New Hair Growth Patent With Results Photos – Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co.
An interesting new hair growth patent has surfaced online from the Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Company of Japan.
NF-1011 – Enterococcus faecalis
Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co. specializes in the research and development of lactic acid bacteria strains for therapeutic uses. The current flagship product of the company is called FK-23, a proprietary formulation of the Enterococcus faecalis bacteria. According to Nichinichi Pharmaceutical’s website, Enterococcus faecalis is a component of the intestinal flora found in healthy young adults. The company has patented a heat-treated version of Enterococcus faecalis (FK-23) which is claimed to possess various immune-activating properties. Nichinichi has filed multiple patents using FK-23 to reduce tumor size, treat hepatitis C, and prevent infectious diseases. Recently, they have published a patent for a different type of indication.
On December 23, 2021, the patent “EXTERNAL AGENT FOR HAIR GROWTH OR HAIR LOSS PREVENTION” was awarded to the Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co. This patent involves the topical use of a strain of Enterococcus faecalis known as NF-1011, which upon further review is the same strain as FK-23, which is simply a trademark name. Finding new patents published for hair growth are typically a pedestrian experience, as they are quite common among cosmetic companies or biotech companies who file them and may never further develop the technology. However, this patent stood out due to its inclusion of several sets of human results photos. See images from the patent below and click to enlarge in a new tab.
Figure 1. Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co.
Figure 2. Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co.
Figure 3. Nichinichi Pharmaceutical Co.
(Note: these images were sourced from an earlier version of the same patent in which the photos were uploaded more clearly.)
The patent version published in December 2021 includes English descriptions of the ages and gender of the subjects in Figures 2 and 3. The subject in Figure 1 is a 39 year old male who appears to have gained a remarkable regrowth in his crown after roughly one month of use. But, we must ask, is a result like that even possible? Due to the controversial nature and limited quality of these photos I won’t speculate any further. This patent publication is certainly interesting enough to share and review. Let’s open the discussion in the comment section.
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It will be interesting to see if Nichinichi has plans to develop this therapy for hair growth, or if they are simply just protecting the IP.
Hi admin!! Thank you for your work. Hair tonics now appear on the company’s website. But I don’t know if they contain that ingredient
Inf@me, weeks after I published the article I actually got in contact with Nichinichi pharma and it turns out that the hair tonic on their site actually is the same ingredient. When I wrote the article I did not know the product was on the market. I know they have plans to launch the product in the US and I have asked to see further data before I mentioned them again. It seems hard to believe that the product is able to produce the result in the patent photos, but I am simply looking to receive more data from the company and staying neutral and will provide an update in these comments if/when I hear more about the developments.
Just when we thought all hope was lost, a new player comes in. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and let’s not be pessimistic either. This is a banging start to 2022 for sure. Let’s hope that a cure to hairloss is the highlight of 2022 and we see incredible things coming our way!
follicle thought on Nichinichi NF -1011really?
Interesting, however, unlike Charlie Brown, I’m not going for the football just yet. Sorry Lucy, not this time.
That is a useful strategy Matthew.
Thanks Admin and Happy new Year! … the story sounds interesting. They already used it on humans. Could you please reach out to them to get details?
Have reached out to someone from their team already, no response yet, and can try another option soon.
Thanks admin.
Another treatment that might help us 🙂
Thanks nobody!
Happy New Year! Any idea when the product would be available to purchase?
Happy New Year Brian and thank you. At this point, there’s no further information available whether this would be developed as a drug over many years or if it could be potentially classified as a topical cosmetic which could come out much sooner. We hope to hear some info from the company about this.
Looks like a good start to the New Year.
Those grainy b&w pictures show some excellent results.
Fingers crossed.
They do, but why black and white ?
Happy new Year dear admin
Is it a drug like finistrade ?
Or it is based on stem cell?
Happy New Year. It is a topical bacteria solution.
Wow! I started the year thinking, among many other things, “let’s see if this 2022 brings us some good new stuff for hair”, but hell, certainly I wasn’t expecting it within the first 15 hours lol
And Kintor phase II results should be released any moment now!
However, beyond the fact that the pictures aren’t the best of the best as for quality, it looks like a very big stuff, so big that carefulness is advisable, same story, optimism but without delusion.
C’mon 2022, impress me!
