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The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past
Daily Telegraph ^ | January 16, 2009

Posted on 01/16/2009 10:16:48 AM PST by Steelfish

Thomas Whitfield: The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past An Oxford PhD is developing a new technology that he believes will offer effective hair loss prevention to the masses.

By Richard Tyler

Thomas Whitfield is hoping his business will give him plenty to smile about There comes a moment in most men's lives when they have to admit that they are losing their hair. The realisation is painful enough; doing something about it is even worse.

The slippery descent into lotions and pills, toupés and skin grafts fills most with horror. But where there's vanity there's money to be made. Hair loss can also, for some, equal a loss of career prospects and of confidence. Suddenly a solution turns from vanity product into an essential and valuable treatment. So keep an eye on Thomas Whitfield.

The 27-year-old Oxford biochemistry PhD is working on a venture called TRX2 (derived from the Greek word for hair, Trichos. "The two for second – your second generation of hair," he tells me).

It promises to make "hair loss a thing of the past".

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: baldness
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1 posted on 01/16/2009 10:16:48 AM PST by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

"Dude... No!"

2 posted on 01/16/2009 10:19:31 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll)
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To: Steelfish

Less hair
Less to take care of

I do not miss it...


3 posted on 01/16/2009 10:21:59 AM PST by HangnJudge
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To: Steelfish
The realisation is painful enough; doing something about it is even worse.

I fretted about my receding hair line when it first started. Now I just don't give a crap anymore.
4 posted on 01/16/2009 10:22:33 AM PST by JamesP81 (Let the Great RINO Hunt of 2009 begin)
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To: Steelfish

You would not believe how damned good looking I am with a head of hair AND without. I want this guy to succeed but I’m sure I’m the case that is not able to be helped by this cutting edge treatment....


5 posted on 01/16/2009 10:23:15 AM PST by oust the louse (This Country now has a smelly BO problem.....)
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To: Steelfish

More ads for AM radio coming.


6 posted on 01/16/2009 10:24:00 AM PST by DBrow
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To: Steelfish

Snake oil.


7 posted on 01/16/2009 10:24:39 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Steelfish

8 posted on 01/16/2009 10:26:56 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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9 posted on 01/16/2009 10:27:12 AM PST by weegee (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: Steelfish

The Italians are working on cloning hair follicles that are not vulnerable to DHT. Most pills and lotions are snake oil.


10 posted on 01/16/2009 10:27:23 AM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er

If all drugs are legalized, snake oil sales will skyrocket.


11 posted on 01/16/2009 10:27:42 AM PST by weegee (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: libh8er

They aren’t all snake oil. Some are sugar pills.


12 posted on 01/16/2009 10:28:14 AM PST by weegee (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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And now we even have a SnakeOil-in-chief.


13 posted on 01/16/2009 10:30:49 AM PST by libh8er
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To: Steelfish

Now that that’s solved, can we get back to that whole cancer thing please?


14 posted on 01/16/2009 10:34:25 AM PST by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: weegee
Smilin’ Bob, decries the use of Snake Oil.


15 posted on 01/16/2009 10:35:47 AM PST by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Steelfish

I could tell you a story that would make your hair fall out, but I see most of you have already heard it.


16 posted on 01/16/2009 10:39:55 AM PST by Dr. Zzyzx
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To: JamesP81
I tried Rogaine for a couple of months and then I decided to shave it down to a Kojak. Now I shave my head and face with a Mach III razor. It's definitely low maintenance but the razors can be a little expensive. It took a little while to adjust to the cold weather but I just wear a knit hat more often.
17 posted on 01/16/2009 10:41:45 AM PST by peeps36 ( Al Gore. Is A Big Fat Lying Hypocrite. He Pollutes The Air By Opening His Big Mouth)
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To: Steelfish
The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past

I thought Ron Popeil did that some time ago.

18 posted on 01/16/2009 10:49:21 AM PST by stevem
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To: Steelfish

Man, the money I’ve saved on shampoo.. Why would I give that up?


19 posted on 01/16/2009 10:49:52 AM PST by Riodacat (Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus.)
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To: Vaquero
Smilin’ Bob, decries the use of Snake Oil.

Unless it's his snake that's getting the oil!

20 posted on 01/16/2009 10:50:01 AM PST by dragonblustar (Once abolish the God, and the government becomes the God - G. K. Chesterton)
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