Did UCLA Just Cure Baldness?
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Which is reasonable in principle, but when they sell the exclusivity, they're and to put that money back into their research expenses.
I'm okay with public money going to funding research projects that become private profit for a limited time. I'm a capitalist system, which is what we're operating in, this seems to be the most effective. Government partially funds otherwise unprofitable R&D, companies make the product, and ordinary people are able to buy it at reasonable prices, and once exclusivity ends, anyone can make it.
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Better watch out, the king of the US government is done with all the queers and chronically ill the baldies are next.
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Lack of maintenance? Don't you have to shave your head regularly?
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Hey, I'm glad you can pull it off! I would look really weird with a shaved head. I would think there's still maintenance involved though. How often do you have to shave it?
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It also impacts libido
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Sure, but no need for combs, hair product, trips to the barber... I shave my face in the shower, and just keep going.
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That would be great, except in the US, that exclusivity can last for decades, which means entire generations will come and go before it becomes public.
In a better-regulated system where consumers are put before corporate interests, it could work, but the US hasn't been that for a long time.
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I don’t intend to be dead in the bext 50 years.
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It’s not just cosmetic. Hair keeps the heat from escaping the head so quickly and, more importantly, it helps keep the head from getting sunburned and skin cancer.
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When my head is freezing and I don’t have a hat handy I’m pretty sure that’s not a cosmetic issue.
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I’m with you but I would like the option honestly since I’ve been bald for over 30 years. Never having a bad hair day and razors being cheaper than haircuts are definitely a plus. But hitting your head on anything is almost always some sort of gash.
But damn if I don’t have dreams sometimes of running my fingers through my hair.
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I think people forget that not all populations benifit from more hair
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They didn't and this doesn't work as intended. They did however create a company to cash in on desperate people.
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the baldies are next.
Ugh, finally...
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In a small percentage of people, and I was among those. It's not permanent, because finasteride increases testosterone, which can convert to estrogen
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So true. Haired people don't realise that their haircut is a helmet.
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It depends how shiny you want to keep it.
I do mine every 3 days, but it's quality podcast time.
Razor blades cost pennies. So cheap.
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I think this is pretty standard procedure no? Lots of small companies are spin-outs from universities
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This is always the answer.
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If the topic is undesired head hair loss, "bad" appropriately describes the genes that may contribute to that. The discussion is limited by the context to avoiding hair loss, it isn't a universal conversation on cosmetics
