Article on piloscopy...

[Trenblastoise]

Nohing exciting if he doesnt has confidence in donor regeneration.

I'd still have this over FuE, assuming equal quality doctors, as piloscopy will be quicker and leave no scars other than a half an inch one. Tho, it doubt this method will be widely out and perfected by skilled doctors any time soon, maybe 5 years or 10 years :/

Time will tell. Donor regeneration would be something I guess.

[tedwuji]

Hello everyone!!

My wife and I had recently arrived back home from our vacation out in Manhattan, NYC.

Our meeting with Dr. Wesley (at the upper east side of Manhattan) was a very good meeting!
We finally had a conversation in person and it was very positive!!
Dr. Wesley will be restarting his Phase-Testing POSSIBLY at the 1st or second week of this coming May 2015.
Now keep in mind that the restart time-frame I mentioned isn't 'written in stone' as yet.
As I have said many times before, He is a VERY BUSY Doctor. SINCERE in what he is doing as well.

Dr. Wesley did of course medically review my hair.
He said that my donor hair area is in superb shape and very full, very healthy.
So it has now been confirmed/verified that I am definitely a patient of his Phase-Testing (later on in the testing)
It will be an exciting time once I am scheduled.

I have no problem with the waiting time.
After all , Finasteride has been doing a good job at improving my hairs density by decent percentages.

We LOVED our Manhattan vacation!

We knew you were gonna be a patient already. Can you talk more about the phase-testing? when will you be a patient? what are the details with this? do you need to take time off of work?

[Hairismylife]

Hello everyone!!

My wife and I had recently arrived back home from our vacation out in Manhattan, NYC.

Our meeting with Dr. Wesley (at the upper east side of Manhattan) was a very good meeting!
We finally had a conversation in person and it was very positive!!
Dr. Wesley will be restarting his Phase-Testing POSSIBLY at the 1st or second week of this coming May 2015.
Now keep in mind that the restart time-frame I mentioned isn't 'written in stone' as yet.
As I have said many times before, He is a VERY BUSY Doctor. SINCERE in what he is doing as well.

Dr. Wesley did of course medically review my hair.
He said that my donor hair area is in superb shape and very full, very healthy.
So it has now been confirmed/verified that I am definitely a patient of his Phase-Testing (later on in the testing)
It will be an exciting time once I am scheduled.

I have no problem with the waiting time.
After all , Finasteride has been doing a good job at improving my hairs density by decent percentages.

We LOVED our Manhattan vacation!

Nohing exciting if he doesnt has confidence in donor regeneration.

[Artista]

Hello everyone!!

My wife and I had recently arrived back home from our vacation out in Manhattan, NYC.

Our meeting with Dr. Wesley (at the upper east side of Manhattan) was a very good meeting!
We finally had a conversation in person and it was very positive!!
Dr. Wesley will be restarting his Phase-Testing POSSIBLY at the 1st or second week of this coming May 2015.
Now keep in mind that the restart time-frame I mentioned isn't 'written in stone' as yet.
As I have said many times before, He is a VERY BUSY Doctor. SINCERE in what he is doing as well.

Dr. Wesley did of course medically review my hair.
He said that my donor hair area is in superb shape and very full, very healthy.
So it has now been confirmed/verified that I am definitely a patient of his Phase-Testing (later on in the testing)
It will be an exciting time once I am scheduled.

I have no problem with the waiting time.
After all , Finasteride has been doing a good job at improving my hairs density by decent percentages.

We LOVED our Manhattan vacation!

[hairy]

What part of the video does he discuss regeneration?

[FearTheLoss]

Okay, you want to bisect the follicles with the method. And there is evidence suggesting it can result in two follicles growing at ~70%. I wonder if this will make the hair follicle degenerate quicker, do you know?

I don't see why it would. My understanding is, with this method, in the study, they bisected the follicle under a microscope and implanted both halves into a balding area of the scalp and still got 70%+ growth in both halves. However, Dr. Wesley's method, in theory, would be superior to the method used in the study as one half of the follicle would be staying in its original environment surrounded with fatty tissue and growth factors.

[Trenblastoise]

Think outside the box for a second. If you are coming up from below, you can capture the whole follicle and surrounding tissue. However, like this study states, if you bisect the follicle HORIZONTALLY, both halves are capable of producing a hair. So, if you adjust the depth the follicle is cut off at, you'd essentially be "halving" the follicle during extraction.

In this study, they bisected the follicles horizontally and got 70%+ growth from each half when reimplanted.

Okay, you want to bisect the follicles with the method. And there is evidence suggesting it can result in two follicles growing at ~70%. I wonder if this will make the hair follicle degenerate quicker, do you know?

[FearTheLoss]

Think outside the box for a second. If you are coming up from below, you can capture the whole follicle and surrounding tissue. However, like this study states, if you bisect the follicle HORIZONTALLY, both halves are capable of producing a hair. So, if you adjust the depth the follicle is cut off at, you'd essentially be "halving" the follicle during extraction.

