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an article from the site
an article from the site
Billions of dollars are spent each year on hair-loss related products and services. They are earned by the hair transplant industry, by the pharmaceutical industry in the few drugs they have brought to market and by a hodge-podge of smaller players selling bogus "natural" cures, hundreds of untested shampoos and topicals, herbs and vitamins...the list is quite lengthy.
Cumulatively and internationally, this represents billions of dollars in revenue. These monies are growing in spite of the overall lack of success that these services and products yield to the consumer. In actuality, there is very little change in the net result in the fight against hair loss from what was available centuries ago. And just as in the past "snake oils" are still being purchased by a desperate and uneducated populace.
A real working cure for hair-loss would cut off this river of money in short order. We believe that Hair Multiplication (HM) will ultimately be that cure. We also believe that THE AWARENESS of HM's possibility would probably cripple the Hair Transplant (hair transplant) industry within a year or less.
The hair transplant industry is afraid of HM in particular. And rightly so for the consumer's ignorance is their best friend. For once the hair transplant consumer learns that something superior is on the horizon -even if a few years away- would that person not consider to hold off on the surgery he or she was thinking about? Of course they would.
Educating people about HM will probably end hair transplant industry very quickly. Therefore the best thing for the "cutters" is to block awareness of the subject as best as possible. In that regard, they have been remarkably successful. In magazines and conferences pertaining to hair transplant, the subject of HM is usually described as "many years away" or possibly dangerous. This is a lucky coincidence for these doctors, which makes us their worst nightmare, because they cannot control us.
A fundamental belief we hold is this: By making the hair transplant consumer aware of HM as a near term possibility, we hasten the arrival of HM itself.
Some of the forces arrayed against HM's arrival on the information radar include several "Hair Loss advocates." These people are often in some way on the payrolls of the doctors and the drug industry, but feign independence from them at the same time. It is a delicate dance they perform and one which probably started out with good intentions. Money seems to have diverted their focus as is human nature. Regardless of intentions, they are now part of the full court press to block awareness of HM.
One of these charlatans even refers to himself as the "Ralph Nader of Hairloss". Over time, he has garnered a small niche in the economy as an "expert" on the subject. He is somewhat adept at publicity garnering and self promotion, a vaunted skill in this age of shameless fame seeking. This gentleman in particular is DOING NOTHING to promote awareness of HM. This is because he makes money from the status quo. He gets on television periodically and promotes his two books when he sits down next to Oprah, a milestone in his career. A recent "column" of his in a hair transplant industrial magazine made no mention of HM as a near future option. You can find his tomes at assorted book sites if you wish to read a lot of useless information you can get for free elsewhere. But he will appreciate your contributions to his stock portfolio.
Another website devoted to Hair-loss also must be viewed cynically as the keeper of that flame has made himself into a "pundit" as well. He has many media contacts and access but most of the "new" at that website is generally an interview with a different hair transplant surgeon once a month. He has official links to both major American and British TV networks. He would be able to do some kind of press release and also contribute generally to the "Don't have hair transplant!" campaign and help bring about its demise.
He does not. We cannot help but wonder how much money he receives in advertising from his website and his "expert" status. We should mention that the two aforementioned gentlemen are both linked online and know each other well. How fortunate for us that they feel no need nor urgency to rock the boat.
We hope to shame these self-proclaimed defenders of the consumer into action. But we will not hold our breath.
For if HM is born will they not lose their status and have to find real jobs? It is frustrating that they are in a position to help and prefer things as they are.
Money and self interest are twined together like strands of DNA. We do not oppose making money. Indeed, we would like to spend some, but not for the failed technologies of the past. We want HM. It is possible. This has been known for over ten years, perhaps longer. If research is needed, then the money should be spent and spent now.
To create HM we must DESTROY hair transplant. They cannot co-exist. As in any Darwinian competition, the inferior will be killed off without remorse. Just as one species kills off another, just as eight track bowed to cassette and that yielded to CD's. The inferior product must die.
Money must be spent ON A LARGE SCALE to ramp this up. To slay the dragon of hair transplant we need only educate. But this is easier said than done as our opponents =including our "advocates" have greater money, access to media and organization. They have titles of experts, doctors, and pundits to buttress their arguments. To date they have done a remarkable job of protecting their interests. And purely on that level, no one can blame them.
But now, their interests conflict with our own. The cat is out of the bag. Indeed, if they are smart, they will start laying the groundwork now -and quickly- to create and sell HM to the consumer. There is still time for them to capitalize on the change ongoing. A full court press on research and marketing would bring this tech to market much sooner than the "many years" they try to sell us on. To be positive, we are quite sure that there is much money to be made with a real, viable technique.
What they do not realize is that we have nothing to lose by destroying them. We would add that it is in our estimation unethical to sell a dubious treatment like hair transplant to someone vulnerable when he or she might decide to wait if they were aware of HM. Most of their work is unsatisfactory to its recipients from what we can gauge. Sometimes the results are disastrous, the cosmetic equivalent of bloodletting. Its time has come and gone.
HM is possible. How soon? Well hold off on hair transplant. It will come sooner. Spread the word
