AlexAP
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If you lurk in the hairloss forums they're mostly negative about the future. "There hasn't been any single progess since two decades. Fin and minox are the only treatments that work."
I don't see it that way. Here's why I'm optimistic:
1. There has been more progress than just fin and minox.
New treatments who work good are: Dutasteride, microneedling and, most importantly, there are hair transplants now. Even "soft" solutions like hair systems are much better now than ever before. A HT+fin is basically a cure for most early stage balding men!
2. Fin and minox weren't "breakthroughs in hairloss research", they were pure luck.
To say that science didn't advance since fin and minox is misleading. There was little to no research in the 70s, 80s or 90s. Fin and minox were discovered by pure luck. Before the last two decades, bald men just coped with money, wigs or gym&beard.
3. There are more trials for hairloss treatments than ever before.
I'm the most optimistic about the hair cloning technology by Dr. Takashi Tsuji. It could be commercially available in 2030. But there are a lot of other trials, and obviously not all of them will be success (in fact, the majoriyt won't be), but it's true that there is much more research now than in the past. This is how science progresses.
I can see hairloss being a thing of the past in 20-30 years. Unfortunately, it could take this long ... so until that, Norwood's victims have to take the treatments that are available now.
I don't see it that way. Here's why I'm optimistic:
1. There has been more progress than just fin and minox.
New treatments who work good are: Dutasteride, microneedling and, most importantly, there are hair transplants now. Even "soft" solutions like hair systems are much better now than ever before. A HT+fin is basically a cure for most early stage balding men!
2. Fin and minox weren't "breakthroughs in hairloss research", they were pure luck.
To say that science didn't advance since fin and minox is misleading. There was little to no research in the 70s, 80s or 90s. Fin and minox were discovered by pure luck. Before the last two decades, bald men just coped with money, wigs or gym&beard.
3. There are more trials for hairloss treatments than ever before.
I'm the most optimistic about the hair cloning technology by Dr. Takashi Tsuji. It could be commercially available in 2030. But there are a lot of other trials, and obviously not all of them will be success (in fact, the majoriyt won't be), but it's true that there is much more research now than in the past. This is how science progresses.
I can see hairloss being a thing of the past in 20-30 years. Unfortunately, it could take this long ... so until that, Norwood's victims have to take the treatments that are available now.