Matt Skiba

The website is back up, but unfortunately there's nothing new on there other than the new design. Things are definitely getting pretty exciting with all the news aderans and histogen are coming out with, I wonder if trichoscience can keep up with the Joneses. http://www.trichoscience.com/

I'm sorry to hear about your sides, me personally I had them but they went away after I quit, though let me tell you it did take a long ass time after I quit, somewhere along the range of MONTHS. Best advice I can give you to help speed up regaining your sexual abilities is physical exercise, mainly the type of stuff that gets your blood flowing and your mood elevated. I'm also from chicago and since springtime is around now I would recommend going out and riding a bike and working up a sweat.. do this every day for a good amount of time and hopefully you can get better.. don't ever think you're fucked for life. Riding a bike is a very stress-relieving and healthy activity, especially if you live inside Chicago proper and not the suburbs, Lincoln Park and Grant Park are great places.. Going back on topic, hair loss is definitely important to the world and to scientists, for the simple fact that whoever solves the problem is going to be set for life as far as money goes.. as well as their great-grandchildren.

Sorry if I sounded kinda pissed and whiny, I have a bit of a history of that on this forum hah. It just sucks cause I don't really have much anywhere else to vent other than the internet. I'm actually only about an NW2 but I'm still pretty young at 22. I can't take propecia cause it gave me side effects that have since gone away, honestly the side effects might have been psychological/psychosomatic but that's still enough reason to keep me off of it. I sorta wish around the time I took it that I was never informed there was any chance of side effects at all, maybe then I could've avoided freaking myself out with paranoia into actually psychologically giving myself ED. I still don't really think I'd risk going through that again.

Honestly I really do hope you're right about this stuff being available in 2015, but of course that just goes along with the whole "in just 5 more years" shtick. I mean it gets really tough to be overly enthusiastic about this sort of thing after you've been waiting for it for so long, and I'm sure many of the forum members here, especially the older ones that have been here a while, can definitely agree with that. Nonetheless, I still haven't given up hope, but I'm just more cautious nowadays. They definitely make some really big positive statements, but one could argue that this could be so more people buy stock into the company so they can make more money. I mean just look at this: 'Through this deal, we've been able to consolidate the majority of key patents and know-how in the hair regeneration field, an achievement that can accelerate our ability to deliver a commercially viable product to market." and 'This information should substantially augment our efforts to create a viable cell-based solution for hair loss.' One thing I'm curious about is why the stuff was only sold for $200,000. That seems to be kind of a small price for this sort of thing, but then again I remember reading that ICX-TRC didn't perform so well in tests. Aderans, I would assume, has had more practical success than intercytex if they're still continuing with their efforts, since obviously there's no point in wasting money and efforts on a treatment that won't even be commercially viable. You can read the Intercytex press release here: http://www.intercytex.com/icx/...ses/2010/2010-03-18/ One thing I'm very curious about, is just what the hell is going on with Trichoscience, they seemed pretty legitimate and promising, but the website has been blank for a decent amount of time now. I'm curious to know if their procedure failed, if they got bought out, if they went bankrupt, or if the site really is "under construction" for some sort of much bigger anouncement that's going to take place. I'm still sick of having to live like this, I'm sick of feeling physically inferior to the opposite sex, and I'm sick of feeling like my youth and some of my ability to captivate people has been robbed from me. I've grown to live with it and just do my best though, but it just sucks having the feeling that no matter what I do I'm gonna be second class.

Hey they got some pretty interesting stuff here: http://www.tsuji-lab.com/en/research/hair/index.html. They even say they got 100% succes rate... but it is on mice.

Honestly I'm really surprised someone hasn't posted this earlier, but it seems Aderans has bought all the intellectual property that's been left of Intercytex, I can only see this as being a good thing. Read the full press release here: http://www.aderansresearch.com/ari_ournews.html Aderans is my best hope at the moment, and I think it's encouraging to see that they still seem to continue to make progress after all these years, let's keep our fingers crossed! Without a doubt I'm also really sure this is why the Aderans stock has risen up as was posted earlier.

I think he's just talking about MSM.

This guy is nuts but he gave me a hell of a laugh. There's a huge difference between losing your hair and having cancer. If I had a lump on my chest and a doctor told me it was cancer I would not try using herbal remedies, that just sounds ridiculous. I think it might be for the best if I don't reply to this thread anymore since it's gotten pretty ridiculous.

