Comments on: New Fundraising for Hair-Raising: Follica Takes in $11 Million for Baldness-Treatment Approach

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:03:46 +0000

Cotsarelis gave an interview to a Philly newspaper this past Jan saying that it will be yet another 5 years. Follica seems to be the most promising of all the research. I understand its tough to predict when a product will come to market, but why is it that every year I hear its going to be 5 years, then the next year I hear its going to be another 5 years, then another 5 years, then another……
Ive been hearing that with practically every company doing research on this for the past 10 years since I was 31. Id just like to get some sort of ballpark idea of when this will actually, really hit market! If Im going to be 51 when it comes out, I’ll just go for the transplant now instead- Id just like to know so I can make an informed decision as to what to do. I feel like we’re always getting the run around- I feel like a hairless mouse chasing a piece of cheese on a string.

By: Stranger

Stranger — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:42:17 +0000

Hi,

Anybody posting here still.. if there is new link , please pass that info..
Can you help a depressed candidate who tried to end his life because of baldness.. Just some encouraging words as we all hope by end of Q3 2009 ( this year ) cure will be in place..

I’m being optimistic.. I was pessimistic few years before , but the way things are going I can be sure a cure will be in place as expected..

No one is knowing whats happening with Follica , as they are the only hope since ICX methodology didn’t yield desired result..

By: toppedout

toppedout — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:46:07 +0000

where is everyone posting comments

By: commonsense

commonsense — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:30:33 +0000

well….and dont bite my head off people, but I believe a cure/new treatment will be in our grasps within the next 5 years!

Any company reaching into the stages of development, University students predicting new and exciting treatments and the constantly improving DIY methods. (ooh the list goes on by the way)

these make my prediction perfectly resonable.

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By: Kkwilliams

Kkwilliams — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:00:25 +0000

I have to chime in and say that I know we all want a cure asap…but Anyone pinning their hopes on a 1-2 year cure is setting themselves up for heartache.

The 5 year cure timeline continues to appear because its far enough into the future that no one really remembers or holds a company to that time frame. as people we view 5 years as a long time away and for sure something will come about by then.

The truth is however that 5 years in scientific terms with all the red tape and testing is the blink of an eye.

On a positive note science is at a MUCH!! Better point in beginning to unravel genetics and stem cell research then in the 80’s 100 times over. We may not be at the point of a cure but we are at the start of understanding and exploring scientific techniques that one day might lead to a cure.

I believe that 5 years is being optimistic and 10 years is a plausible time line for a cure.

Truth be told, I have begun looking for careers that will allow me to wear a hat!! sad to say but that’s the legit truth. I pray for a cure within 10 years but have given in to given in to the reality that my ideal career and life may have to be given up because of the real possibility(like generations before me) that my age group(mid 20’s) may not see the cure in time :(

Those are my honest thoughts so don’t attack me :)

By: SB

SB — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:14:23 +0000

“Dr. Ju played an important role in successfully leading and building the company from a discovery organization into a late-phase clinical and early-stage commercialization company.”

Yeah, they’re only “3 to 5 years away” from taking it to the next level!

LOL!!!

Sorry, to be pessimistic, but I’ll believe it when I see it – for real, rather than, once again, nothing but “speculation.”

By: ZZ

ZZ — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:07:23 +0000

FYI New posts are moving to the bottom of the new xconomy article at:

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/05/13/follica-gets-new-ceo-gears-up-for-more-hair-and-business-growth/1/

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:57:33 +0000

Just wanted to report on the a&g hair complex as I promised. So far it has been 1 week since my last application, it is recommended to wait 10-15 weeks for best results. I have had some shedding (only at the time of application) but dr AQ says that is normal, I have seen some growth on my temples wich is promising, my vertex looks thinner because of the shed, some growth on hair line, I seem to not lose my hair in the shower or when I rub my scalp. It is early for any conclusions but so far I believe it is a great tool to maintain your hair after reaching a desired level of growth with finasteride and minox. FYI I stopped minix, no finasteride for a year, deffuse thiner with norwood 2 scale . Thanks guys I will post later please do the same

By: Metsie

Metsie — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:23:51 +0000

From R’s previous post
“Dr. Ju played an important role in successfully leading and building the company from a discovery organization into a late-phase clinical and early-stage commercialization company.” Sounds like they are gearing up for something. Anyway, Follica is alive and kicking.

