Stephen Foote,
Your sentiments are exactly mine. Just because they can coax skin to grow hairs out of skin cellls, the person in question still has male pattern baldness-genetics. They will grow a headfull of hair that will shortly begin to miniaturize without treatments. On the other hand, with finasteride and topical spironolactone, they might hang on to their newly grown hair for a good while, but it still doesn't PERMANENTLY solve the problem until genes are changed.
Im much more excited about cloning than this. Cloning should be the best near-term "solution". Im very anxious to see what success ICX has by this fall.
ON another note, Im testing a few topicals (green tea extract being one), (BTW----Lavendar acted as a weak stimulant on my toe hair, not an anti-androgen), and one other "therapy"--------cold. I put an ice pack on my right leg above the knee for about half an hour a day while I read the net' (Im a net junkie). I want to see if I stimulate hair growth there with just cold. I'll tell everyone if I get anthing in three or four months.
Results so far on topicals Ive tested.............
Pine oil= antiandrogen that reduced hand hair fairly well. Highest amount of beta sitosterol of any substance.
Revivogen----reduced wrist hair
Crinagen------very little reduction or wrist hair and some inflammation, but there was 'some' reduction
bourbon------alot of beta sis in this. It DID NOT reduce body hair
Nizoral shampoo-------actually stimulated and darkened body hair, contrary to what I expected
Lavendar/tea tree oil.--------weak stimulation of body hair, contrary to expectation.
After green tea, cold, and "homemade" proanthos......I'll be pretty much out of things to test topically.
