Dr. Proctor's answers - some useful information

[techprof]

Guys:
I asked Dr. Proctor few questions. Here are his answers.

Q: Will you accept a label from Dr. Lee (xandrox.com) with my name as a prescription?
Dr. P: Yes

Q: How long should we leave the proxiphen (prescription) on the scalp? Is one hour good enough?
Dr. P: Don't know. We recommend 2-4 hours.

Q: If my scalp can withstand Nano, is it ok to leave it on the scalp for 10 minutes?
Dr. P: Yes, but this may cause irritation. If it does, back off.

Q: Is there any benefit in using Nano shampoo twice a day?
Dr. P: Probably not. In many persons, 2-4 times a week works.

 

[Melbs]

Sounds like he has no idea... "probably not" and "don't know" arent great replies for two out of four questions. Thing is were probably better off asking ourselves here in the forum... at least were all using these products and can offer first hand experience answers...

 

[Cassin]

Sounds like he has no idea... "probably not" and "don't know" arent great replies for two out of four questions. Thing is were probably better off asking ourselves here in the forum... at least were all using these products and can offer first hand experience answers...

Typical response from Dr Proctor. He is a good guy who is honest but he lacks "people skills" and is too honest and tends to not explain himself to well. Don't be too harsh. He would be better off letting other people answer his emails like other companies, but we need to appreciate the fact that he doesn’t.

 

[Guest]

Sounds like he has no idea... "probably not" and "don't know" arent great replies for two out of four questions. Thing is were probably better off asking ourselves here in the forum... at least were all using these products and can offer first hand experience answers...

Typical response from Dr Proctor. He is a good guy who is honest but he lacks "people skills" and is too honest and tends to not explain himself to well. Don't be too harsh. He would be better off letting other people answer his emails like other companies, but we need to appreciate the fact that he doesn’t.

I get annoyed with Dr Proctor and his curt replies.

I've read his 'ask the expert' page on HLH and the his answers are terrible sometimes. The amount of one-word answers or 'don't know's' are amazing. He must get a lot of emails which can be time consuming but I hope he isn't getting paid by HLH for that Q&A bit, else he is taking the piss.

 

[hair_tomorrow]

Sounds like he has no idea... "probably not" and "don't know" arent great replies for two out of four questions. Thing is were probably better off asking ourselves here in the forum... at least were all using these products and can offer first hand experience answers...

Typical response from Dr Proctor. He is a good guy who is honest but he lacks "people skills" and is too honest and tends to not explain himself to well. Don't be too harsh. He would be better off letting other people answer his emails like other companies, but we need to appreciate the fact that he doesn’t.

I get annoyed with Dr Proctor and his curt replies.

I've read his 'ask the expert' page on HLH and the his answers are terrible sometimes. The amount of one-word answers or 'don't know's' are amazing. He must get a lot of emails which can be time consuming but I hope he isn't getting paid by HLH for that Q&A bit, else he is taking the piss.

Back in the old alt.baldspot days (mid to late 90s) Proctore was a regular contributor to the forum - a daily poster who got into a lot more detail in those days. He's probably just burned out on the sameo-sameo. Don't look for any great detailed responses from him these days.

"I don't know" has always been one of his favorite responses. And if not that - sometoimes a link to one of his papers or studies.

 

[techprof]

though typical of him, at least now I know that I don't have apply nano shampoo more than 4 times a week. It is pretty expensive and I was probably wasting my money using it 6 times a week.
I think that we should thank him for giving that answer.

 

[Guest]

though typical of him, at least now I know that I don't have apply nano shampoo more than 4 times a week. It is pretty expensive and I was probably wasting my money using it 6 times a week.
I think that we should thank him for giving that answer.

I think he should be thanking you for adding wealth to his Hairloss Empire.

 

[Solo]

Well, if he doesn´t know, why does he have to say another thing??

If he has not studied something, he should have to say "I don´t know". And that´s it. And I think his answers are quite correct for a professional.

