The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past

Daily Telegraph ^ | January 16, 2009

[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".

[theDentist]

"Dude... No!"

[HangnJudge]

Less hair
Less to take care of

I do not miss it...

[JamesP81]

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.

[oust the louse]

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....

[DBrow]

More ads for AM radio coming.

[libh8er]

Snake oil.

[qam1]

[weegee]

[libh8er]

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

[weegee]

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

[weegee]

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

[libh8er]

And now we even have a SnakeOil-in-chief.

[domenad]

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

[Vaquero]

Smilin’ Bob, decries the use of Snake Oil.

[Dr. Zzyzx]

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

[peeps36]

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.

[stevem]

The Oxford student who plans to make baldness a thing of the past

I thought Ron Popeil did that some time ago.

[Riodacat]

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

[dragonblustar]

Smilin’ Bob, decries the use of Snake Oil.

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