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anonymous man
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I am starting to think we will never see a true solution.

Its just something that eludes science. We just keep being fed little bits of vague hope ... for the past 10 years a solution has been '3 or 4 years off' ....

I keep thinking, they have found the cause of the problem, DHT or whatever - cant they come up with a sure fire pill, one pill that goes BLAM and kills that sh*t inside you?

Or some form of freeze method - if someone said to me today 'I can freeze your hair as is, it will never grow again, never fall out again, it will just be welded into your scalp, your original hair, like a rock' I would do it straight away. When I think about it, that sounds something like a HT Smile

Some sort of magic potion, like that Looney Tunes episode where Bugs Bunny pours hair growth formula mixed with fertilizer on Elmer Fudds head - and he grows dandelions on his head. Or the Married with Children episode where Kelly makes Al Bundys hair grow really long due to some radioactive concoction she produces.

It seems so simple really - you know the cause, now find the thing that kills that cause.

Looks like the big shave is the only sure fire way to eliminate the problem.

How depressing that this section of the forum is also the smallest Frown Frown
 
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jackisback
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One thing is on our side, however. Profit motive. I just saw an interesting 20/20 with John Stossel on YouTube about the health care industry. Here is the relevant part 6.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_KCLm9cekU&feature=related

According to them, the procedures that are not covered by insurance are where patients expect the most bang for their buck. Like Henry Ford and the Model-T, that is where theoretically the most innovation should be, and in practice this has applied to some cosmetic procedures, and Lasik eye surgery stands out as one of the most improved and cost dropping procedures. They say that in this time Lasik procedures improved from this competition, it didn't run stagnant.

It's hard to know exactly how universal healthcare might be implemented in the United States, but in many countries the government sets the price for many surgeries. Obviously, HTs would not apply, so this could be an advantage for those who wish to profit off of us, and for us if we are willing to pay. (although possibly bad for others, if you believe the arguments against universal healthcare).

I think that if there is a way to practically cure this (obviously a bigger IF than we may have believed a decade ago), then it should be found within the next 15 years (assuming universal healthcare in '08), because for every girl willing to spend $20,000 to fix herself up, there's gotta be a guy willing to spend $40,000 to get back the hair he had at 18. Hell, I'd drive a truck in Iraq for a year if I could get that back, and retain it. But then again, is there anybody here that gives a damn if they have a full head of hair in 15 years if they don't between now and then?
 
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dabuski
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Im pretty sure there is a cure out there some place.
Its just a matter of time.
Of course the problem with this is only time knows when it will happen.
 
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anonymous man
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Originally posted by jackisback:
One thing is on our side, however. Profit motive. I just saw an interesting 20/20 with John Stossel on YouTube about the health care industry. Here is the relevant part 6.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=E_KCLm9cekU&feature=related

According to them, the procedures that are not covered by insurance are where patients expect the most bang for their buck. Like Henry Ford and the Model-T, that is where theoretically the most innovation should be, and in practice this has applied to some cosmetic procedures, and Lasik eye surgery stands out as one of the most improved and cost dropping procedures. They say that in this time Lasik procedures improved from this competition, it didn't run stagnant.

It's hard to know exactly how universal healthcare might be implemented in the United States, but in many countries the government sets the price for many surgeries. Obviously, HTs would not apply, so this could be an advantage for those who wish to profit off of us, and for us if we are willing to pay. (although possibly bad for others, if you believe the arguments against universal healthcare).

I think that if there is a way to practically cure this (obviously a bigger IF than we may have believed a decade ago), then it should be found within the next 15 years (assuming universal healthcare in '08), because for every girl willing to spend $20,000 to fix herself up, there's gotta be a guy willing to spend $40,000 to get back the hair he had at 18. Hell, I'd drive a truck in Iraq for a year if I could get that back, and retain it. But then again, is there anybody here that gives a damn if they have a full head of hair in 15 years if they don't between now and then?


You are right ... if I was to have no hair for the next 15 years, I dont think I would be pumped up to get it all back ... but in saying that, so many in the HT photo section are older gents etc - so I am sure our vanity / desire to look good stays with us forever .... which I think is a good thing ....



Now about that truck in Iraq you say ...??
 
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