Recent content by tress_dreams

So basically swisstemples? lol, sigh. My money is on Follica coming out with something that leverages these findings. Take my damn money already.

Luckily, it appears there's serious money to be made by Novartis for asthma and allergies. So this will eventually be out for us to try off-label. Perhaps even before FDA approvals if a pharm lab in China realized we were willing to pay. What happened to capitalism?!

Shiseido Cell-Processing and Expansion Center (aka SPEC). The fact that they built a labaratory specific for this purpose should tell everyone that they are not messing around. You can google street view the office. The pictures are outdated as it's been finished for awhile. 1-5-5...

We speculate quite a bit about the mythical re-growth potential in the temples by the likes of replicel, follica, samumed, etc. Even if we are able to stimulate growth in areas like the temples, the follicles would likely still be genetically predisposed to DHT sensitivity. So, there may be a...

That's great to hear. I bet the laser does a far better job of wounding without scar tissue and doing so at the right depth. That just leaves the million dollar question: what does their in office compound consist of?

Do you think there's any truth to these methods of FUE that allow for a better donor supply to remain? If this is the case it would be unwise to get a FUE without those techniques. Obviously, managing the donor area for additional touch-ups later on is the name of the game. Curious if this is...

If it works I'll buy a locking mini fridge for my office and start hoarding baby dicks. God knows when word gets out to mainstream that it actually works grown dicks the world over would start buying baby dicks. We'd have "a run on the dicks"; might also be the tabloid headline.

So was the speculation about Follica's use of a laser for wounding proven untrue? If it is merely needling with minoxidil then they're going to have a hard time with IP. I think the compound will include additional antagonists or growth factors. Either way, so long as it's proven effective at...

Here's a diff of the changes they made to the actual NCT01286649 study. Hard to tell what changed, it looks like they just marked it completed. https://clinicaltrials.gov/archive/NCT01286649/2017_03_07/changes Also, the clinical trials page was not updated with any clinical data. It's still...

I've tried to get someone to go in with me on a small-group buy. I'd like to dose 1g a day: 500mg twice daily. I would be doing so without changing existing regimen, that has worked okayish for maintenance. PM me if anyone in the PNW is game.

Here's hoping Shseido is making good progress on their trials/research. I'm still hopeful on Folica and Samumed in the 1-2 year horizon. Maybe Seti or Fevi at appropriate dosage will show results too. I'm saving for a FUE to buy me time. Don't do that bro. One of these things will...

I'm not picky. This causes neogenesis? Sure, sounds good. I'll get a transplant and use this and stay on finasteride and minoxidil. Potentially rebuild the donor after a year and repeat. I'll take what I can get. It's a totally different mechanism of action than finasteride. Might be that this works well with...

You're doing gods work. Keep going and don't run out.

I think with follica we're talking about actual follicular neogenesis. If that's the case then I'll gladly just transplant from the donor area then rely on follica to replenish the donor area. I'd imagine the new follicles from that area would be equally dht resistant. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

From Follica's twitter: I'm getting excited about all this.