Of course this doesn’t work for AGA. https://www.google.com/search?q=jak+inhibitor+alopecia&client=safari&channel=iphone_bm&tbm=isch&prmd=nisxv&sxsrf=AOaemvLDCvxUIkFoV5pq99JeByMFQuti7Q:1641070816642&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixv86YuZH1AhWom-AKHWxFAQYQ_AUIFigC&biw=375&bih=553&dpr=2#imgrc=7HLwZdipPOr5VM
@Woofy97
Sorry I completely missed your point relate comment on new article
@Kapil I don’t care. It’s not related to this article, you’re right but you should agree with my frustration instead of writing me something like that. Have a good day
We are on same boat
Can we expect anything to come out in 2022?
The word lactic acid has come across before also ,like hopemeds prolactin concept. It makes me think it being realistic.
FT
I have come out of utter hopelessness reading your articles many a times. Gratitude
Thanks Gurvinder
Well this is a good start , @admin can we expect a update from exicure in Q1 ,2022? Abbvie is really hush hush about it.
Hmmm, the first group of photos shows a before and a picture 2 weeks later with new hair that has already grown to 2 or 3 inches long. It doesn’t seem possible to me. Mark me down as being skeptical on this one.
I hear ya jonness, my favorite photo set is Figure 3. Figure 1 is difficult to fathom or explain.
When they have a large trial with placebo at a recognized university only then should you be interested
Announcements of great things to come
Especially on Jan 1 serve to pump stock prices and little else
Happy New Year!!!
For the time being while there is an obvious lull in hair treatment news, this absolutely is a valid piece of info to observe and discuss. How many companies are at the forefront of attention without yet completing a large placebo controlled trial? Basically all of them; it’s objective the readers want content to review.
As far as accusing this article of being part of some stock pump tactic, that theory falls flat. 1) I have nothing to do with NN Pharma 2) I’m all but certain they are not a publicly traded company 3) The timing of this article and the fact that it was even published was completely happenstance. I could have published it in the last week of December or not at all. Typically, I would delete a comment as non-sensical as that one but I will leave it up so people can learn from it. It’s not helpful to other readers for someone to spew ideas about stock pumping which are just false and irrelevant. If you want to share more thoughtful and benign comments, Patrick, you are welcome to post again.
I dunno ..how come these pharma companies all seem to use the worst possible low quality camera that they can lay their hands on ?
Even a cheap smartphone would do a better job than this
Because they’ve had to sell all their expensive smartphones to fund the research…
I’m not vouching for the overall authenticity of these photos because I simply do not know, however I can say that the patent database is what is responsible for the low quality/resolution of the photos. See the patent from old friend RiverTown Therapeutics https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=US192355232&_cid=P20-KXXFLJ-65411-1 same blurred, black and white photos to decrease file size. Follicle Thought received full color better resolutions photos directly from Dr. Weinstein back then. It’s all but certain there are higher quality color photos from NN as well.
Sounds very interesting indeed FT. Hypothetically speaking If this was released as a new treatment, would it have to go through clinical trials and get FDA approval etc? Or is this something that’s already been approved for human use in something else?
Big Kahuna, it seems as though it would still need clinical trials for approval. It does not seem as though there are drugs or products using FK-23 yet.
Ah ok, thanks for clearing that up for me
Look at lifewaves photo therapy patches. They have amazing effects including hairgrowth. The patches are heat activated and reflect a narrow portion of the infrared back into the bodies acupressure points. That frequency stimulates a specific gene to produce peptides which our bodies lose the ability to produce. The latest X-49 patch stimulates the manfacture of a copper peptide essential for hairgrowth. The company recommends Combining it with derma rolling .
Those results are pretty good, especially for the short timespan stated. Photos can be deceiving so I’m gonna stay cautiously optimistic.
Many years ago, Israeli students had a theory of curing alopecia similar to Nichinichi Pharmaceutica
But they did nothing
I remember that group.
It could be a cosmetic product because there are the same bacteria Reuteri only the difference in quantity.
Reuter has about 5 billion bacteria
Nichinichi Pharmaceutical 4000 billion
This was a response from Nichi: “The number of compounded bacteria is not disclosed, but it will be much higher than the 400 billion.”
I’ve been in touch with a representative from Nichinichi who shares this message regarding what the product is: “It is the effect of lactic acid bacteria, and as another concept, it is planned to be sold in the United States as cosmetics. (Currently, we are aiming to release it in a limited area this year)”
Wow that’s great news admin even if they Release it in a limited area. If the photos are indeed true then its a great treatment. If a single treatment can remain effective for a year then its a very very good treatment. I am looking forward to yuva biotech as well, mitochondria is very important in cellular function.
Hell ya! Good stuff FT! Appreciate all that you do!
Thanks Keith. More information on data is definitely needed at this point, but I’m doing my best to get more info as it comes. Will follow up in a few months.