Are these tricomin photos legit?

[HLTguest]

Apparently they are from an fda phase II study. Are these the real deal? Also, were these people using only tricomin and not rogaine as well?

http://www.hairlosshelp.com/html/tricomin.cfm

 

[Petchsky]

Yes those pics are just from tricomin, not to hard to believe as they are not the most shocking pics i have ever seen. Pretty good though.

Does anyone actually use tricomin twice a day?

 

[HLTguest]

Wow, if tricomin alone can produce slight to moderate regrowth like that (and has been proven to do so in phase II FDA trials) , why isn't this added onto the big three? With this, shouldn't it now be the big four?

 

[Bryan]

Yes those pics are just from tricomin, not to hard to believe as they are not the most shocking pics i have ever seen. Pretty good though.

Yep. The important point is that even though that result from Tricomin alone isn't exactly knock-your-socks-off impressive, nevertheless it demonstrates that a copper-peptide product deserves a place in any complete hairloss regimen. The obvious goal is to use as many different agents as possible that work in different ways, and Tricomin presumably works in a fashion completly different from minoxidil and finasteride.

Bryan

 

[HLTguest]

I want to try tricomin but I am afraid it will wash out the nizoral I use or interact with it making it less effective (itchy scalp gets really bad sometimes so nizoral is very important to me). Is this a valid concern? Tricomin you have to use twice a day right?

 

[michael barry]

Thanks for posting those pics. Thats great....


This part is depressing ............"The company did successfully complete the FDA Phase II trial, but due to financial constraints decided to not continue to Phase III which would have cost several hundred million dollars"



Why in the hell cant the study something for just a million or two? Hell you just give tricomin to 100 guys and a placebo to 100 guys and take good before and after pics in identical lighting circumstances or use a densmoiter to measure regrowth. What is so hard about that that it should cost so much? No wonder no one goes for FDA trials. Too pricey.

 

[hairwegoagain]

I personally don't see why Nizoral is touted as part of the so-called "Big 3."

 

[JWM]

Shouldn't we also mention that the Tricomin used in those trials is not the strength commercially available to us?

 

[michael barry]

hairwegoagain,

Have you read the nizoral study available at the resource library of this website? Its effect was about equal to that of 2% minoxidil. It shrunk the sebaceous glands by almost 20%. It definitely helps as a topical anti-androgen and should compliment finasteride extremely well.

 

[hairwegoagain]

I just read it. I'm not poo-pooing Nizoral - I use it too - it's a great shampoo IMO and insofar as a treatment regimen goes, well, why not? It's easy enough to administer and there's no downside of which I'm aware. However, I'd think copper peptides might better warrant a spot in this "Big 3" than something that has little data supporting its ability to regrow or maintain cosmetically relevant hair. Then again, maybe in reality there's only a "Big 2" at this time.

Like I said, not a slam against the stuff... smok'em if you got'em.

 

[Sean68]

id say those photos are from very good responders. id bet theres not one
person on here whose had results anything like that from tricomin
though you'd be mad to use it on its own anyway.

 

[HLTguest]

id say those photos are from very good responders. id bet theres not one
person on here whose had results anything like that from tricomin
though you'd be mad to use it on its own anyway.

You're probably right. :cry: