This Blog Is Biased And Distasteful!
Do you think you might be biased because you are a Hair Transplant Doctor? Anybody interested in HM knows you are overplaying health risks. as everyone knows this is a different process altogether than most “experimental drugs†because it is not a drug. It is borderline tissue engineering. it is distasteful to lie to people about HM to sell transplants, please stop.
Note: This question / statement was actually posted as a comment to the recent Intercytex and Hair Cloning post, but I’m replying to it here. Also, I believe that the above mentioned “HM” means “hair multiplication”.
I am always open to new ideas and new criticisms. I am also aware some may consider my answers to be biased. However, the posts on this site are my opinions (or that of my M.D. editors). As clearly stated on the homepage, the goal of BaldingBlog is to educate — not to sell hair transplants.
If you have been following this site, more often than not I have recommended a medical approach to hair loss, such as finasteride. In fact, I do not recall a post where I have recommended a hair transplant directly. Twice before, I have even been accused of working for or being paid by Merck (the company that makes Propecia). That simply is untrue. I do not get paid when a patient takes finasteride (Propecia), nor do I own stock in Merck. I recommend finasteride (Propecia), because it is the only medically proven pill for the treatment of hair loss approved by the FDA.
Hair multiplication or cloning is an experimental process. You may want to participate in it, but it is my medical opinion that it may not be safe and it is clearly not effective today (nor will it become a solution in the short term). That is the essence of the BaldingBlog — medical opinion for hair loss from a medical doctor’s point of view.
As you didn’t provide a legitimate email address for yourself, I am inviting you to write once again with the hope that this time you will include a list of your qualifications for your medical insight, aside from perhaps reading company press releases and marketing jargon. I would be happy to discuss this with you further, as long as you can promise to keep the conversation civil and any insults to yourself.
(Photo source of Dolly the cloned sheep: BBC)
On February 15, 2003, it was announced that Dolly had been euthanised because of a progressive lung disease and crippling arthritis. A Finn Dorset such as Dolly would have had a life expectancy of about 12 years, but Dolly only lived to 6 years of age. A necropsy confirmed she had Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (Jaagsiekte), a fairly common disease of sheep caused by the retrovirus JSRV. Roslin scientists stated that they did not think there was a connection with Dolly being a clone, and that other sheep on the farm had similar ailments. Such lung diseases are especially a danger for sheep kept indoors, as Dolly had to be for security reasons.