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In the News – Interview with RepliCel’s Chief Medical Officer

Snippet from the article/interview:

For over a decade, leading hair biology scientists. Dr. Rolf Hoffmann and Dr. Kevin McElwee, have been studying the potential of dermal sheath cup cells to spark hair regeneration and the rejuvenation of miniaturized hair follicles. Hoffmann, RepliCel’s Chief Medical Officer, discusses his research, the process of developing this treatment, and the critical steps the company is taking along the way to ensure that it is successful.

Read the rest — Equities.com Interviews Dr. Rolf Hoffmann, Chief Medical Officer, RepliCel Life Sciences Inc.

Interesting reading! What little I know of RepliCel has been written before here, but this interview explains about their study of the dermal sheath cup cells and how this differs from others doing similar research.

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I am 22 and am thinning on the top, back and sides of the head

If you have thinning along the sides and back of your head as well as elsewhere (thinning on front and top), there is a condition we published called Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) which requires a doctor to make the diagnosis with a hand microscope showing miniaturization in the sides and back of the head hair.This is a difficult problem to treat and people like you who have DUPA are not candidates for hair transplantation.

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In the News – New 3D Follicle Model to Accelerate Baldness Cure?

Snippet from the article:

Hair loss is a common disorder that affects many men and women due to aging or medical conditions. Current FDA-approved drugs can minimize further hair loss but are unable to regrow new hair. The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has recently engineered a new hair follicle model that could help discover new drugs for hair regeneration1.

IBN Executive Director Professor Jackie Y. Ying said, “We have applied our cell and tissue engineering expertise to create a hair follicle-like structure that is very similar to the native hair follicle. This model allows us to better understand the mechanisms that control the development and growth of hair follicles. We hope that our invention would lead to novel ways to treat hair loss, which affects millions of people worldwide.”

Read the rest — New 3D hair follicle model to accelerate cure for baldness

The title of the article is quite hopeful, but essentially this is something they hope to sell to pharmaceutical companies to aid in their hair loss drug treatment development.

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23 year old male with early changes which may lead to a Class 3 Vertex balding pattern (photo)

He appears to be thinning in two areas and his forelock appears strong and he wants a hair transplant. Forelocks tend to last a lifetime if it remains strong until a man is over 35 and these tend to run in families. This man is not a candidate for a hair transplant yet at 23, but possibly when he get to be 25 or 26, he will see these areas bald more. If he takes the drug finasteride, it might not happen.


2019-02-12 06:51:2923 year old male with early changes which may lead to a Class 3 Vertex balding pattern (photo)

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In the News – Retired Teacher Sues to Make Baldness a Disability

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Mr Campbell, 61, a former teacher at Denny High School, Stirlingshire, endured repeated taunts from pupils over his hair loss. Such was the extent of the harassment that it affected his day-to-day activities, he said.

The now retired teacher took his local authority employer to a tribunal, claiming he was a victim of disability discrimination because he was bald.

But yesterday his case was thrown out, after the tribunal judge ruled that baldness was not a disability.

Full text — Scotsman.com – Baldness is no disability, judge tells teacher who left job after pupil taunts

I try to offer general information and sometimes a bit of entertainment. Hope you all enjoy this one.


2008-04-18 13:07:09In the News – Retired Teacher Sues to Make Baldness a Disability

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26 years old wanting a hairline transplant, need advice!

I have a few questions about getting a hair transplant as a 26 year old. Before I get the “just go bald” comments, I’m not gonna do that, so save your breathe. Call me vain or whatever.

