I don’t think it is going to “plummet” in price but I could see it going down to ~100k. Anything lower than 50k is dreaming until there’s some actual competition
and that's the thing: There is no competition in the foreseeable future.
I see a number of people here are n00bz, and probably weren't around back in ~2016 when we were having these discussions about Tsuji, Tissuse, Hairclone, etc. I also wrote some articles for HairLossTalk.com on the subject.
As far as cloning is concerned, Tsuji has literally no competition whatsoever. The big breakthrough that his team made, was solving the epithelial multiplication problem. No one else has done this and it's the biggest piece of the puzzle for anyone pursuing it. Hairclone has no idea how they're even going to cultivate cells, Tissuse literally said they are waiting for someone else to solve the mystery for them, Alex Terskikh's company is in its infancy still...Tsuji likely won't have any competition for the next 10 years. f***, maybe longer when you consider the things they'll have patented etc.
Someone brought up LASIK. LASIK has been brought up everytime this discussion happens. It's taken 20 years for LASIK to drop to a price that is within reach for a lot of people, and consider that LASIK had a way-lower starting price than what is being suggested here.
Let's say that they start at 380k; the absolute highest suggested. After ten years, best-case scenario, it
might drop to half price if the technology behind it is streamlined a bit and MAYBE there is some actual competition. So that's a 190k. Still out of reach for most.
Further, I don't know if you guys have noticed, but inflation shows no sign of slowing down; we could damn-well be in Weimar Republic levels within 15 years. It's entirely possible that they keep the price at today's top dollar or even
increase the cost as things get worse.
There is no competition at the ready. There will likely be no price drop that will make much difference throughout the next decade.
To all the young forum lurkers: The cruel irony is that Tsuji isn't going to save you despite probably having the cure. You will be well-past your prime by the time you
might be able to afford it. Take finasteride, take minoxidil, get a transplant, and save a bit of money so that Follica can do whatever it can do for you within the next couple of years. Maybe, if we're lucky, you'll be able to not bother with the finasteride once Shiseido decides to launch RCH-01 within the next couple years.
That's all you can do in this lifetime.