autoplucking yield--The contradictions
@Dr. Cooley, I have found, what appear to be, severe contradictions between your different posts, here at BTT, regarding the autoplucking success rate (yield).
On 2010-Oct-28, amidst enthusiasm after your Acell prestentation, you said that autoplucking yield was:
40-50% in scar tissue and 50%-75% in normal tissue.
You also said that these figures were improving steadily.
I think you confirmed these figures to Dr. Rassman by phone (he posted about it in his blog)
But now, 3 months later, you say that plucked hairs don't grow well in scar tissue, and you are extremely dissapointed with this.
You say that success in scar tissue is "ocassional".
You also say that you have learned this problem in the last 12 months (after your patient, "ejj",'s surgery).
Furthermore, when you talk about autoplucking in general (not in scar tissue) you say that, currently, this is only a method for "desperate and adventurous people".
You also have said that autocloning labour cost is twice the cost of FUT, so this is labourwise, a totally viable procedure, and only yield is the decisive factor. This doesn't seem to be as "extremely tedious" as dr. Hitzig says.
Could you explain all these apparent contradictions?
thanks-SD
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Cooley, 2010.Oct-28, 12:17 AM
I wish I had an exact % to give you. My success was much lower in the beginning but has steadily risen. Currently about 75% in a healthy recipient bed, and 40-50% in scar; because we keep refining the technique, I expect these numbers to rise.
Cooley: 2010.Oct-28, 12:44 AM
1. Success rate: 50-75% in healthy scalp, 40-50% in scar; we're actively trying ways to raise the success rate.
Cooley, 2011.Jan.31, 07:46 PM
1) We performed about 600 plucked beard grafts throughout this area. I have not seen the patient in person but from the photographs it appears that virtually none of them grew. We have since (1 YEAR AGO) learned that plucked grafts do not grow well in scars and that the wider and denser the scar tissue, the lower the success. I understand the disappointment and upset by the patient as I too am extremely disappointed by the failure of the plucked grafts to grow in scar tissue.
Cooley, 2011.Feb.01, 04:48 PM
We were not simply 'waking up' miniaturized follicles, but creating entirely new ones. The occasional success in scar tissue also supports this.
Cooley, 2011.Feb-01, 03:09 PM
We do not recommend the plucked grafting as a replacement for FUT or FUE at this time... So when do we do the plucked grafts? We do them for what I call the "desparate" or the "adventurous".
@Dr. Cooley, I have found, what appear to be, severe contradictions between your different posts, here at BTT, regarding the autoplucking success rate (yield).
On 2010-Oct-28, amidst enthusiasm after your Acell prestentation, you said that autoplucking yield was:
40-50% in scar tissue and 50%-75% in normal tissue.
You also said that these figures were improving steadily.
I think you confirmed these figures to Dr. Rassman by phone (he posted about it in his blog)
But now, 3 months later, you say that plucked hairs don't grow well in scar tissue, and you are extremely dissapointed with this.
You say that success in scar tissue is "ocassional".
You also say that you have learned this problem in the last 12 months (after your patient, "ejj",'s surgery).
Furthermore, when you talk about autoplucking in general (not in scar tissue) you say that, currently, this is only a method for "desperate and adventurous people".
You also have said that autocloning labour cost is twice the cost of FUT, so this is labourwise, a totally viable procedure, and only yield is the decisive factor. This doesn't seem to be as "extremely tedious" as dr. Hitzig says.
Could you explain all these apparent contradictions?
thanks-SD
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COPY OF YOUR POSTS (Dr. COOLEY)
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Cooley, 2010.Oct-28, 12:17 AM
I wish I had an exact % to give you. My success was much lower in the beginning but has steadily risen. Currently about 75% in a healthy recipient bed, and 40-50% in scar; because we keep refining the technique, I expect these numbers to rise.
Cooley: 2010.Oct-28, 12:44 AM
1. Success rate: 50-75% in healthy scalp, 40-50% in scar; we're actively trying ways to raise the success rate.
Cooley, 2011.Jan.31, 07:46 PM
1) We performed about 600 plucked beard grafts throughout this area. I have not seen the patient in person but from the photographs it appears that virtually none of them grew. We have since (1 YEAR AGO) learned that plucked grafts do not grow well in scars and that the wider and denser the scar tissue, the lower the success. I understand the disappointment and upset by the patient as I too am extremely disappointed by the failure of the plucked grafts to grow in scar tissue.
Cooley, 2011.Feb.01, 04:48 PM
We were not simply 'waking up' miniaturized follicles, but creating entirely new ones. The occasional success in scar tissue also supports this.
Cooley, 2011.Feb-01, 03:09 PM
We do not recommend the plucked grafting as a replacement for FUT or FUE at this time... So when do we do the plucked grafts? We do them for what I call the "desparate" or the "adventurous".
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