Anyway, I’m currently on finasteride, but I started after my temples had already receded and my hairline is just….a mess. I really, really want to get a transplant on my temples/hairline right now, while my looks actually matter to me. I know waiting till I’m in my 30’s makes more sense, since the balding will likely have completed by then and I can repair it all at once, but my looks are important to me now more than ever. It really hurts my self-esteem…

I guess what I’m wondering is, will it be okay to get a transplant on my hairline now and then just get another one when I’m older/in my 30’s to fix the rest once the balding has completed? The finasteride should keep the rest from falling out until then, right? (It’s been working for me thus far)

By this age, you can transplant the frontal hairline. What you need is a Personalized Master Plan for this process. I would do a HAIRCHECK test (https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/ ) to determine your present balding pattern and try to predict your future hair loss pattern. Then I would quantify your donor supply to know just how many grafts you have in your lifetime so that good planning can start now. With this information, you can be intelligent about how many grafts that doctor is going to use up now, and how many grafts your doctor will leave behind. There is an interesting problem that most men don’t recognize. Too many doctors push graft numbers high because they charge by the graft so they profit from more grafts at the time of the surgery. I have seen many patients that had twice the number expended for a frontal hairline and then down the road they might run out of hair. Get a doctor who understands this process and cares more about his/her patient than their pocketbooks. If you stay on finastetride, you will prevent shock loss and hold on to your native hair.


2020-06-16 14:04:2426 years old wanting a hairline transplant, need advice!

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In the News – Swimmer Lost Hair from Toxic Pool Water?

Snippet from the article:

A longtime swimming buff, lawyer Robert Prignoli typically hits the pool for two hours at a time, four days a week.

But a swim earlier this year in “toxic pool water” at the LA Fitness in Travis cost him more than some wrinkled skin, Prignoli alleges in a $5 million lawsuit.

“Poisoned” by a ”hazardous and toxic stew” of chemicals, Prignoli suffered “severe” hair loss, skin rashes, eye irritation, headaches and loss of taste and smell, for a time, contends his civil complaint.

Read the rest — Swimmer burned, lost hair from ‘toxic stew’ of chemicals in LA Fitness pool, lawsuit alleges

I haven’t seen any studies that show high levels of chlorine in pool water cause hair loss, though there have been a couple previous cases (here, here) where that has been the suspected culprit.


2014-05-07 13:34:17In the News – Swimmer Lost Hair from Toxic Pool Water?

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3 months after Hair Transplant, 30% percent is growing

I had my HT in September, I never took minoxidil because even though I heard it will make my hair grow back faster I do not have the necessary time to use it twice a day, so I only use finasteride. Today marks the 3 month since the HT, and it just seems like my hair doesn’t want to fall off now,I never thought that I could be mad that my hair doesn’t want to fall off but here I am. Some people shed in the first month and by the third they already start noticing minor gains, while mine hasn’t even fully fallen yet.
Immediate growth occur in some of the hairs in a hair transplant 95% of people lose the hair as it goes through a rest phase after the transplant and then grows out 2-4 months later. In about 5% of my patients, there is instant growth and the hair never goes through the rest phase.


2020-12-04 11:23:013 months after Hair Transplant, 30% percent is growing

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In the News – Young Boy with Trichotillomania

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TrichotillomaniaHair loss is a common problem that can be caused by a variety of conditions.

Imagine, though, it happening to a young boy because he pulled out his hair.

That’s what Max Sherwood of Riverdale, Iowa, had to endure. Max, 11, has trichotillomania, a psychological disorder that causes people to pull out hair from their head and other parts of the body to the extent that it causes patches of baldness.

“He started to pull out his eyebrows when he was in second grade, then he quit,” mother Candace Sherwood said. “Then, when he started fourth grade, he started to pull out his hair.”

Read the rest — Iowa Boy Pulls Out His Hair and Goes Bald

The video that plays at the start of the article is about OCD in general, and isn’t specific to this young boy’s story. But for those curious about the disorder and the steps used to treat it, I’d recommend giving the article a read.

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3 months minoxidil, microneedling and finasteride

Great results from minoxidil, microneedling and finasteride for just 3 months. No disrespect here, but is some of what value we see the result of longer hair and styling or is it all new growth that makes the difference?


2021-06-24 13:34:173 months minoxidil, microneedling and finasteride