Follica to End Baldness?

Are you familiar with Follica and their technology to generate completely new hair follicles on the scalp? This company seems to be headed by a who’s who in the field of hair loss….Dr. Vera Price, Dr. Rox Anderson, and Dr. Cotsarelis from Penn State University where this technology was first discovered. I see where they recently acquired 5.5M US from investors to conduct a clinical proof of concept study on 50 or so volunteers. Since everything they use to accomplish this is already FDA approved and/or already being done (microderm abrasion + application of special proteins), it seems like this could really be the “holy grail” to end baldness much sooner than expected (at least sooner than NEOSH101 or Intercytex).

Have you been following this exciting development at all or do you have any thoughts on this technology?

The work sounds exciting and I look forward to reading more about their research in medical journals. I have not been following it though, because the information on it is cursory and does not give me the insights I need. You are right, the people associated with it indicate a general excitement that has been generated. There is a quick write up on Follica here.

For those wanting to read the news about their recent $5.5 million round of funding, you can check it out here.