I think it´s not good to give direct answers when you don´t have the basis of it.

And think that if he says, just to give the impression of absolut knowledge, that the absorption time of proxiphen is 2 h., and then a study comes with a different stimated time, he´ll be compromised as a professional.

It may lead to a vagitude sensation, or leaving doubts in you, but we have to accept that everything needs to be backed, and I personally prefer to know what is solid, and what is supposition.

 

[Guest]

You are missing my point slightly.

What is the point of publishing or posting these Q&A e-mails on HLH when he can't answer them?

If he is being paid to answer these questions it's a f*****g piss take.

 

[global]

He doesn't get paid, he does it for free. I like the fact that Dr. Proctor is absolutely bullshit free. If he doesn't know he doesn't pretend he does, perhaps he could spend more time and give a "professional" guess but that's his style.

 

[Bryan]

You are missing my point slightly.

What is the point of publishing or posting these Q&A e-mails on HLH when he can't answer them?

Sometimes Dr. Proctor just can't get a break from some of you guys!

I agree with Solo and Global: he's giving simple, direct, honest answers. In some of those cases he gives rather vague answers because he doesn't KNOW the freaking answers to the Nth degree of precision! Taking a couple of the questions above as an example, do you guys REALLY expect him to answer in a manner something like the following??

Q: How long should we leave the proxiphen (prescription) on the scalp? Is one hour good enough?
Dr. P: You must leave it on your scalp 2.5 hours. For each minute less than that, topical absorption falls-off by 1% per minute. When the 1-hour point is reached, a new threshold is reached and the rate-limiting effect becomes 3% per minute. Therefore, leaving it on for 2 1/2 hours achieves the minimum goal of time-oriented saturation of rate-limited kinetics. However, more than 3 hours dispenses with the continuation rate of non-specific absorption, leading to exactly 2.5 hours as the most efficient time-period.

Q: Is there any benefit in using Nano shampoo twice a day?
Dr. P: We have exhaustively tested this in an ongoing study over the last 10 years. Using it twice a day results in an average 8.57% improvement over single-use per day, but we are continuing the study for an additional 10 years to determine the extent of individual changes from the average by a thorough analysis of the statistical deviation from patient to patient. When we have the full database completely structured, and the results known to within +/- 1% for each patient who has ever used NANO shampoo, the full results will be published in Science, Nature, and The Journal of the American Medical Association.

 

[Old Baldy]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Guest]

"You must leave it on your scalp 2.5 hours. For each minute less than that, topical absorption falls-off by 1% per minute. When the 1-hour point is reached, a new threshold is reached and the rate-limiting effect becomes 3% per minute. "


may be i do not correctly interpret above said statement, but it seems that if you leave proxyphen for 1,5 hours, topical absorption will be only 40% . and if you reduce application time for the next 13,3 minutes, topical absorption would be 0%. in other words, if application time is 1 hour and 16,6 minutes, then absorption will be 0%. either my understanding is incorrect or dr.proctor has said a nonsense.


EDIT:
has anyone recently had experience with prox-n??

 

[Guest]

anyone used prox-n?

 

[Guest]

Now look what you have done........

 

[dead]

anyone used prox-n?

croat11 the 'quote' from Dr Proctor about Nano shampoo was a joke.

 

[viperfish]

anyone used prox-n?

I've been using this alone for the last 3 weeks. Too early to say much, but I gotta say that nano shampoo is the sh*t. My hair is looking much better in terms of thickness and over all health. I use the shampoo 6x per week and love it!!

 

[Guest]

neiltom,
talking to me?

 

[Guest]

tynan,
i know. but if someone wants to make a good joke, let it at least be fully correct :hairy:

 

[dead]

tynan,
i know. but if someone wants to make a good joke, let it at least be fully correct :hairy:

This is true, the basis of humour is, and always will be, factual accuracy, Bryan, shame on you.