New upcoming article from Hitzig
http://www.prweb.com/releases/haircl...web4840684.htm
In an upcoming article submitted to the Hair Transplant Forum International, Hitzig states, “Early results in transplant patients (where it is easier to obtain arterial blood from the surgical donor area) have shown that when MatriStem plus spun down arterial blood plasma or PRP are combined and then injected in thinning areas of the scalp that have not previously received a hair transplant, miniaturizing hairs appear to re-grow. The results are still very early, but make sense in light of previous reported PRP injection results.”
I haven't seen anyone discuss this press release in the forum yet. Increase regrowth in thinning areas seem to be another area where ACELL can be applied.
ACell plus PRP/Arterial Serum with Buffy Coat
Whenever our Plastic Surgeons perform a Transplant utilizing ACell, we automatically inject the surrounding thinning areas with the combination of ACell mixed in PRP or Arterial Serum plus Buffy Coat (where the Adult Stem Cells and Platelets plus nutrients are). We of course inform all patients of this addition and why we are doing this (preventative or possible regrowth of miniaturizing hairs). There is no extra charge for this either. By adding this to the transplant procedure since the patient is numbed anyway, we are getting good clinical feedback of it's efficacy. We have been very excited with the early (8 month) results, and are now performing independent injections of PRP plus ACell to those candidates with early or moderate thinning but obviously no shiny bald area. Propecia is an adjunct to this procedure and should not be stopped until we learn more about the mechanism of it's action. We hope this will be a better answer to thinning as we have not had to repeat any of these injections to date. Time will tell!