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Scientists regrowing everything except hair. Fuck my life.
by msuniverse2026 10mo ago
Scientists regrowing everything except hair. Fuck my life.
- xenospn 10mo agoAnd limbs.
- piskov 10mo agoI would say every tissue: no bones, no organs, eyes, ears, nerves, skin. Like what can they grow?
- janice1999 10mo agoThe liver is an exception here - you can grow back a lot of it.
- piskov 10mo agoNot many times tho: see cirrhosis
- kylecazar 10mo agoWell, I'm personally hoping stem cells pull through for corneal tissue regrowth. I've got significant scarring in one eye. I'd rather not get a donor (cadaver) cornea sewn on if it's avoidable but we'll see. I think they're making progress.
- drdeca 10mo agoEh? They can grow skin cultures that are good enough to help burn victims. Not, like, with all the pores and follicles being there, but it is skin…
- zaken 10mo agofinasteride + minoxidil
- simmerup 10mo agoIf you don't have sides that is
- piskov 10mo agoOnce the follicle is closed/gone, it’s gone. Minoxidil won’t help grow hair on a patch of bold skin. After that only hair transplantation
- socalgal2 10mo agoI'm sure you're correct. That said, I saw a friend who went bald at 28 get all of his hair back from Minoxidil + finasteride. Maybe his folicles weren't closed/gone but he was bald and a year later, was not. Apparently there's also now-a-days, Micro-needling, Stem Cell Therapy, Platelet-Rich Plasma, and others. No idea how effective they actually are
- hsuduebc2 10mo agoWell he even had alopecia or he got hair transplant. There is sadly no other option.
- dpark 10mo agoWhat does that mean? Alopecia is the general term for hair loss.
- hsuduebc2 10mo agoSorry my bad. It's called that way in where I'm from. The hair loss is mostly due to mechanism similar to pattern baldness but the hair loss can occur even without death of hair follicles. It could also be triggered by some autoimmune disease.
- dpark 10mo agoThis isn’t the whole story. Many people have follicles that are dormant. Many people have success regrowing hair on bald spots with minoxidil and/or finasteride. If you look like Sir Patrick Stewart, yeah, that’s not growing back. A bald spot might fill in with medical treatment though.
- cebert 10mo agoI am hoping for advancements in cartilage growth. I underwent microfracture surgery in my knee and will eventually need a replacement unless we make progress in this field. I would prefer to avoid knee replacement if possible because I enjoy being active. I am hopeful we’re getting close.
- esseph 10mo agoAnecdotal, but I was going in for carpal tunnel work and ran into an older gentleman, probably early 70s, that had just gone through a knee replacement a week earlier. He was walking around on it and said he wasn't really in any pain. I was amazed. YMMV.
- cebert 10mo agoI have heard great things about knee replacements. Unfortunately, I’m relatively young (late 30s). If I were to get a replacement now, I’d likely need another one when I’m older. Additionally, I imagine getting an artificial knee replacement would make you no longer a candidate for lab-grown replacements. There is an option already where they can grow your cartilage in a lab, but it’s quite expensive, and my insurance will not cover it.
- M95D 10mo agoJust make sure you won't get one of those implants that cause metal toxicity / dementia: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00402-025-05869-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00402-025-05869-x
- tmtvl 10mo agoIn the summer my knees were so wrecked I could barely make it up and down the stairs. My GP first thought it was an inflammation and prescribed something for that, but when I went back after a couple of weeks he said the cartilage may have worn off and prescribed me Flexofytol. It may be placebo effect, but between taking it a bit easier, cycling more, and the flexofytol, my knees are the best they've been since I injured them in the first place.
- derektank 10mo agoPhase 2 trials on PP405 just completed. They’ll probably begin phase 3 trials sometime next year if you’re looking to enroll. https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06393452 https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06393452
- gensym 10mo agoMy meniscus would like a word.
- kolinko 10mo ago$4k and a trip to Turkey. I did it last tear and can recommend :)