Which Future Hair Loss Treatment Do You Think is Most Likely to Happen?

Hello Dr. Rassman,

I was fielding some of the questions about future hair loss treatments, and I’ve noticed all things considered, there are a few (supposedly) options in the pipeline.

My question is out of the prospective treatments (cloning, more effective medication, genetic treatment), which do you think is the most likely to materialize? Or put another way, given your experience, which do you think has the highest probability of reaching the consumer level?

Thanks

You are correct in stating that there really are only a few treatment options available. Medically there is Propecia and Rogaine. Surgically there is a hair transplant procedure. These treatments are not a complete solution in itself, but it does work with its own limitations.

For the future, your guess is probably as good as mine. We all know genetic cloning research is being carried out, yet there is no definite light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. In my opinion, for something revolutionary to reach the consumer level, I would say it could take another 10+ years (and I only say 10+ years because that’s a time frame that is pretty far for me to think about). Maybe we will see new drugs in less than 10 years. I certainly hope so.