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IHTI Newsletter, Summer 2008 - The Cole Hair Transplant Group
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Possible Follica Gotcha's (Hair Multiplication & Research)

posted by baldIsMe, 12.05.2008, 19:46

I think we all know that Follica is backed by relatively legitimate science. There are people from world-renowned research universities (such as MIT, Harvard, UPenn) who are associated with the project. However, like most, I am very skeptical of whether anything beneficial will come from Follica.

I want to know what you guys think about the following arguments:

Follica won't work because...

1. the newly formed follicles will have the same susceptibility to male hormones as the hair that was already lost from bald areas of the scalp. Therefore, the new hair will suffer the same fate as its predecessors.

2. the human immune system will kill the new follicles while they are forming. Even though Follica has been proven to work on human skin that was grafted onto a mouse, the procedure will not work on humans because of our bodies' advanced immune systems.

3. the procedure will not work consistently enough to be of any cosmetic benefit. Follica could suffer a similar fate to Intercytex.

What are your thoughts?

Complete thread:

• Possible Follica Gotcha's - baldIsMe, 12.05.2008, 19:46 (Hair Multiplication & Research)
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - TheOne, 12.05.2008, 20:30
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - TAGOHL, 12.05.2008, 20:44
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - Ahab, 12.05.2008, 22:51
    • Possible Follica Gotcha's - baldIsMe, 13.05.2008, 08:19
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - fckhrls, 13.05.2008, 00:00
    • Possible Follica Gotcha's - cal, 13.05.2008, 07:16
      • Possible Follica Gotcha's - benji, 13.05.2008, 11:46
      • Possible Follica Gotcha's - goata007, 13.05.2008, 16:46
      • Possible Follica Gotcha's - baldIsMe, 13.05.2008, 18:24
        • Possible Follica Gotcha's - cal, 13.05.2008, 18:50
      • Possible Follica Gotcha's - debris, 14.05.2008, 04:13
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - debris, 14.05.2008, 04:17
    • Possible Follica Gotcha's - cal, 14.05.2008, 08:07
      • Possible Follica Gotcha's - debris, 15.05.2008, 15:33
  • Possible Follica Gotcha's - an italian boy, 24.05.2008, 13:02