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A few people on this site say Follica is just minoxidil and dermarolling. Is there much truth to this claim please?
A few people on this site say Follica is just minoxidil and dermarolling. Is there much truth to this claim please?
A few people on this site say Follica is just minoxidil and dermarolling. Is there much truth to this claim please?
A few people on this site say Follica is just minoxidil and dermarolling. Is there much truth to this claim please?
Except that is extremely worrisome for some of us. Many of us don't respond to minoxidil/dermarolling whatsoever, so if it is JUST dermarolling and minoxidil with some other random fluff, then yes it would be extremely disappointing.Also, I find it rather humorous that people are always like "just" dermarolling and minoxidil.
As if that hasn't been demonstrated to be the best way to get substantial regrowth without undergoing the process of becoming a woman.
Even if it isn't I wouldn't put my hopes too much on it as the 100 hairs per cm2 they are boasting is for both terminal and vellus hairs with the terminal count being 1/4 of that number i.e 25 terminal hairs per cm2 which at best will make you look like a diffuse thinner.
Follica is getting way too many hairs for it to be only wounding + minoxidil. Period.
Wounding and minoxidil have both been around, and used by a number of people in the hair loss community, for decades. Nobody else has gotten anything near Follica's results from it. Ever.
Why does it matter if they're terminal or vellus? Gail made it clear histogen could turn vellus hairs terminal, and it's likely that's the hope of what replicel's treatment helps with as well... any regrowth in my eyes is fantastic, and I'm sure right around the time this is released there will be other treatments that can accommodate you in turning vellus hairs terminal. I think we've gotten picky as to what is to be expected of a company that releases a treatment despite what our current options are.
It matters a lot. If they were all terminal then we wouldn't have to wait and have Histogen or Replicel done too. Since that's not the case, we have to plan for what you are talking about. Hopefully it works.
Well no joke man, but are you honestly not going to use the treatment because it creates vellus hairs along with terminal? I mean in a perfect world I'd prefer tsuji's treatment not only work, but be out. I've decided instead to be excited about the good rather than find anything to complain about.
If it's only 25 terminal hairs that's still pretty sparse density so I'd rather save my money for a more complete treatment no reason for holding onto severely diffused hair.Yeah, of course it's not something to complain about. Vellus hairs are better than no hairs, but there's a big difference between terminal and vellus. Regardless, there's no one here who won't be doing it.
Yeah, of course it's not something to complain about. Vellus hairs are better than no hairs, but there's a big difference between terminal and vellus. Regardless, there's no one here who won't be doing it.
If it's only 25 terminal hairs that's still pretty sparse density so I'd rather save my money for a more complete treatment no reason for holding onto severely diffused hair.
so if it is JUST dermarolling and minoxidil
If it's only 25 terminal hairs that's still pretty sparse density so I'd rather save my money for a more complete treatment no reason for holding onto severely diffused hair.
Except we know it isn't.
Statements like this are interesting
Because over in the RepliCel thread, where Occulus said that maintenance wouldn't be enough to justify a treatment coming to market since most guys choose to do nothing if it doesn't provide much regrowth, he was met with widespread disagreement.
In threads like this, where we are dealing with something that (considering past experiments relevance) can grow cosmetically significant amounts of hair, we have people saying they wouldn't bother with it. Lastly, no one really knows what the actual number of hairs it can grow is and are failing to consider any potential repeatedly of the treatment.
and yet we have people getting excited over Samumed's dismal results.