By: R

Wed, 13 May 2009 13:10:36 +0000

http://www.follicabio.com/news/follica-appoints-drug-development-and-dermatology-veteran-william-d-ju-as-chief-executive-officer-41/

By: R

Wed, 13 May 2009 11:37:02 +0000

I provide any information and show the good and bad to drugs and natural supplements. I will even state that the natural way has potential side effects. That comment was to defend a blanket statement as I remember. Also…I provided a natural alternative with research and side eefects as well as lower doses and its baility to have the same effect to reduce side eeffects. Your contribution thus far?

By: G

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:26:59 +0000

Follica Gets New CEO, Gears Up for More (Hair and Business) Growth. See link for more details:

http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2009/05/13/follica-gets-new-ceo-gears-up-for-more-hair-and-business-growth/1/

By: A

Wed, 13 May 2009 01:55:18 +0000

* R
8/22/08 9:54 pm

News…Drugs don’t lose potency with hair loss… your hair loss progresses beyond the drugs capability. So it is best to tackle hair loss from muliple levels and areas. I have stoppped propecia for several years and came back to it with the same good results. This shows that again, comments from people are only individual experiences and not the majority. You will hear many negative responses from Follica due to incompetent application, bad reaction to one of the ingredients etc…. So we must keep our perspective and this is why I want multiple companies and different treatments due to not everyone may be able to take some of the procedures due to side effects. Multiple choices should be available.

See this string that helped me tackle hair loss to an all new level.

http://www.hairloss-research.org/february1.html

Even defending the drug that you claim is evil, gosh R you are awesome telling people that something that gave you results is shit. LOL. Like to see your response to this.

By: R

Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:58 +0000

For those that think propecia and minoxidal was at first created for hairloss…please research and correct your error. Hair loss drugs as listed were side effects of other treatments (i.e prostate and heart problems). Secondly..if you want to prove me wrong provide evidence of contrary. No drug or hebal approach is 100% effective and each body reacts differently to the said substances. Ask any human / drug researcher and you will be told that a standard approach to drug research is an individual 6′ft 200 lbs. The doses are then reduced or raised for a specfic target audience to ensure the proper..good results driven dose w/o the side effects. Unfortuantley, they spend more money on marketing then on real science hence the mediorce hair loss drugs and treatments.

BTW…Herbs are the main pathways to pharma drugs.

By: Artista

Artista — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:30:29 +0000

Wow..hey ZZ,thanks for the reply. Im glad that someone HERE has recieved the PRP treatment. Yes please keep me and all else updated. There is someone on one of those HL blogsites that is also posting his progress by updated home pics. I may take a flight out to Fla from Chicago if you guys have favorable results.

By: ZZ

ZZ — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:21:13 +0000

Artista,

Upgrading from propecia, avodart does not seem to have slowed down the loss. For me propecia did work well for a long time and then just wore out. I have personally never had any side effects on either. I thought spiro was starting to work but no longer feel it has had much of an effect.

I went for PRP and am only 3 weeks in. I will keep you posted on that. I told them that my goal was to halt any further loss and would treat anything more as a bonus. I did not feel I was oversold on any aspect of the treatment and did not get the impression that this is a money grab. In fact, I got just the opposite impression as Greco is training many other docs to administer the treatment.

Looking forward to Histogen’s clinical trial results that I estimate could come as early as the end of this week.

By: Artista

Artista — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:12:58 +0000

bill123,
Speaking for myself, i am biding my time til the Intercytex phase2 results are in(maybe the breakthrough you speak of).Im also open to reading up on other things. As an observer it seems that ‘A’ is amusing himself by trying to aggrevate and insult others here,especially R. Just ignore the immaturity everyone else is.

By: bill123

bill123 — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:05:43 +0000

why is everyone talking about propecia, minox, herbs.?? sure all of them work to an extent but they wont gve you your teenage hair back, isnt this forum meant for future research and development. theres a million other places were you can talk about propecia minox laser comb herbs dinosaurs w/e?? most of us come here to read about breakthroughs.. not propecia

By: A

Mon, 11 May 2009 12:33:40 +0000

You people are seriously handicapped.

FACT – If herbs regrew hair then Propecia wouldn’t exist.

FACT – If herbs regrew hair then people wouldn’t have bothered to create Finasteride or Minoxidil.

FACT – if it worked there wouldn’t be a need to find a cure for baldness.

P.s you show me the studies that say 5000 people who did a propecia trial was over 6ft tall.