People always say that working on hair growth is vanity and that there are more pressing issues to work on but I disagree.
Burn victims would like to have smooth skin with hair on it. Now I know this specific treatment probably won't help burn victims, but research on hair growth in general does.
Ultimately medicine is working towards a fountain of youth and if R&D can develop a revenue source from people who want their hair to grow back it's a means to further fund that quest for the fountain of youth and a reduction in human suffering.
It's not like people who buy toupees or hair transplants were going to otherwise spend their money on donations for burn victims.
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People always say that working on hair growth is vanity and that there are more pressing issues to work on but I disagree.
Burn victims would like to have smooth skin with hair on it. Now I know this specific treatment probably won't help burn victims, but research on hair growth in general does.
Ultimately medicine is working towards a fountain of youth and if R&D can develop a revenue source from people who want their hair to grow back it's a means to further fund that quest for the fountain of youth and a reduction in human suffering.
It's not like people who buy toupees or hair transplants were going to otherwise spend their money on donations for burn victims.
I don't think hair regrowth is an unworthy research topic.