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Tricia

Your pictures look very good. I hope you continue to get good progress. Thanks for sharing the photos.

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Saphire, I am very sorry to hear that you are experiencing hair loss. For women, any amount of hair loss is devastating. The amount of hair that you are losing sounds like what happened to me the last time I tried BCPs (OTC Lo). I quit the pills, but the hair thinning has continued (although not as ...

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I saw that. I'm skeptical of their claim. It's easy to say that a product retards hair loss. Wow, about one that grows hair

? I'm waiting for that one.

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My scalp will itch a lot if I use regular minox day and night. I order minoxidil 5% without PPG from Dr. Lee. I use the PPG free formula at night and that has made a world of difference for me. Sometimes I will still get an itchy scalp and I'll just skip treatment for a day (not often though) and th...

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The amount of hair you shed really doesn't mean much. I have always shed a lot. The problem began when I wasn't growing back all the hair that I was shedding.

You will shed and stablize, shed and stabilize. It's not constant or predictable.

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I think minoxidil will hold your hairline in place if you are a responder to minoxidil. It won't grow regrow hair in front of your existing hairline, but it can fill in patches in the vertex.

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I don't think you build a tolerance to the drugs, but you max out on the benefits from them. Hair loss is progressive. I think only excellent responders to these drugs have great head's of hair. (excellent responders are in the slim minority). I think the best we can hope for is to slow things down ...

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I really couldn't suggest an online pharmacy. I don't trust internet pharmacies, but some people swear by them. The recent genetic research says that hair loss in males is inherited from their mothers. There's a link about that study on this website. So, my brother can blame my mom's side of the fam...

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My dad had great hair until his 50's when he started taking medication for high blood pressure. I think that's what started the process for him. If you look at my mother's side of the family, many of them having thinning hair (men and women). I think trying the finasteride in your case is a good ide...

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I also like that Isolagen thing where they just inject your own fibroblasts into balding areas. Supposedly, that works

I'm laughing because they haven't even brought that to Phase I trials yet. Kind of sad that things are progressing so slowly.

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It sucks, but there's no way to predict the extent of the hair loss that you will experience. Hair loss does seem to go in spurts. It can level out for long periods of time and kick in with a vengence. Or, the progression can be very slow and consistent. My brother developed MPB in his 20's. His hai...

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I was watching OSH101 as a hopeful, new drug candidate. I'm thinking it won't pan out. OSH101 completed Phase I FDA trials when the rights were still owned by Osteoscreen. Osteoscreen sold licensing rights of OSH101 to Neosil and Neosil was supposed to continue with Phase II trials. Really, they cou...

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Dr. Hynda Kleinman, Chief of the Laboratory of Cell Biology at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute in Bethesda, MD, presented data showing how Thymosin beta 4 (T4) accelerates wound healing, as well as the stimulation of hair follicles in laboratory ...

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from Regenerx. NIH Scientist Reports Wound Healing Effects of T4 Data Presented at 15th Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society BETHESDA, MD, May 19, 2005 - RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (AMEX: RGN) (http://www.regenerx.com) reported today that Dr. Hynda Kleinman, Chief of the Laboratory of ...

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This is kind of interesting, the same stuff that Curis is testing for hair is being tested for wound healing. I guess wound healing and hair growth go hand-in-hand. It reminds me of Tb4, which is being tested for diabetic wound healing (and not so much for hair growth). New Report Suggests Hedgehog ...

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kakarot, I meant that his hair won't grow back without treatment. I put off treating my hair loss for over a year because I thought it was a temporary thing. A derm told me to take iron tablets and that's all I did. I continued to lose hair. Starting minoxidil has helped me. I've grown some hair bac...

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I don't mean to sound insensitive, but you probably are suffering from AGA (male pattern baldness). It won't grow back like your father said. It's not because of the bad water or shampoo. It's genetic. If you want to save as much as you can, you can try propecia (or get proscar and cut it into 4ths ...

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Good luck. I hope you can safely use the topicals again.

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Xandrox might work okay with highlights. It pretty much made my hair lighter in a way I didn't like.

If you have light colored highlights, I don't know if the Xandrox would make much of a difference.

I guess it would be something you could try once.

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They never say that a product will be the final result of trials. I guess they can't say that until they've completed all of the trials. I do know about their collagen injection product. That was in development for a few years before it hit the market. Since I've been aware of this company for sever...

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I'm familiar with this company for their work with injectable collagen. They take your own cells, make collagen for you, and you can have it injected into your lips or whatever....and it's your own. (no, I do not get collagen injections. i'm just familiar with this company). It appears they are doin...

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Piper, I tried Xandrox for a while. I actually did like it, but it stripped out the color from my dye job so my hair looked like crap. I was spending tons of money to color my hair a nice reddish shade and the Xandrox turned my hair to an ugly brownish straw color. I took Propecia internally for abo...

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You should have a doctor look at the thinning. It could be a sign of any number of things.....like low thyroid function. My eyelashes began to thin in my 20's (long before my hair did). I thought it was just one of those things. Then, AGA kicked in my early 30's. I've been using minoxidil for a year...

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frustrated, Sorry for not responding to your post sooner. About the flaking skin with rogaine, you might want to try minoxidil without propylene glycol. I buy mine from Dr. Lee (http://www.minoxidil.com). I can use it at night and regular minoxidil in the day time. I have no scalp irritation. The th...

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Yeah, that's what I meant. I read on their website that Phase II was supposed to be a "high" dose trial. I'm guessing, denser injections.

