ACell, a Current Review of Applications in Hair Transplant Surgery

Gubter_87 wrote:

Actually I am surprised why Spencer did not ask Dr. Hitzig that exact question.
If hair loss is due to lack of progenitor cells and Dr. Hitzig believes that A-cell combined with PRP injections will by pass this, then why does not hair grow everywhere?

Hopefully Dr. Hitzig will find his way to this forum post and be able to give us an answer!

I think this a good question for Dr. Hitzig and I'm interested to find out the answer myself as well. Any thoughts?

It is a good question and iam really hyped to see the answers

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Originally Posted by Jerry Cooley, MD

Silver Surfer

It has been an interesting time for me, with widespread interest, as well as criticism and even threats of lawsuits. Nevertheless I am pushing forward because I believe in the ACell technology and plucked technique to genuinely help those with hairloss. It will certainly be refined over time as more knowledge is gained of stem cells and ECM, and methods to jumpstart the follicle regeneration process are discovered. It is an exciting time in our field.

Dr Cooley

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Dr Cooley and Dr Hitzig,
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I was referring to the factors mentioned in this paragraph(criticism and even threats of lawsuits). In no way was I implying something else. Again thanks for all the advancements you have created, personally I feel this will be the solution (Autoplucking)for my problems and all those who have had their donnor depleted.

Not only for depleated donor guys :-)

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Originally Posted by RichardDawkins

Not only for depleated donor guys :-)

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Does it mean for depleted pockets too?

Correct Richard, also for those who want less scarring in their donnor areas. They now have an option with the Autoplucking.

Just to comment on what Keep Hoping had asked, it is the lack of Progenitor cells in the scalp which opens genetically sensitive (to 5DHT) hairs to miniaturizing. There is no problem with other hairs.

Dr Hitzig,

For how long have the first hairs you plucked and transplanted cycled?

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Originally Posted by Gary Hitzig MD

Just to comment on what Keep Hoping had asked, it is the lack of Progenitor cells in the scalp which opens genetically sensitive (to 5DHT) hairs to miniaturizing. There is no problem with other hairs.

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I asked the original question, and perhaps I was a bit unclear.
I meant if a lack of progentior cells is the issue with the hair affected by hair loss, and you theorize that the combination of Acell+PRP injected into the scalp will bypass this issue. Then why do you believe you did not get full regrowth of all the minituarized and lost hairs with the injections?

Thanks for taking the time to reply!

In other words, if PROGENITOR CELLS are the problem, why can't NW7's grow back hair again, if you put the stems cells back to work, reactivating PROGENITOR CELLS?