Dissapointed with plucking and acell any advice going forward !

[HairRobinHood]

@Spanish Dud, look, there is no wonder why they ask such questions:

Have these hairs not shown success in growing in completely bald scalp then?

Isn't that funny?

[Spanish Dude]

No Spanish Dud, never ever in ACell itself. ACell's extracellular matrix is ok. I mean, the material itself is ok. I didn't speak about the "wrong" usage. You know "more research is necessary". I mean, it is fully unclear for me what exactly specific guys did during the past 15 years. THAT is it what I don't get in this context ...

Iron_Man, this is not Hairsite. Insults are not allowed here. btw, "dud" means "false" and we know who is a "dud" (with multiple nicks around the forums).

Now I don't understand the meaning of your last post. Do you mean that Acell is OK, but Cooley is not OK?

[HairRobinHood]

what happens, Iron_Man, have you now suddenly lost your blind faith in Acell?

No Spanish Dud, never ever in ACell itself. ACell's extracellular matrix is ok. I mean, the material itself is ok. I didn't speak about the "wrong" usage. You know "more research is necessary". I mean, it is fully unclear for me what exactly specific guys did during the past 15 years. THAT is it what I don't get in this context ...

[rapunzal]

geez ejj, you had a relative slam a car boot on your head. did you return the favour with two black eyes and a broken nose for extra contrast ? if i have a procedure i will surely wear a bullet proof vest on my head post op

[Spanish Dude]

Yea, that is nice.

what happens, Iron_Man, have you now suddenly lost your blind faith in Acell?


@topcat, I cannot PM you, the option doesn't show up, why?

[HairRobinHood]

@topcat ...

... I take full responsibility for creating this result and have offered to fix it ...

Dr Cooley

For now, that's everything someone can do in such a situation.

[Spanish Dude]

@ejj:

question regarding autoplucking:
how much time did it took to do the 600 beard hair autoplucking transplant?

[Bakez]

Perhaps. What I think is happening is that native stem cells from surrounding follicles contribute to the rebuilding of a new follicle around the plucked graft. But these are just theories and require more study.

Have these hairs not shown success in growing in completely bald scalp then?

[Bakez]

He knew what was going on in the 'transplant'. Dr Cooley said he gave him the plucked hairs and Acell for no extra charge, something that does no damage to his head, and might have the potential to improve things.

It isn't like he offered him something free that might have beheaded him if it didnt work.

[topcat]

It’s not enough that he didn’t charge him for it. A patient needs to be able to make an informed decision when going in for cosmetic surgery. There has to be complete transparency in order for this to happen. Price has absolutely nothing to do with the issue. Using that argument any repair patient could be hacked up because he didn’t have to pay for it.

That is a part of what’s wrong with this industry and many clinics in general. I am not saying it has happened in this situation because I do not know. But clinics have a tendency to conveniently leave important pieces of information out if they think it will cause a prospective patient to walk away without proceeding with a procedure.

For example I would guess that at least 50% of prospective patients have no concept of density. They have no idea what a density of 40 hairs/sq. cm looks like when compared to their natural density which is often times more the double that figure. How will it look in certain light or certain angles? Too many clinics don’t bring this up because it’s a sale killer. This is only one issue out of many. It’s up to the clinics to fully inform the patient. The onus is on the clinics as this is their field of expertise.

[Bakez]

He didnt charge him for it...

[topcat]

Dr. Cooley, was the patient given the impression that Acell prevented donor scars? Was he advised that this was just an assumption and as of yet had not been proven?

The reason I ask is that it’s probably the most important point. If someone is made fully aware that these are unknowns and decides to move forward than they would need to assume part of the risk. Otherwise I would imagine that the clinic should accept that responsibility and all that comes with it.

[HairRobinHood]

Autoplucking is safe, even if it fails, becasue it doesn't deplete the donor.

Yea, that is nice.

[Spanish Dude]

ah, ok, lol, we here do have a longer summer and scar tissue sucks because it remains white and stands out from the rest.
I had a small 3mm wart removed from my waist using elecricity, and now I have a 5mm white spot and its relatively noticeable when I tan in the summer.
Curiously the white spot is not hard, but soft, even though no Acell was used.

You say that your Acell "soft scars" are slightly pinkish, but this pinkness could be transient. Tell me in about 1 year.

cheers

Spanish Dude ,

re the pigment , its pinker slightly, than surrounding scalp, will have to let you know if it tans or not as Im from the the UK and and we only have 2 seasons over here ......`winter ` and `june `!!!

thanks

ej

[ejj]

Spanish Dude ,

re the pigment , its pinker slightly, than surrounding scalp, will have to let you know if it tans or not, as Im from the UK, and we only have 2 seasons over here ......`winter ` and `june `!!!

thanks

ej