Update: Follica's Presentation At The 2017 Aad Meeting

[Admin]

Follica just finished their presentation to the dermatological community at the 2017 Annual Meeting this morning. GourmetStyleWellness has posted a new article covering the interview with the CEO of Follica.

Much thanks to @DoctorHouse for attending and trying his best to squeeze water from a rock!

https://www.gourmetstylewellness.com/news/new-research/follica-presents-at-the-aad-2017-annual-meeting/

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[stachu]

Interesting.

 

[Noisette]

Thank you @DoctorHouse

 

[DoctorHouse]

Guys, I appreciate the gratitude. I wish I would have squeezed enough water out of the rock we would be swimming in it.

 

[sunchyme1]

soooooo we know absolutely nothing

great

 

[sunchyme1]

i would have been pissed off wasting my time like that

 

[Admin]

Agreed. This is the way it goes pretty often though. Same thing happened with a few other companies.

I tend to think that the companies that just throw everything out there with grandiose promises are typically run by amateurs possibly hyping up scams, and are the ones that don't pan out.

The legit ones are literally buried in red tape and FDA requirements, as well as investors who want the "concept" protected until "the right time" ... so it could be a good thing.

 

[Admin]

So I gather that minoxidil is not one of the compounds?

My understanding is that this question was not addressed at all, so no change on that unknown yet.

 

[sunchyme1]

Agreed. This is the way it goes pretty often though. Same thing happened with a few other companies.

I tend to think that the companies that just throw everything out there with grandiose promises are typically run by amateurs possibly hyping up scams, and are the ones that don't pan out.

The legit ones are literally buried in red tape and FDA requirements, as well as investors who want the "concept" protected until "the right time" ... so it could be a good thing.

lets hope so

 

[Swoop]

Guys, I appreciate the gratitude. I wish I would have squeezed enough water out of the rock we would be swimming in it.

Hey DH:

"But he followed up by saying that the study will not involve those types of patients, so this is an unknown."

Did you ask him when this study will start? They mentioned they would initiate a study late 2016 in several papers. I assume this is the study he is talking about. Still nowhere to be seen.

 

[DoctorHouse]

soooooo we know absolutely nothing

great

Not really. The take home message was you need to go to a dermatologist to do this which we were not certain about. Secondly, obviously wound healing is the key for new hair. Derma rolling might be a good idea for the time being. At least we know something is being worked on. It's main focus is for men with androgenic alopecia so that means you, Sunchyme. You won't have to shave your head to do this. I certainly would not want to. And like everything else, you have to be patient because they want to make sure the modality is the best one for everyone including the FDA which means the United States might be the place you have to have the procedure first so you will have to travel here from the UK.

 

[DoctorHouse]

Hey DH:

"But he followed up by saying that the study will not involve those types of patients, so this is an unknown."

Did you ask him when this study will start? They mentioned they would initiate a study late 2016 in several papers. I assume this is the study he is talking about. Still nowhere to be seen.

They have been doing studies on different chemicals and modalities already. They are looking to perfect these modalities. You remember the studies started with the mice with wound healing. They had to take that same technique and apply it to a human scalp without too much collateral damage. That is what they are trying to perfect. Then of course, you have to present that to the FDA.

 

[DoctorHouse]

He said they are going to publish some data on their website soon. How soon I don't know.

 

[sunchyme1]

Not really. The take home message was you need to go to a dermatologist to do this which we were not certain about. Secondly, obviously wound healing is the key for new hair. Derma rolling might be a good idea for the time being. At least we know something is being worked on. It's main focus is for men with androgenic alopecia so that means you, Sunchyme. You won't have to shave your head to do this. I certainly would not want to. And like everything else, you have to be patient because they want to make sure the modality is the best one for everyone including the FDA which means the United States might be the place you have to have the procedure so you will have to travel here from the UK.

i would travel to the moon and back to get some f*****g hair back on my head

 

[sunchyme1]

There's definitely more to the story than what they revealed. They wouldn't have mockups of their materials if they weren't close to releasing something, nor would they spell out their protocol on their website.

hey man your still pumped up about this so i am too. i just wish we got more answers.

f*** it. it comes out when it comes out. ill just hide under my dermmatch until then

 

[sunchyme1]

How soon I don't know.

L O L

 

[iamgotham]

Should we still expect a 2018 release date?

IYO, how long until we have this treatment available in UE countries?

 

[sunchyme1]

Should we still expect a 2018 release date?

IYO, how long until we have this treatment available in UE countries?

2055

 

[shookones]

Nothings stopping the hair from falling out without finasteride and minoxidil?

 

[Donc83]

Great another ten years before a product comes out. The FDA process is not a short one. Anyway thanks house for doing this.