We are in an age where science has moved so quickly. Will the day come where we take a tablet and it all comes back. The mecca tablet!

Ah, to dream!

It's not beyond the realm of possibility but I don't think that's likely to happen in our lifetime. Science does indeed move at an alarming pace these days, but the exact nature of androgenetic alopecia is still not 100% understood and a clear "magic bullet" has not even really been proposed yet.

I think over the next decade or two we can look forward to more treatments in the form of potentially pills, topical medication, improved hair transplantation techniques and stem cell therapy and similar treatments. But I'd hazard a strong guess no one specific technique will enable you to get all your hair back. I think the more realistic proposition is that over the next 20 or 30 years we can combine several techniques to make a more significant impact on the amount of hair we can get back and the quality of it. Hopefully we'll be able to get to a point in the not so distant future where the majority of people can restore a very good head of hair at a not ridiculous cost. We're already pretty close really but hopefully we can improve on that in the coming years.

But the magic pill? I think it's too much to ask for, given the complexity of hairloss. One day, very possibly. But one day that we'll still be alive to see? Not so sure!

We went from the flight at Kitty Hawk, to a man on the moon in about 50 years, so it is anyone's guess.

A life time is a very long time in the scheme of science. Personally, I would be surprised if one is not able to have all of his hair in 20 years. The question is will he be able to afford it?

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Id rather have a tablet than can cure Cancer, Aids, ect...before worry about some stupid pill to cure hair loss. My opinion.

I would too, that said, money is what drives research, and while there is money in AIDS and Cancer research, there is a lot of money and there will be a lot of research in hair restoration as well.

I wouldn't call it a stupid pill either, and if you didn't worry about such things, you wouldn't have an account with 207 posts. Just my opinion.

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We went from Louis Bleriot, Wright brothers and their first air death traps to full aerial combats in 5-6 year time. My personal opinion is that great inventions come after great world wars. When the world is starting to rebuild itself, the economy is rising and there is a need and hunger for everything.

Spanker,

u are allowed to speak your opinion.

Cloning hairs and planting 20 000 grafts should not be so hard, we can grow livers, it's just not funded that much or is too expensive. Stem cells are always a controversy. If this procedure costed $50 000, I would finance today with no scars and illusions.

Definitely won't be a pill

I agree, HT?s are going to be automated so the main cost of manual labor will drop and HT?s are going to be more affordable for the masses. Mass affordability is the key to make great profits, good old Ford is a fine example. Making unlimited grafts for transplanting using cloning technique and automated machine for implanting it in the scalp is the key to victory.

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I don't really see the point in there being a magic pill, as with all medications comes the possibility of side effects and the annoyance of having to take something daily.
Once hair cloning is perfected and being sold, there will be no need to maintain your existing hair either, just clone some DHT immune follicles and stick them in the thinning area!