years worth of treatment for Histogen? 4 years? At some point, hair in 9 months is probably going to look more attractive than waiting, for some guys at least.
I'll definitely say that if my hairloss stabilized as is, and an HT could give me a solid hairline and good density in the front, I would opt for that in a heartbeat rather than waiting 4 yrs for comparable coverage with Histogen.Comment
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Me too. I'd wait 4 yrs for Histogen to fill in the crown.Comment
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Top of the list is experienced HT surgeons.
Interesting to see that Johnson & Johnson are the prime backers of this event too.Comment
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