Hair Loss Charity

[biff]

Is there such thing as a hair loss charity raising money to help find a cure? If not, there should be. I'm sure a lot of us would donate to the cause. We need to fund independant research as I don't think there is enough being done by pharmaceutical companies. What if there was a cure that could be found that was a one off procedure that would reverse hair loss? Maybe by manipulating our genes? Would pharmaceutical companies be interested in that when they are making millions out of us selling finisteride and minoxidil?

 

[hairwegoagain]

I've never heard of one. Keep in mind, there are many infinitely more serious conditions that deserve first fruits. Even as a hairloss sufferer, I could not in good conscience donate charitable dollars to fight male pattern baldness. There are too many vastly more important things to cure first. male pattern baldness doesn't make the cut in the grand scheme.

Is there such thing as a hair loss charity raising money to help find a cure? If not, there should be. I'm sure a lot of us would donate to the cause. We need to fund independant research as I don't think there is enough being done by pharmaceutical companies. What if there was a cure that could be found that was a one off procedure that would reverse hair loss? Maybe by manipulating our genes? Would pharmaceutical companies be interested in that when they are making millions out of us selling finisteride and minoxidil?

 

[Aplunk1]

Definitely,
hairloss is only a cosmetic issue, although there are certainly psychological implications as a result. However, I'd much rather donate all my money to an AIDS research foundation, or a CANCER foundation.

Chemotherapy makes patients lose their hair, so it's possible that donating money to a CANCER foundation may also help research hair growth.

 

[jeffsss]

i'd donate with one stipulation..
if/when they come up with a cure.. It's not first come first serve.. it's whoever contributed first.
I'd pay out 20 bucks a month or so.. donation..

 

[Gizmo]

i'd put a few bucks a day for cure research fro male pattern baldness

 

[biff]

Maybe it was wrong to call it a charity, it would be more of a fund set up to research a cure for male pattern baldness. I'm not suggesting we all get collection tins and don "Save the Bald" T-shirts and go around our local supermarkets collecting! But I'm sure there are thousands of bald people who would donate money to fund a decent research team who could work on finding a cure. I just don't think pharmaceutical companies have the will to find a cure that could be a one off treatment. All they are interested in is making as much money as they can by making us buy tablets or topicals.

 

[the_beast]

I would also be willing to donate. I think the term "research fund" defines what you were thinking of better, as stated in your most recent post.

I'd be willing to bet that many men would donate a little bit to help find a cure.

 

[Adrian1]

I just don't think pharmaceutical companies have the will to find a cure that could be a one off treatment. All they are interested in is making as much money as they can by making us buy tablets or topicals.

I completely agree.

I'm 1000% positive the economic interests of drug companies end up influencing just how far research into certain afflictions goes. Don't underestimate the extreme power these companies. They are giants. They bully and influence everyone, including the FDA. I'll even pull a Fox Moulder and wager that cures for male pattern baldness have probably been discovered and then "covered up" by the powers that be.

As people like to bring up over and over again, it's absurd to think we can clone a freaking cow, but our only weapon to grow some extra hair comes in the form of Rogaine. I mean... Rogaine... Give me a break! Everyone knows that for most people it works like crap, is a huge pain in the ***, but we keep buying it. In this age of swift scientific advancements it's absurd to think no better topical has come along in twenty years. Ok, so Pfizer feels the bite from all the generic Minoxidils coming on the market. What do they do step things up? Spend money on developing a better, more effective topical? Of course not, they put the same old one in a damn "proprietary" FOAM! Wow, I bet it took 2 whole marketing teams to dream that one up. You can now stop saving money on generics and go back to shelling out the big bucks for a brand new vehicle for your Minoxidil. Thank you, Pfizer! You really have perfected the art of anally raping my bank account.

As long as we keep buying archaic, marginal products, the drug companies will keep re-packaging them and re-selling them to us. Their business is to keep us hoping and throwing money out the window, not cure our problems.

So yeah, set up a fund, get some researchers and you've got my donation. That'll be money well spent.

 

[jeffsss]

I just don't think pharmaceutical companies have the will to find a cure that could be a one off treatment. All they are interested in is making as much money as they can by making us buy tablets or topicals.

I completely agree.

I'm 1000% positive the economic interests of drug companies end up influencing just how far research into certain afflictions goes. Don't underestimate the extreme power these companies. They are giants. They bully and influence everyone, including the FDA. I'll even pull a Fox Moulder and wager that cures for male pattern baldness have probably been discovered and then "covered up" by the powers that be.

As people like to bring up over and over again, it's absurd to think we can clone a freaking cow, but our only weapon to grow some extra hair comes in the form of Rogaine. I mean... Rogaine... Give me a break! Everyone knows that for most people it works like crap, is a huge pain in the ***, but we keep buying it. In this age of swift scientific advancements it's absurd to think no better topical has come along in twenty years. Ok, so Pfizer feels the bite from all the generic Minoxidils coming on the market. What do they do step things up? Spend money on developing a better, more effective topical? Of course not, they put the same old one in a damn "proprietary" FOAM! Wow, I bet it took 2 whole marketing teams to dream that one up. You can now stop saving money on generics and go back to shelling out the big bucks for a brand new vehicle for your Minoxidil. Thank you, Pfizer! You really have perfected the art of anally raping my bank account.

As long as we keep buying archaic, marginal products, the drug companies will keep re-packaging them and re-selling them to us. Their business is to keep us hoping and throwing money out the window, not cure our problems.

So yeah, set up a fund, get some researchers and you've got my donation. That'll be money well spent.

good points..

 

[the_beast]

You don't think a cure for male pattern baldness would yield huge riches? It's not like finding a cure for it will stop every single future person from going bald without their treatment. Every person prone to genetic baldness will be needing the treatment. It's not like polio, where they simply develop a vacceine and after a few years the disease is basically non-existant. This is completely different.

Lets think about how much more money stands to be made if the cure costs thousands of dollars initially (Which, I'm SURE it would). People will eventually stop responding to propecia after prolonged use and it will do nothing after some years, and your hair loss will continue to progress. (After all, it's not ONLY DHT that is responsible for the whole show.)

With that being said, if you only delay it for a certain number of years, and then you start to go bald again, you are going to inevitably stop the propecia. That = no more money for the pharm companies. Whereas they stand to make ALOT more from you with a cure for baldness. The gene will not go away by them developing a cure, and people will ALWAYS need the fix.

So, I completely disagree.

 

[jeffsss]

You don't think a cure for male pattern baldness would yield huge riches? It's not like finding a cure for it will stop every single future person from going bald without their treatment. Every person prone to genetic baldness will be needing the treatment. It's not like polio, where they simply develop a vacceine and after a few years the disease is basically non-existant. This is completely different.

Lets think about how much more money stands to be made if the cure costs thousands of dollars initially (Which, I'm SURE it would). People will eventually stop responding to propecia after prolonged use and it will do nothing after some years, and your hair loss will continue to progress. (After all, it's not ONLY DHT that is responsible for the whole show.)

With that being said, if you only delay it for a certain number of years, and then you start to go bald again, you are going to inevitably stop the propecia. That = no more money for the pharm companies. Whereas they stand to make ALOT more from you with a cure for baldness. The gene will not go away by them developing a cure, and people will ALWAYS need the fix.

So, I completely disagree.

well it wouldnt be Pfizer or merck making this drug.. they make enough off treatments.

 

[the_beast]

well it wouldnt be Pfizer or merck making this drug.. they make enough off treatments.

Yeah, I would doubt that it would be them too. It won't be a company like that, it's probably going to be a realatively unknown company (At least commercially) until the very final stages which will result in huge publicity.