How Regrowth started
From a 1990s newsgroup to an AI.
By Scott Blaine Hoffman
Regrowth began as a place to talk honestly about something most people kept to themselves: losing their hair.
Scott Blaine Hoffman launched Regrowth.com before social media existed. Its moderated newsgroup grew past 50,000 subscribers, physicians, dermatologists and trichologists among them, and moderators routinely called out product shills.
Listening to that community shaped what came next. Members wanted ingredients they couldn't find in quality form, so Scott formulated them: ketoconazole shampoo treatments without sulfates, a fine-mist minoxidil sprayer, and minoxidil paired with tretinoin with the aim of improving absorption. He also works as a hair transplant referral specialist. Regrowth Intelligence brings that experience to AI.
1990s
Regrowth.com
A newsgroup that grew past 50,000 patients, physicians, dermatologists and trichologists — with moderators who called out product shills.
2009
Regenepure & Minoxidil Spray
Formulas built around ingredients members asked for but couldn't find in quality form.
2020s
Hairloss.org
A physician-facing AI and specialist finder.
2026
Regrowth Intelligence
The network's knowledge, rebuilt as an AI — and widened from hair to longevity.

