Paladin_X said:
This site, forums and moderators are all biased towards DRUGS, and Transplants..
Paladin, let me say something that is painfully obvious to me, and that is painful to me that it's not obvious to you:
We have never as a website, nor the moderators, nor the ownership EVER said anything negative about the option of hair systems in the treatment of hair loss. We have been lax in building up an acceptable section of the site covering hair systems, but the primary reason for this is not because we "favor DRUGS" (make it sound evil by using that word right?). It's because maintaining and updating the 400+ static pages on this site is a full time job. Check out our Surgical options section. I think we have a half page of information. How is that biased towards transplants? We don't have a single ad for "Dr. Woods" like hairsite and hairlosshelp. We don't have a single ad for "Dr. Cole" or "Dr. Jones" or a whole transplants section where we collect money from doctors just to mention their name like hairlosshelp does. We have none of that.
While I can see how this would lead an intelligent adult male to deduce that we just favor drugs over hair systems, to take it further and make an absurd implication that our intentions are owned by Merck is just plain illogical. Our intentions have and always will be to help people in need.
Do you realize that this entire website is run out of a 1 bedroom apartment right now, still? Mine. I literally built this entire thing with my own hands. I didnt build 5 sections like hairlosshelp did and then have my users build all my content for me. I did it all. I didnt make my entire website a discussion forum like hairsite did. I wrote every word by hand. I did my best to contact all the legit researchers I could like Dr. Sawaya, Dr. Christiano, Dr. Price, Dr. Lee, Dr. Proctor, Dr. Hideo Uno, etc etc etc so that I could be sure my content was factual and right.
I have contracting programmers and designers that I pay for a handfull of hours of work every so often to help me with maintenance of the site, but this is hardly a "corporately owned" website. Its just me. A guy who wants to help people. Merck couldn't influence what I think about hair loss, nor my desire to help people even if they waved a million dollars in my face. I grew up in a generation that hated everything corporate. It may sound hokey and lame, but I don't consider Generation X'ers to be a group of people who are known to chase after money. None of my friends were like that. We actually enjoyed shopping at thrift stores, and eating macaroni and cheese every day. I still do. Nobody influences my opinions on things except me. Using money to try and do so actually has a reverse effect. I get angry at whomever makes the attempt and laugh in their face. Im proud of this. So please don't call into question who runs this site and what its all about. I run it and daily I try to make sure my motives and heart are pure.
I can apologize to you with a sincere heart for not having more content and information on hair replacement, and if anyone made fun of hair systems, I can accept partial responsibility for not having more "legitimizing" content on the main part of the site. Not that anyone here reads the rest of the site anyways :lol: But it should be there.
Please don't take it a step too far and imply that you know anything about what goes on in my mind, or who influences what I believe in with the direction of this site. When you comment on "Hairlosstalk" you're basically commenting on me as a person, and only I know the real me. The only two things that influence my ethics have been my parents, and my faith... and both of them have set examples better than Ghandi himself.
As mentioned previously, I am short on resources. I would be elated to have someone who is knowledgeable (and not an employee of any company) that can help me help others, by working on a more robust hair replacement section on this site. I do strongly believe there are some AMAZING hair systems out there. While I can always spot a hair transplant, without fail, I have been tricked more than a few times by a good hair system. They truly can be undetectable and I believe that wholeheartedly.
If you're interested in discussing how we can turn this negative thread into something positive that will help the 200,000+ monthly users we get instead ... click the "pm" button at the bottom of this post and let me know.
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I have paid 200 bucks, and have lived with a full head of hair for almost 2 years.. That looks natural, and gives me enough hair to have a style that fits my age.. The new 18 swiss lace is very invisible and you cant even feel it on your head.. And if you think im full of sh*t.. Ask for a free sample of the lace material, and see for yourself.. I get a good looking head of hair, thats undectable for cheap.. while you can knock me, and take chemicals everyday, and grow titties and have a limp dick.. And bash anyone who questions the effects of daily chemicals on the body..
