Found something about Follica, according to Dr. Cotsarelis

Stem cell; cell based hair therapy
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» » Well, I hope that you are right, but that’s not exactly what I think;
» » anyway, let’s guess it will be a success, there are some minor problems
» » with follica … for example, when needed, how can you build a hairline
» ?
» » … have you think about that ?, will we need a HT for that ?, what
» d’you
» » think ?
»
» Since dermabrasion is an important part of the Follica process. It will be
» much easier to create hairlines i.e. just nicely dermabrade in a desired
» pattern. Afterwards if the hairline looks unnatural then you could do a
» light FUE procedure at the hairline.
»
» My only concern is the density that can be achieved with Follica,
» apparently a full head of hair has 100 something hairs per cm2 BUT people
» notice balding when they are down to about 30 per cm2. So as long as
» Follica can give us 35-40 hairs per cm2, we should all be good!
»
» @cal, yes infact Follica’s website also talks about various conditions
» i.e. scarring alopecia, acne, greying hair etc that they plan on treating,
» since they are all related to the hair follicle.

I thought the big unresolved question about follica is whether the newly created hairs would be dht resistant?

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Depends who you ask.

Some (like me) believe that Folica’s basic technology probably works, and we’re down to the details to hash out. Others point to the lack of concrete evidence produced to date, and don’t think we’ve truly progressed past where we were in the 1990s yet.

Both viewpoints are justifiable.

Either way, right now nobody is gonna convince me that we’ll see a commercial Folica product inside of 3-4 years. Maybe not even inside of 5-7 years.

I have faith in the core science making a REAL cosmetic difference for us, but I don’t think they’re currently anywhere near the store shelves by a long shot. IMO if you want Folica treatments in the near term, you’d better hope we can figure out how to do this stuff at home on our own.

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» Depends who you ask.
»
» Some (like me) believe that Folica’s basic technology probably works, and
» we’re down to the details to hash out. Others point to the lack of
» concrete evidence produced to date, and don’t think we’ve truly progressed
» past where we were in the 1990s yet.
»
» Both viewpoints are justifiable.
»
»
»
»
» Either way, right now nobody is gonna convince me that we’ll see a
» commercial Folica product inside of 3-4 years. Maybe not even inside of
» 5-7 years.
»
» I have faith in the core science making a REAL cosmetic difference for us,
» but I don’t think they’re currently anywhere near the store shelves by a
» long shot. IMO if you want Folica treatments in the near term, you’d
» better hope we can figure out how to do this stuff at home on our own.

This article was released in april and i think it was before Follica got its second round of funding! In terms of data being released i dont think we will here anything til mid to late 2009! I honestly dont believe they will announce anything before then! There are so many variables to get right!

Cal is right, for the moment trying stuff at home seems to be the best way to go! Simple fact of the matter is we just have to wait!