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posted by Z79, 08.04.2008, 03:54

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ť ť I haven't gone through the entire paper in detail but 8% count increase
ť ť compared with -1.7% in only 10 human males does not sound meaningful.
ť ť Since the rest of their tests are on mice BODY hair.
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ť ť Depending on who is doing the counting, say each 1cm^2 of scalp has 100
ť ť hairs. So you counted 108. vs 98.3. If you are just short by 1mm on one
ť ť side of the square, you are already counting 10% less hairs. .9 cm * 1
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ť ť If you are off by half a millimeter extra on one side, you are already
ť ť going to have 5% increase in your counts.
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ť ť I can't believe they are filing for a patent with only 10 test human
ť ť subjects. but this is my first impression. if anyone has more patience
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ť ť go through the patent in detail please correct my mistakes.
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ť definitely do appreciate your posting tho.

Thank you. I did not post this as a claim for a baldness cure, just wanted to share something I found a bit interesting.
I agree that 8 % is not much and that there are questions surrounding the experimental design, but still the results where from only one treatment. I wonder what repeated treatments could do? IF you even buy the whole 8% increase that is.

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