Comments on: Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow—Follica Raises Funds to Begin Human Trial of Baldness Treatment

By: Fast Treatment For MPB

Fast Treatment For MPB — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:57:18 +0000

Quite an interesting and informative blog, indeed. Thanks for sharing.

By: hairbrained

hairbrained — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:20:23 +0000

i know this is a bit different from what we are talking about but surely it is a step in the right direction for hair loss! more research going into hair in general cant be a bad thing

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1123172/Health-news-High-tech-wound-dressing-allergy-vaccine-hair-loss-prevention-gel.html

By: steve

steve — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:06:37 +0000

sounds interesting,i hope it works so those snake lotions will stop ripping people off

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[...] さらに、Zoharは今年の１月にシリーズA投資ラウンドを終わらせた際にも、Xconomy.comの取材に応じていました。こちらも興味深い内容なので、次のエントリで翻訳してみたいと思います。 [...]

By: J

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:00:13 +0000

I wish some educated knowledgable person of credibilty could tell us a possible timeframe….when follica will have a product…although for some reason I am optomistic about 2-3yrs…

By: KKwilliams

KKwilliams — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:56:42 +0000

Hers where EVERYONE IS NOW posting about follica

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2008/08/12/new-fundraising-for-hair-raising-follica-takes-in-11-million-for-baldness-treatment-approach/

By: jordan

jordan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:11:17 +0000

can some please send me the link for where every one is now posting? thanks

By: KKwilliams

KKwilliams — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:38:21 +0000

Appreciate the info D :)

But the study that has begin is not really follica though then right? not there technique at least. Its using no drugs and just seeing the derm results on there own correct?

Ill check out the new spot everyone’s posting at. Thanks. Still think 4-5 years is what it might be available in….if it actually works

By: D

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:58:33 +0000

KK: We are posting on the other webpage, look at JS last comment. The trials have already begun over a month ago, they are done at Harvard and are supposed to take 60 days. So maybe at the end of September or sometimes in October the trials should end (maybe some weeks later if we take into account how much time it took for people to see the advertisement they made at Harvard). It is said the trials are only testing “dermabrasion” and skins response to disruption, but they didn’t dismiss the comment whether they might apply something at this phase. So we will just have to wait and see. Meanwhile, go to http://www.hairsite.com and take a look at some guys result with Follica’s home made version!

By: KKwilliams

KKwilliams — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:51:39 +0000

Wow its dead in here lately!!

I’m curious. what if any progress has follica made since there big news piece on MSNBC at the beginning of the year if any?? Weren’t they already supposed to start human trials at the beginning of the summer and it hasn’t even started and summers done?

Evidence though pls…NOT just positive nonsense please :) Looks to me more like 5 years out. How could they release in two years as some guys are suggesting or rather hoping??

By: CC

CC — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:55:53 +0000

Thanks for that JS.

By: JS

JS — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:36:01 +0000

CC, People are posting on latest news from follica. if you look at the top of the page click on ,New Fundraising for Hair-Raising: Follica Takes in $11 Million for Baldness-Treatment Approach.

By: TheOne

TheOne — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:13:59 +0000

Hair??

Sorry couldn’t resist :-)

By: CC

CC — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:39:03 +0000

Has no-one posted anything for a week or am I missing something?

By: R

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:32:10 +0000

Again………..This procedure and hair follicle formation was noted and known since the 1950’s. The difference is that today’s scientist and doctors are more apt to pursue these types of paths beyond the calloused approach by stoic practioners. Modern science is backing known biological process for more than fifty years. This is occuring not only in hair loss but in other bilogical / human processes and disease.

I believe we have something here and remember that other businesses / scientific community members and lay-people are showing results with Follicas approach. Now….Histogen is duplicating Follica, Luna is using strong antioxidents. We are discovering that not only does propecia / minoxidal etc… work to some degree but many other substances.

My comment is that we will find that the reason past attempts failed is because nobody trully made “Real” attempts to end this disease. They just put together half-ass chemicals and mass marketed the product. Unfortunately…..The Internet came along and now inferior products are washed away quickly. Where and who is using Revita???? This is the first real attempt to cure hairloss and now those that sat on the side lines have to shit or get off the pot due to the fast paced attempt by real investors, scientist and practioners to end this disease no matter the comments and or denial by colleagues from all hair sites and businesses. This is an era where real science is being applied! Intercytex would have given up or never started but they know HT’s are out soon and need to create another path to in order to stay competitive. Luna, Histogen, Stanford, U of Bonn etc… are now cornered to shit of get off the pot because once the formula and or kit is released, top scientist will build upon the existing platform and create a greater product. This will happen..if not by Follica….some one who wnats billions…people are exposing frauds and this is the only time in history where real science is being applied to hairloss.

Sooooooooo Stop relating this process or company with half-ass attempts of yesteryear. This is the new generation of scientist and not bought-out doctors etc… When everybody…..has this much attention been applied to hair loss by the scientific community with the greatest minds? I rest my case!

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By: rev

rev — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:38:03 +0000

I concur with you wholeheartedly Shooter. I don’t mind waiting for an effective treatment as long there’s something actually worth waiting for.

All these xconomy articles are great. Everything we dug up about Follica through research and press is great too, BUT we have yet to know the most important thing….

HAVE THEY PROVED THEIR CONCEPT ON PEOPLE YET?

By: Shooter

Shooter — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:32:26 +0000

I switched boards and missed all the fun… Here’s my take (for anyone interested). To me, whether Follica appears in 2 years or 5 doesn’t really make a difference. The only thing that matters is if it works effectively. We have been let down time and time again, so it will be no surprise if Follica does the same. I just want to know whether or not the procedure works (to the extent we need it to) and let the smart people at Follica bring it to market as quickly as they can. I hope we’re all wrong and it’s here tomorrow, but there is no such thing as optimism when it comes to hair loss solutions. :(

By: P

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:19:18 +0000

But it is worth noting that results from Follica trials (when they start) could be seen much more quickly than something like Propecia that requires time (about a year) to see results.

Follica it should be 1) Scrape 2) Slather on Jelly 3) See hair in a month or two.

By: G

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:50 +0000

IT IS NOT A TRIAL. Repeat this over and over!

It’s just a “Research Study” to understand what happens to scalp after dermabrasion. They haven’t started any trials for the actual Follica procedure yet!