In this study, they bisected the follicles horizontally and got 70%+ growth from each half when reimplanted.

[Trenblastoise]

And a higher survival rate as well.

Yes, and I suspect if will have very marginally better than FuT as well (some follicles on the edges will probably be damaged), and significantly better than FuE.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19438685

The study you proved states what I thought. I quote from the abstract:

"BACKGROUND:

The use of bisected hair follicles in hair transplantation has been previously reported, but the capacity of each half to regenerate the entire hair has not been clarified."

Piloscopy does not bisect hair follicles, it captures the entire hair follicle, with some surrounding protective tissue. Based on this, I am not convinced there will be any regeneration will occur in the donor area, as all of the dermal papilla will be taken with some surrounding protective tissue.


I would also like to note, that I think I read some other users study on hair follicle that the hair becomes greater propositional to the active dermal papilla. That is. if you do bisect the hair follicle, those two will individually produce weaker hairs than a full follicle. Your article states that the bisected hair follicles grow equal to each other, unless I misread it. thanks for the info however

[FearTheLoss]

Okay. I'll believe it when I get it demonstrated before me. It sounds extraordinary that you can take out all the dermal papilla, move it somewhere else to plant, and then the body will create new dermal papilla by itself in the spot you took it from.


I am aware some FuE has regeneration, and I suggest a lot of this is caused by actually missing the follicle and taking half of it, or at least enough dermal papilla to create hair. I haven't been presented with any evidence of regeneration in a spot where all the dermal papilla got taken out, it sounds extraordinary, but when if it gets demonstrated that is good news for us.

I'll in the meantime doubt it and hope the procedure will be scar less without causing significant nerve damage or a higher chance of infections.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19438685

[Hairismylife]

Okay. I'll believe it when I get it demonstrated before me. It sounds extraordinary that you can take out all the dermal papilla, move it somewhere else to plant, and then the body will create new dermal papilla by itself in the spot you took it from.


I am aware some FuE has regeneration, and I suggest a lot of this is caused by actually missing the follicle and taking half of it, or at least enough dermal papilla to create hair. I haven't been presented with any evidence of regeneration in a spot where all the dermal papilla got taken out, it sounds extraordinary, but when if it gets demonstrated that is good news for us.

I'll in the meantime doubt it and hope the procedure will be scar less without causing significant nerve damage or a higher chance of infections.

And a higher survival rate as well.

[Trenblastoise]

Donor regeneration is one of the advantage of Pilofocus we concern.
Scarless is indeed a big step forward tho.

Okay. I'll believe it when I get it demonstrated before me. It sounds extraordinary that you can take out all the dermal papilla, move it somewhere else to plant, and then the body will create new dermal papilla by itself in the spot you took it from.


I am aware some FuE has regeneration, and I suggest a lot of this is caused by actually missing the follicle and taking half of it, or at least enough dermal papilla to create hair. I haven't been presented with any evidence of regeneration in a spot where all the dermal papilla got taken out, it sounds extraordinary, but when if it gets demonstrated that is good news for us.

I'll in the meantime doubt it and hope the procedure will be scar less without causing significant nerve damage or a higher chance of infections.

[Hairismylife]

That's not what I read into it. As far as my understanding goes, the doctor is working on small sessions now. And he will continue to do that for a while, and slowly go for larger and larger sessions.

It sounds to me it will take a very long time before it is really released, and then the surgeons have to adapt to it. I'd say easily 4 years. But, I might be a little too pessimistic.



I don't know about this "donor regeneration" it doesn't make much sense to me. If you are taking the entire follicle, all the dermal papilla which produce the hair, how will there be regeneration?
It didn't sound like that was even a point for the doctor. It's all about a scarless, effective and safe procedure.

Donor regeneration is one of the advantage of Pilofocus we concern.
Scarless is indeed a big step forward tho.

[Trenblastoise]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EwHqgnvK-g&t=31m30s

So according to the interview small sessions will be available late 2015, an early 2016. Is it safe to say that we can see normal 2000+ piloscopy sessions by summer 2016?

That's not what I read into it. As far as my understanding goes, the doctor is working on small sessions now. And he will continue to do that for a while, and slowly go for larger and larger sessions.

It sounds to me it will take a very long time before it is really released, and then the surgeons have to adapt to it. I'd say easily 4 years. But, I might be a little too pessimistic.

A very good news!
Donor regeneration possible?
And the price?

I don't know about this "donor regeneration" it doesn't make much sense to me. If you are taking the entire follicle, all the dermal papilla which produce the hair, how will there be regeneration?
It didn't sound like that was even a point for the doctor. It's all about a scarless, effective and safe procedure.

[Hairismylife]

A very good news!
Donor regeneration possible?
And the price?