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A cure for baldness is one of those holy grail drugs like a drug to treat obesity, or a drug to de-age your skin. The profit on this is potentially vast and Im

A cure for baldness is one of those holy grail drugs like a drug to treat obesity, or a drug to de-age your skin. The profit on this is potentially vast and Im assuming the 10 year patent limit wont apply to it.

canucker2016 2y ago
I remember a female comedian, (perhaps Amy Schumer), joking that when she saw Jeff Bezos, she knew there was no cure for baldness. If a multi-centi-billionaire is bald, then there's no viable baldness cure at any price.
- Gud 2y ago
  Or perhaps it’s not so important to him to keep up to date with the latest anti-balding techniques?
  - hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
    Given how Bezos otherwise completely transformed his look, I definitely wouldn't say it was for lack of vanity. He just went on enough anabolics/hgh/etc. that he probably felt the Jason Statham look worked for him.
  - datavirtue 2y ago
    He can delegate it.
- sumedh 2y ago
  > she knew there was no cure for baldness. Look up Elons photos during balding phase and now.
  - lossolo 2y ago
    Elon has good donor area, area from which he had hair transplant. Not everyone have a good donor area and if you are NW7 (north wood scale) then hair transplant will not help you.
    - datavirtue 2y ago
      Transplants? Fucking pathetic.
  - raydev 2y ago
    It's very obviously thin/wispy on top if you see photos of him outside interviews.
- aikinai 2y ago
  It’s a funny joke, but debunked by Elon Musk, along with a lot of other celebrities and normal people.
  - andyroid 2y ago
    Does a hair transplant really count as a cure though? It’s more akin to a pricey baseball cap.
    - Moldoteck 2y ago
      it's hair and it grows so imo it's a cure
      - lossolo 2y ago
        It only works for some people. You need to have a good donor area and a lot of hair. And even then transplant can be rejected. Doesn't work for majority of bald people in their 30s/40s.
        imtringued 2y ago
        You are also most likely going to stay on Minoxidil and Finasteride just to stay safe and not lose your "investment". A botched hair transplant can look pretty terrible once you lose the original hair around it.
    - TeaBrain 2y ago
      A transplant isn't any more a hat than having natural untransplanted hair is like wearing a hat. A hair piece could be argued to be something akin to a pricey hat, but a transplant is naturally growing hair that has simply been moved from a donor area.
viking123 2y ago
I guess it's not a full cure but dutasteride is pretty close to one if you start taking it before being like fully bald. What would the cure be really? Some daily pill that would regrow the hair or just some one time therapy? I don't think it is coming any time soon.
Der_Einzige 2y ago
It’s worth mentioning that we actually did get the holy grail drugs for treating obesity - Ozempic and it’s generic versions…
- francisofascii 2y ago
  It is a huge step forward, but there still are side effects, just like there are with finasteride.
- glp1guide 2y ago
  Note that there are actually a BUNCH of different formulations that do the same thing (mostly) -- the class of GLP1 Receptor Agonists: - Semaglutide - Tirzepatide - Liraglutide - Exenatide - Danuglipron Those are just some. And like others noted, it's not an absolute miracle (there are side effects, it's hard to get right now, somewhat contentious) but it's definitely miraculous in effects so far.

canucker2016 2y ago

I remember a female comedian, (perhaps Amy Schumer), joking that when she saw Jeff Bezos, she knew there was no cure for baldness. If a multi-centi-billionaire is bald, then there's no viable baldness cure at any price.

Gud 2y ago
Or perhaps it’s not so important to him to keep up to date with the latest anti-balding techniques?
- hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
  Given how Bezos otherwise completely transformed his look, I definitely wouldn't say it was for lack of vanity. He just went on enough anabolics/hgh/etc. that he probably felt the Jason Statham look worked for him.
- datavirtue 2y ago
  He can delegate it.
sumedh 2y ago
> she knew there was no cure for baldness. Look up Elons photos during balding phase and now.
- lossolo 2y ago
  Elon has good donor area, area from which he had hair transplant. Not everyone have a good donor area and if you are NW7 (north wood scale) then hair transplant will not help you.
  - datavirtue 2y ago
    Transplants? Fucking pathetic.
- raydev 2y ago
  It's very obviously thin/wispy on top if you see photos of him outside interviews.
aikinai 2y ago
It’s a funny joke, but debunked by Elon Musk, along with a lot of other celebrities and normal people.
- andyroid 2y ago
  Does a hair transplant really count as a cure though? It’s more akin to a pricey baseball cap.
  - Moldoteck 2y ago
    it's hair and it grows so imo it's a cure
    - lossolo 2y ago
      It only works for some people. You need to have a good donor area and a lot of hair. And even then transplant can be rejected. Doesn't work for majority of bald people in their 30s/40s.
      - imtringued 2y ago
        You are also most likely going to stay on Minoxidil and Finasteride just to stay safe and not lose your "investment". A botched hair transplant can look pretty terrible once you lose the original hair around it.
  - TeaBrain 2y ago
    A transplant isn't any more a hat than having natural untransplanted hair is like wearing a hat. A hair piece could be argued to be something akin to a pricey hat, but a transplant is naturally growing hair that has simply been moved from a donor area.

viking123 2y ago

I guess it's not a full cure but dutasteride is pretty close to one if you start taking it before being like fully bald. What would the cure be really? Some daily pill that would regrow the hair or just some one time therapy? I don't think it is coming any time soon.

Der_Einzige 2y ago

It’s worth mentioning that we actually did get the holy grail drugs for treating obesity - Ozempic and it’s generic versions…

francisofascii 2y ago
It is a huge step forward, but there still are side effects, just like there are with finasteride.
glp1guide 2y ago
Note that there are actually a BUNCH of different formulations that do the same thing (mostly) -- the class of GLP1 Receptor Agonists: - Semaglutide - Tirzepatide - Liraglutide - Exenatide - Danuglipron Those are just some. And like others noted, it's not an absolute miracle (there are side effects, it's hard to get right now, somewhat contentious) but it's definitely miraculous in effects so far.