What do you think of this.....

[Time to do something]

[Tao]

Interesting, but not very impressive. The before and after shots were not dramatically different IMO. $130 for two to three weeks worth of medicine? For those results? No thanks.

[kathie47]

not too sure how i feel about it. does anyone else have any thoughts?

[multiplier]

Seems dubious to me.

 

BTW, Time to Do Something, it looks like you've had 3 procedures by 3 of the best out there, but no photos/results posted. Any reason?

[TakingThePlunge]

I'm not too excited by this news. Even if it grew hair, not many of us could afford it. However, you never know where these avenues may lead and I'm happy that people are continuing to find new medications to try.

[mahhong]

Happy that there are new avenues always being explored but, I agree, this is absolutely no miracle cure unfortunately. It looks like it might have some benefit to hair and I guess we'll know more over the next few years. I couldn't find much information on the product but it is a prostaglandin (a certain family of medicines derived from fatty acids in animals) and, although I couldn't be clear, it seemed to work by being a sort of anti-inflammatory.

 

For $120 this stuff would seem, for hairloss, essentially worthless. It would appear to have no specific effect on the causes of MPB and instead works, like minoxidil, by treating the problem in a 'roundabout' fashion. That's not to say it doesn't have some benefit; but for $120 you could probably pick up 12-18 months worth of FDA proven hairloss drugs like minoxodil and/or finasteride, which would almost undoubtedly work a lot more effectively.

 

Still, interesting stuff! And, as an anti-inflammatory, maybe it could eventually become an adjunct to minoxidil and finasteride one day? But for $120 per 3-week cycle it's just economically unfeasible, especially given it's more than likely going to at best improve your hair a bit, and not in any way slow down or stop the genetic MPB you're experiencing! It'd have to be more like $120 for 24 months supply, and then it might be economically justifiable for hair!

[mattj]

I couldn't help but think, "really?", when the guy said, "I'm completely satisfied".

[Tao]

I had the same thought, matt. Sounded like he was paid to say that. 'Cause it was ridiculous.

[hairlossguy222]

Yeah, no thanks.

 

to both the product, and the doc. IMO of course.

[Smoothy]

Latisse is approaching a $500m dollar in sales for Allergan which says it is working as 50% are repeat patients. I know about a dozen when who use Latisse and in 3 months their eyelashes have grown thicker-- very very noticable! Its amazing.

As a result, my mother in law in her 60s used it on her thinking eyebrows and in 4 months grew 100% back! (it is not indicated for eyebrows by the FDA just eyelashes)....So I wonder if it would work in the scalp--hairline???

It is very expensive $100 a month just for eyebrows--imagine the cost for enough product for the head! But if it works as well as I've seen it on eyelashes and eyebrows, I'll give it a shot as long as you dont have to keep using it (use it or loose it) like Rogaine!