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I'm not sure if HM will be viable any time soon. I am glad to hear that good things are happening and moving in the right direction. Sounds funny, but I have a son with a wonderful head of hair. When I hear about HM, I think to myself that he might be able to keep that nice head of hair if they deve...

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Blueshard,

One more thing I thought of about efficacy. Phase I is for safety and then they go into dose range testing in the later phases. It was probably a lower dose in Phase I.

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Sam, Thanks for posting this news. I needed some positive news on the hair front. Blueshard, don't be upset about the 2 patients who didn't get increased hair counts. The Phase I thing is about safety, not efficacy. The process is bound to improve along the way. Also, if I remember correctly, you're...

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I hope Dianette works for you. Some women will say that certain pills help their hair loss. Everyone is different.

I wish you the best. Report back in 3 to 6 months. You should know by then if it's helping your situation.

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Ummmm, okay, how about they grow some hair then? Just getting impatient for hair cloning

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Good study. I wonder why they say spiro works for women, but not propecia.

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That is very sad and probably will increase. I think as a species we're losing our scalp hair.

Some of the kids might not be getting enough protein or iron.

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Hedgehog has met some milestones. This is good. More money for research & development. :D March 23, 2005 08:30 AM US Eastern Timezone Curis Achieves Milestone under Wyeth Collaboration BIOWIRE2K CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2005--Curis, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRIS), a therapeutic drug develop...

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OSH101 is beginning Phase II, or in Phase II, or already completed Phase II (depends on who you talk to). Curis hedgehog thing is in late pre-clinical and rumored to file IND next year. Stem cells. They've figured out a way to culture cells without animal cells. Don't know if this has been applied t...

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Yeah, I'll see what other people say about it. I found a website that sells and ships it internationally. It's not cheap. For one 150 ml bottle, it's $87. It listed the ingredients. They sounded irritating....menthol, being an example of that. You have to use 2 ml, 2x a day. I'm using minoxidil 2x a...

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For what it's worth, Shiseido has launched its hair loss product (adenogen) in Japan today. I'm sort of in a funk these days and not too willing to try any new product. Title : Japan's battle for hair loss solutions heats up By : Date : 21 March 2005 1409 hrs (SST) URL : http://www.channelnewsasia.c...

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Sam, I think thinning on the sides is normal for every one. People tend to have less hair on the sides naturally. As we age, that area just thins out a bit. My sides were never really thick. They have thinned a bit more, but it's evenly distributed so I don't think anyone would ever notice (except f...

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This is encouraging, even though it's not directly hair-related. One of the stumbling blocks with stem cells was that animal cells were needed to create a framework for human stem cells. I don't know if this applied to adult stem cells or strictly the embryonic ones. But, I guess they've found a way...

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No, I don't IM at all. Not much time for that.

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I am a bad one to ask about BCPs and hair loss. I blame BCPs for triggering my AGA. Definitely, I was pre-disposed to getting AGA, but the onset of it coincided with my trial of a tri-phasic BCP. Once triggered, the hair loss does not go away if it's truly AGA. You might experience TE when starting ...

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Cool. Thanks for the update.

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I checked Osteoscreen's website. The updates included a link to the press release that I posted above and also one sentence that said the Phase I testing of OSH101 was very encouraging. I guess it would have to very encrouaging for Neosil to want to in-license it. Let's hope that Phase II begins soo...

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I'm hoping Curis will start Phase I this year. That's probably hoping for too much. At this point, they know it grows hair. Let the testing begin. Curis is interesting because they are supposedly working a way to inhibit hair growth too. This would be great for people who wanted to stop growing hair...

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No, I'd say Versacchi is not legit. He used to be associated with the LaserComb, but I guess, not any more.

Also, they got in trouble. In the UK, I believe. I remember reading about that a long time ago. But, don't remember exactly what kind of legal charges they faced.

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Curis Presents Study Showing Stimulation of Hair Growth by Small Molecule Hedgehog Pathway Agonist Tuesday February 22, 8:31 am ET Report wins first prize among poster presentations at annual meeting of American Academy of Dermatology CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2005-- Curis, Inc. (N...

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Neosil Acquires Osteoscreen Topicals Dr. Gregory Mundy Joins Board of Directors EMERYVILLE, Calif., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Neosil, Inc., a privately held specialty dermatology company, announced today that it completed in-licensing of several hair growth products from OsteoScreen, Inc., a private c...

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I'm sure you've seen this news item. Wonder if it would work for scalp hair. Wish it would. Gene therapy used to restore hearing Scientists succeed with deaf animals By Thomas H. Maugh II Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times Published February 14, 2005 Michigan researchers have restored hearing in ...

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Your best option for treating your hair loss would be propecia and minoxidil. That's what the FDA says anyway. If you think you are losing your hair, then you are. This was true in my case. I noticed my hair loss before a doctor could diagnose it. In my opinion, it's best to start treating your hair...

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Jack, I haven't heard any good things about Versachi. Stick with the proven treatments like minoxidil and propecia. You probably won't be able to halt MPB completely. Good treatments will slow things down. Scam hair loss products make the same claims: all natural, no side effects, works on frontal h...

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I've never heard of it, but if it seems too good to be true then it probably doesn't work as promised.

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OSH101 moves to the bottom of my wish list....

Speaking of Tb4, here's the latest press release

Curis hedgehog stuff (not strictly hair-related)

hooray! some more hair loss research.

Some good news from Curis (money-related)

Shiseido launched product

stem cell news (not directly hair-related)

Latest news from Curis (hedgehog pathway)

Not sure what this means for OSH101

Gene therapy for inner ear hair