ACell, a Current Review of Applications in Hair Transplant Surgery

[RichardDawkins]

@ SpanishDude : I dont know what to say because those pictures are clear when you look from far away to them and as a bonus we got a really close picture here and the left side looks pretty good (almost undetectable but iam not a strip friend) and the right side.......well looks like your normal FUT scar. Those results are like day and night.

@all: it is nice that we are all relatively happy right now but i would be more happy if Plucking would get better and better because to me a FUT is not an option because iam afraid.

I hope both doctors also develop this plucking technique. Cause i dont care if i had to pay a little bit more as long as my donos seems untouched.

Also i would like to see FUE-multiplication gets better and better for the same reasons as above.

But nevertheless those pictures will give a lot of people hopes for the future

[KeepHoping]

Does this mean he is regrowing the same amount of hair bearing skin he extracted or does it mean that he sutured the opening together and regrew just that thin strip?

And does that mean if he is regrowing the skin with follicles then the scalp wouldn't get tight and FUT becomes the primary method of transplantation again?

[CVAZBAR]

WOW!! Now we just need to see if this would be consistent with every person.

[wolvie1985]

There you go again Spanish Dude. Only you could find reason to criticize these incredible photos. He has already said these were posted 12 months after surgery. I would assume the reason he shaved below the scar is to prep the area for another strip and match the old scar up with the new incision. Few patients would consent to shaving a strip of their head if they weren't about to undergo an HT procedure. In any event, we can all properly evaluate the scar based on these photos. The results are clear as day. Your tone as always suggests something underhanded going on. It is entirely unfair and toxic to continue to impugn the work and intentions of these doctors who are honestly trying to help us.

[Spanish Dude]

Dr. Hitzig, could you please post the photos "just after surgery", so that we can see the strip just after closure?
How long after the surgery are these photos?
why have you shaved the hair below the strip and not above? I think the proper thing to do, if you wanted to show the scar, would be to shave around the scar, (below and above) not just below the scar.
The Acell-treated side of the "scar" (left side) cannot be evaluated properly because the hair has been shaved below the "scar" only. Why did you do that?

[rephairing]

That donor comparison looks good . Was standard suturing used or was this sutured loose like in the video presentation ? Also was this a trichophytic
closure ?

[KeepHoping]

Strip Surgery

Is there any reason to opt against a strip surgery if it regrows the entire donor? Can anyone explain what exactly Hitzig is doing there. Is he taking out a strip then pulling the skin together and closing the wound with stitches with Acell and then when the stitches are removed the hair is growing back? If that's the case then does it actually mean it's growing back donor because there was still a chunk of skin taken out and your scalp would feel tighter right? I'm wondering if anyone can explain how that works, sorry I'm not too informed on how the strip transplant procedure works.

[LarryDavid]

Because nobody knows if Acell is acutally able to do this.
But having seen this pictures i think it might be.

[Bakez]

So why would anyone do strip ever again

[LarryDavid]

If Acell is able to regrow the donor after a FUE then u would have unlimited or at least extended donor supply.

[whynot]

You get a better yield with FUT.

[Bakez]

I don't understand what the difference would be between FUE and Strip? If this ACell *actually* works consistently (still no proof yet so don't get excited), then surely both ways would create undetectable transplants?

If that were the case why wouldn't you want to do an FUE? I'd much prefer not to have a mass of skin ripped out of my scalp.

[Gubter_87]

Richarddawkins: I'm sure we all are, but that picture really got me pumping with excitement.
If the scar can get that thin and even have hair growing through it from a strip procedure then I am really considering it as a viable option. Naturally though plucking would be even better!

God! Exciting times for us hair loss sufferers now!!

[montrose]

Now that acell seems to regrow hair, how beneficial do you guys thinks the acell+prp injections would be for people that don't want a transplant. Would the new hair be dht resistant or would a person still need an anti androgen?

[RichardDawkins]

Thats right but iam more interested in expanding the donor with plucking :-) those results here are a nice a really really nice cherry on the cake thats for sure