I assure you that I do not work for any company or have any sort of agenda whatsoever, I can also assure you that I am not making extra aliases and I do have a bit of a history on this forum. If you've noticed, most people who have replied to this thread have at least 20 or so unrelated posts to them, the guy with the lowest post count actually posted something negative towards what I was saying. Also keep in mind, I've never completely urged people to buy the product, and I never even said that I'm 100% sure it works. The stuff is very new, so no one can really know whether the stuff works or not for sure yet, I just thought it might be interesting to find out. I for one would never take up the job of spending the time to make alternate aliases and then going as far as to make legitimate unrelated posts to boost the seeming credibility of my posts, I believe that my time is worth more than that. I am not trying to promote anything, I'm just trying to make people aware that such products are being marketed, look at the wikipedia article on tocotrienols: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocotrienol It doesn't seem totally illegitimate to me. I have also read on other hair loss forums that a combination of resveratrol and curcumin could have possible benefits. In the end though, I don't really care what you think of my posts, each to his own.

I think it might be important to state that if you're taking a normal multi-vitamin the d-alpha tocopherol form of vitamin E in it might block the tocotrienol forms of vitamin E found in toco-8 Also I have read people stating that a sesamin oil supplement might possibly improve the bio-availability and absorption of tocotrienols. I've been taking the supplement irregularly, generally whenever I have a protein shake so it's something like once every other day, on top of that I already use dr. lee's xandrox minoxidil so I can't say if it does anything for my hair or not, hell as of recently I am actually perfectly content with the head of hair I have, especially now that it's really starting to grow out over my head, as long as I keep my hair long there is absolutely no sign of recession or thinning whatsoever. I just hope it stays like this for the rest of my 20s. Toco-8 is also supposed to take something like at least 5 months to see any results, much like any other hair loss product. Gangster, tell me have you actually noticed any positive impact on libido or more energy or any other sort of health benefit since you've been taking the stuff? Good luck!

It is a fact that lowering the levels of DHT in your body will elevate levels of estrogen as DHT does control estrogen, so basically anyone who is on finasteride, has higher levels of estrogen in their bodies than if they never took the drug. I've tried finasteride, and I got some nasty side effects, that did not go away for about 8 months after quitting, and only with the help of some powerful post cycle therapy supplements was I able to come back. If you wanna risk ED, depression, anxiety, mood swings, and titties then go right ahead.

Yeah, arginine for increased nitric oxide production or some crap like that. Along with phytosterols like saw palmetto and some other plants which are supposed to help block DHT in the scalp. It's also supposed to have some anti-oxidant action, frankly I think they'd have been better off adding azelaic acid to the ingredients list. They also state that the new product is only for use by people who have a loss of NW4 or greater, I don't really get the logic behind this as the wording on their site is confusing.

I'm surprised no one has posted about this here already, but Divine Skin, the makers of Spectral DNC have released a new version of their product. It's supposed to have some new ingredients which make it more effective, take a look at it here: http://divineskin.com/spectralDNC-L/index.html

In all honesty I doubt balding is a detriment at an office job, hell I think it could even be an advantage. If i were to see a balding man and a man with a full head of hair, both wearing a suit, standing next to each other, I would probably subconsciously think that the man with the full head of hair is more likely to be a slacker. I've always thought that a balding man in a suit looks more mature and proffesional.

Intercytex's product claims to reverse aging of the skin, and mpb is a condition inarguably aggravated by the aging of the skin, so I wonder if this facial rejuvination product might have any benefit for those afflicted with losing hair. Seriously though, it makes me happy that the company has actually been able to release a product, and I think people are being too pessimistic about hair multiplication. Intercytex's press release even states that they've succesfully performed the procedure on test subjects already (it would be really awesome if one of those test subjects actually posted on a forum, I doubt anyone would actually believe them and take it as a joke though.) As quoted from their website: "In September this year we announced the first results from the current Phase II trial. In the sub-group of subjects (5 in total) whose scalp was pre-stimulated at the time of injection all subjects showed substantial and visible increased hair counts at 6 and/or 12 weeks (13-105%). We believe this increased hair production is attributable to the interaction between the injected DP cells and the stimulated resident hair producing cells." A 105% increase in hair count? Wow! How the hell does that not sound encouraging? They also go on to say: "By the end of March 2008 we expect to announce preliminary 12 week data on up to 16 subjects in total and preliminary 24 week data on up to 10 subjects." By the end of March 2008? Say isn't that next month?!? So basically by the end of next month, we get to find out if this stuff is really legit or not. I know it has been and still is a long wait, but how can you deny that progress isn't being made? I think it may have been posted on the forums before, but if someone could refresh my memory on how long phase 2 and phase 3 trials last it would be great (I know phase 3 is supposed to be the longest). I figure in the meantime I'll keep using my high-potency minoxidil and 2% ketoconazole shampoo along with taking a massive amount of anti-oxidants. I have actually found a supplement that's supposed to contain about the equivalant of the antioxidants of 12 servings of fruits and vegetables in one teaspoon. I figure that I might as well try to extend my youth for as long as possible, while I wait for that perfect slick hairline. Anyone ever see the episode of family guy where Peter becomes paralyzed but ends up curing it by walking into a stem cell research laboratory? Good stuff