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Got the product name or a link?

Good stuff.

Can I smoke your hair, bro?

Folix just came to my area. I was quoted $1000.00 per treatment. 4-6 treatments are recommended, with a couple of possible touch-up treatments thereafter. No thank you.

The fractional laser Folix, developed by Lumenis, is the latest player to enter the wounding space for hair loss treatment. Based on the minimal side-effect profile, it's wounding depth is almost certainly quite shallow, but I'm not sure what the depth is. I also wonder about the wound density...

So, who's going to try it? https://www.grainger.com/product/31FX94?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:MS:CSM-2295:TVRYAD:20501231&gclid=be9d921fc57910d1227cf4be4c48e58f&gclsrc=3p.ds&msclkid=be9d921fc57910d1227cf4be4c48e58f&gclid=be9d921fc57910d1227cf4be4c48e58f&gclsrc=3p.ds

Lumenis just received FDA clearance for it's device this month (June 2024). A couple of clinics have already picked up this laser - I expect more will pick it up as Lumenis ramps up it's sales team. For now, this is the closest we'll get to Follica's technology in the clinic. Details: It's a...

I wonder how androgen-insensitive those hairs are? A little or a lot?

A missense mutation in Lama3 causes androgen alopecia Sci Rep 2023 Nov 27;13(1):20818. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-48337-5. Abstract Hair loss disorders such as androgenetic alopecia have caused serious disturbances to normal human life. Animal models play an important role in exploring...

You can try it for much cheaper than what they are selling it for = there are other devices on the market for generating electrical current to the scalp. And they cost less than 1/10th of this proposed device.

Not necessarily. Antibiotics are usually prescribed for a week or two. Which is far too brief to have an effect on alopecia. They are sometimes prescribed longer term for young people with acne, but young teenagers don't present with Androgenetic Alopecia at that age.

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are the likely link between tetracyclines and hair growth. Tetracyclines (doxycycline, minocycline, tetracycline, etc.) are well-known MMP inhibitors. Edit: Do a search in Pubmed for Mmp and Tetracycline, You'll get back several hundred hits. Comparative Study...

So, they are using "non-invasive stimuli". Could be some sort of device, along the lines of a LLLT helmet. Maybe they use electricity, maybe laser. A recent study showed that ultrasound can stimulate hair growth, so that's another possibility.

For eyebrows, you can use this, which is free of prostaglandins: RapidBrow EyeBrow Enhancing Serum. Shop around to get a good price on it. I've found that it works well on my brows. Previously, I used bimatoprost, then travoprost on my brows, and I've found that RapidBrow works better than...

I have responded great to it. As I've pointed out, I'm on other treatments, and I'm not trying to grow hair on bald spots. I love this device.