Honestly I think even if this stuff does come out somewhat soon, I'm honestly very skeptical it really is gonna grow back a hugely significant amount of hair, I mean just look at the pictures, they definitely haven't made locks thick as the bristles of a hairbrush come out of an absolutely bald spot. If I could see pictures of that, I would be a very happy man and I would probably even start acting with the confidence of a man with a straight hairline before the procedure even comes out just because I would know that it is.
The way I see it though, I'm pretty doubtful histogen is gonna grow a full head of hair on an nw6 man. I think if a picture of that existed, everyone on this forum would be extremely happy. Even the people on here who wouldn't have the cash to pay for something like that, I think would get a clearer perspective on life after confronting the decision to work hard and save up to get HM, or the spend the money on other things.
Good thing is though, I honestly do think histogen is going to come up with something that at least stops hair loss and thickens it up a bit... I feel really really bummed out sometimes I can't take finasteride because I get the feeling HM still won't make finasteride obsolete at first. I think people are still gonna have to use a combination of finasteride, HM, and minoxidil to get best results, at first of course. But in the end I really do think it's going to at least stop hair loss and thicken up some near death follicles.
Aderans, I think, is going to come out just a little bit later, and I think might be a bit of a step up from the histogen procedure. Any pictures and reports from Aderans still don't show perfect results, but I like to think that in the future aderans and histogen used together may have complementary effects. I would assume something like this is going to have ~2x the effect of using finasteride over a year. Effective? yes. Perfect? no. We also have yet to see what effects repeating these procedures every 3-6 months or so would have.
Now... what I REALLY think is going to regrow a full head of hair on a full horseshoe is Trichoscience, and even this I think is only going to work on people who are young enough to still have the proper cell regeneration properties in their skin. It's a shame they haven't even started trials yet, but I am very hopeful. Out of all these companies they pretty much to me have the most professional presentation. They use different science than either aderans or histogen, and I remember a while ago when reading their science patent abstracts and stuff they really do make a case of how their process is much better than the aderans/intercytex process. I am EXTREMELY anxious to see any pictures of success that they might be able to come up with in their trials. We will have to be patient though, they're only starting Phase I trials this coming fall, and we all know how long Phase I trials have the potential to take...