Hey Guys,
Without trying to hijack the current thread just below re. the possibility of treatments being released in 2017, the way some of the conversations were seemingly heading, looked to be debating that when we finally do have access to the likes of HSC and Shiseido etc. What is this actually going to mean for us?
At the moment not one of us can answer this question; however we can speculate, we can look at the published studies and results we have access to at the moment, and we can take into consideration the science that we understand, then apply this understanding to look at how the mechanics of these new proposed treatments will theoretically work . . so I want to be realistic right now, and hear from experienced members, scientific members, new members . . whoever has useful input, and gather together a few pages of different thoughts and opinions of what we as a community can likely expect to have readily available to us over the next few years.
Putting our heads together, we can hopefully produce some pretty accurate guestimations of time frames, companies and treatments, to give each reader a platform enabling us to put together individual plans or strategies of how we are going to tackle our own situations . . so whether you are currently a NW4, who needs some reassurance that the odds are actually pretty favourable right now to go ahead with a hair transplant procedure restoring to a NW1, backed with the comfort of RCH-01 being able to guard and sustain un-transplanted follicles from 2018 onwards . . .or whether you're a newbie in the game, you have hairloss in the family, and you're currently witnessing the initial stages of thinning and receding, however with the odds of the new backed science, maybe it's worth the gamble to continue avoiding the likes of finasteride just now*, with the informed views that HSC has the potential to be available from next year - but at the same time, or completely not? Maybe from information members provide, you don't want to take that gamble, and it may actually kick start you into starting on one of the big 3 this year ... its a completely personal decision at the end of the day, however that decision can be a whole lot more justifiable and indeed the right one, from absorbing, learning and understanding the masses of priceless information and testimonials from people on this forum.
Lets be positive, yet realistic
*NB For me on a personal level, this is a huge decision for a young man losing his hair to make. It goes without saying that at the moment, it is the most powerful tool we have readily available to us, however no matter how much anyone wants to dispute the side effects and the rarity of cases etc . . they clearly can and do occur, and they are IMO side effects that can and will hugely impact and affect the satisfaction and enjoyment of your life akin to hairloss itself. So clinging on and holding out for a few extra years for something like HSC at the forfeit of progressing onto a further Norwood within this timeframe, probably does outweigh the potential risks of finasteride for many.
Without trying to hijack the current thread just below re. the possibility of treatments being released in 2017, the way some of the conversations were seemingly heading, looked to be debating that when we finally do have access to the likes of HSC and Shiseido etc. What is this actually going to mean for us?
At the moment not one of us can answer this question; however we can speculate, we can look at the published studies and results we have access to at the moment, and we can take into consideration the science that we understand, then apply this understanding to look at how the mechanics of these new proposed treatments will theoretically work . . so I want to be realistic right now, and hear from experienced members, scientific members, new members . . whoever has useful input, and gather together a few pages of different thoughts and opinions of what we as a community can likely expect to have readily available to us over the next few years.
Putting our heads together, we can hopefully produce some pretty accurate guestimations of time frames, companies and treatments, to give each reader a platform enabling us to put together individual plans or strategies of how we are going to tackle our own situations . . so whether you are currently a NW4, who needs some reassurance that the odds are actually pretty favourable right now to go ahead with a hair transplant procedure restoring to a NW1, backed with the comfort of RCH-01 being able to guard and sustain un-transplanted follicles from 2018 onwards . . .or whether you're a newbie in the game, you have hairloss in the family, and you're currently witnessing the initial stages of thinning and receding, however with the odds of the new backed science, maybe it's worth the gamble to continue avoiding the likes of finasteride just now*, with the informed views that HSC has the potential to be available from next year - but at the same time, or completely not? Maybe from information members provide, you don't want to take that gamble, and it may actually kick start you into starting on one of the big 3 this year ... its a completely personal decision at the end of the day, however that decision can be a whole lot more justifiable and indeed the right one, from absorbing, learning and understanding the masses of priceless information and testimonials from people on this forum.
Lets be positive, yet realistic
*NB For me on a personal level, this is a huge decision for a young man losing his hair to make. It goes without saying that at the moment, it is the most powerful tool we have readily available to us, however no matter how much anyone wants to dispute the side effects and the rarity of cases etc . . they clearly can and do occur, and they are IMO side effects that can and will hugely impact and affect the satisfaction and enjoyment of your life akin to hairloss itself. So clinging on and holding out for a few extra years for something like HSC at the forfeit of progressing onto a further Norwood within this timeframe, probably does outweigh the potential risks of finasteride for many.
