I am a little discouraged at the lack of breakthrough in hair loss over the years. One might even start to believe the conspiracies that state that they have cure, but are not releasing it because of all the money they make on treatments. For myself, after 15 years on Propecia and minoxidil (which have helped, I am not putting the meds down), there hasn't been anything else that works. Each year I will do some research and find that people are still suggesting the same thing - minoxidil and Proscar (propecia). I was hoping the home brew folks would have found something as well, but alas, even that hasn't panned out. Any ideas of why any of us think this is such a tough nut to crack? I remember being in university (back in 1993) and a news report saying the a baldness cure was around the corner. I seem to see similar articles about once every two years and yet nothing...
After 15 Years On Propecia And Using minoxidil, What Has Changed?
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Yea I remember being in high school hearing about "the cure" within 5 years and that was in the late 80's...I think they call that "fake news" these days.
I'm not that old but technically they weren't that wrong if they were saying that back then because Propecia came along in 1997-1998 and can be a cure for some. Also, come on guys you have to admit there are a lot more potential cures nowadays in the pipeline that have data and proof. We will have to wait and see, but with the way the medical field is advancing plenty of diseases, not only hairloss, will be cured in the near future.
I don't understand why people expect a solution so easily. You are dealing with biological functions and gene expression. None of this sh!t is straightforward and easy. I am highly sceptical there will be a cure even within my lifetime and I am not even 30 yet. IMO the best we can hope for is hair cloning and improved transplantation techniques which could potentially result in near natural density and unlimited supply of donor.
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I remember reading about Intercytex back in 2005 and thinking that all my hair problems would be solved by 2010! So disappointing! Why can't this be an easy disease to treat like erectile dysfunction? Remember there was no treatment for that at all until 1998.
In the last few years though, it seems like there's been a lot more traction in the field. It seems like more researchers and companies are attacking this than ever before. Groups like Riken and Samumed with serious credentials and serious financing are in the game; that wasn't the case 10 years ago.
In the last few years though, it seems like there's been a lot more traction in the field. It seems like more researchers and companies are attacking this than ever before. Groups like Riken and Samumed with serious credentials and serious financing are in the game; that wasn't the case 10 years ago.
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Yes I get that same feeling with improvments linked to hair restoration technologies. It seems that cloning of hair follicles would be coming soon enough, but 10 years later here I am still waiting. I think that a lot of blogs and articles have far too much wishful thinking.
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have you maitained your hair well OP ?
Definitely don't buy any conspiracy making a claim such as that; it avoids all coherent logic. Releasing a treatment would result in more men actually seeking to do something about their hair loss, because, as it stands, most don't seek any of the available treatments. Any reliable (less sides, reasonably priced, more effective than finasteride and minoxidil) treatment that becomes available wouldn't simply renounce the necessity to continue to treat men as they grow up, come through puberty, and realize they too have the faulty genetics. Whoever manages to come up with a treatment that can best even the most prosperous results of finasteride and minoxidil, either separately, or when combined, will quite literally have the market potential to make so much cash they may not actually know what to do with it all. I'm in alignment with @biddybomb with this: the genetic processes that result in baldness are no simple thing to decipher; although a lot of people reduce it to DHT causes baldness in genetically predisposed individuals, it's quite obvious this is far, far away from the whole story. I'm all with you on the fact that waiting sucks, but this is a market that no individuals or companies with half a brain between them would consciously pass up on--even Merck if they had it figured.