Article on piloscopy...

[Tenma]

Thanks for posting Dr. Wesley. Like many, i'm following Pilofocus with great interest.

One quick question: ¿could we expect some % of donor regeneration with this new technique?

[Artista]

Im glad to see that you had some time to post here Dr Wesley!
I look forward to our phone chat later on.

Im also glad that you had contacted/Skyped Spencer Kobren over the weekend as well! --
Like you-He is a also good man and he tries his best to inform and give good advise to all hair loss SUFFERERS!
Especially our communities youth which really needs to be educated with objectivity and not by emotions!!

[Carlos Wesley, MD]

Good morning. My apologies for not having the time to provide frequent postings regarding piloscopy and the progress Pilofocus has been making. I did, however, have an in-depth Skype conversation with Spencer Kobren over the weekend during which I gave him an updated report of instrument design and continued clinical progress.

[hellouser]

I'd say it will be for sure. I'm expecting to see 50%+ regeneration from the procedure. Granted, I'm only making an educated guess based on scientific studies I've read, but I'd expect to see a lot of people going 10k grafts plus. If the average person has 6-8k grafts (according to dr cole) we should see nw6 patients getting well over 10-12k or more.

However, this is all educated speculation. We must wait to see the results of the next phase study with Dr. Wesley. It'd be great to see nw6 patients saying "I used to be a nw6, now I'm a nw2." Look at some of the nw6 to nw2 transformations from Hanson and wong or Dr. Rahal...now picture that with the ability to harvest more (because of no scarring) AND regeneration. I think pilofocus has the potential to make a lot of people happy. *fingers crossed*

12,000 grafts is effectively a CURE. Why?

Average size of NW6 scalp is 200cm/2. To fill that at the bare minimum 35 grafts/cm2, you need 7,000 grafts. For solid density (but nut ridiculously thick) you need about 55-60 grafts/cm2, so around 11-12,000 grafts.

[FearTheLoss]

I know that this is still being researched but,

You mention NW6's.. is being able to bring a NW6 to say a NW3 a legitimate possibility using this procedure?

I'd say it will be for sure. I'm expecting to see 50%+ regeneration from the procedure. Granted, I'm only making an educated guess based on scientific studies I've read, but I'd expect to see a lot of people going 10k grafts plus. If the average person has 6-8k grafts (according to dr cole) we should see nw6 patients getting well over 10-12k or more.

However, this is all educated speculation. We must wait to see the results of the next phase study with Dr. Wesley. It'd be great to see nw6 patients saying "I used to be a nw6, now I'm a nw2." Look at some of the nw6 to nw2 transformations from Hanson and wong or Dr. Rahal...now picture that with the ability to harvest more (because of no scarring) AND regeneration. I think pilofocus has the potential to make a lot of people happy. *fingers crossed*

[Javert]

I have higher hopes for pilofocus than anything else coming our way in the next 5 years. The science supporting consistent and substantial donor regeneration is there. I know sometimes theory and practice don't mirror each other perfectly, but I'd be willing to bet we are going to see substantial, proven regeneration from Dr. Wesley's technique by this time next year. I think this advancement in surgical hair restoration is going to benefit a lot of people and for the first time we will see average nw6's getting amazing results given the time and finances available to them.

Here's to 2015 bringing great results from pilofocus, bim, cb, histogen and Replicel!

I feel exactly the same. Here's hoping for the absolute best!

[Artista]

Hi Justin! It is quite possible my friend. We all just must be very patient.
Once Dr. Wesley pulls me into the phase testing, we will all be updated!!
Stay positive my friend.

[Justinian]

I have higher hopes for pilofocus than anything else coming our way in the next 5 years. The science supporting consistent and substantial donor regeneration is there. I know sometimes theory and practice don't mirror each other perfectly, but I'd be willing to bet we are going to see substantial, proven regeneration from Dr. Wesley's technique by this time next year. I think this advancement in surgical hair restoration is going to benefit a lot of people and for the first time we will see average nw6's getting amazing results given the time and finances available to them.

Here's to 2015 bringing great results from pilofocus, bim, cb, histogen and Replicel!

I know that this is still being researched but,

You mention NW6's.. is being able to bring a NW6 to say a NW3 a legitimate possibility using this procedure?

[Artista]

Good posting Fear' ,,I too have high hopes for Pilofocus too. (cant wait to be a part of Dr Wesley's Phase Test)
I agree with this ~"Here's to 2015 bringing great results from pilofocus, bim, cb, histogen and Replicel!"

[FearTheLoss]

I have higher hopes for pilofocus than anything else coming our way in the next 5 years. The science supporting consistent and substantial donor regeneration is there. I know sometimes theory and practice don't mirror each other perfectly, but I'd be willing to bet we are going to see substantial, proven regeneration from Dr. Wesley's technique by this time next year. I think this advancement in surgical hair restoration is going to benefit a lot of people and for the first time we will see average nw6's getting amazing results given the time and finances available to them.

Here's to 2015 bringing great results from pilofocus, bim, cb, histogen and Replicel!

[mikes23]

I asked Dr rahal, he said he is not trialing it

[Artista]

Hi Javert,, Im still awaiting a call from Dr Wesley,,and no I have not heard that of Dr Rahal.

[Javert]

Hi Recidive, I did call Dr Wesley's office and asked that he call me when its proper for him to.
Hopefully Ill hear from him soon.

Thanks for the updates man! Have you heard about Rahal being involved with Piloscopy?

[Artista]

Hi Recidive, I did call Dr Wesley's office and asked that he call me when its proper for him to.
Hopefully Ill hear from him soon.

[hellouser]

I consider this a major problem. Few, especially non-sufferers, take hair loss seriously. It's considered, as the doctor said, "frivolous". I think that's a mistake. Everyone has a self image and what they value about their bodies. If you told someone a major aesthetic change to their body were going to occur, and it's only a matter of what ones they value most, they would come to see your point of view straightaway. It's just a matter of values.

I won't even talk to my psychiatrist about it because I'm pretty sure I know what will happen and I don't need the invalidation. Plus I try to keep it under wraps in my immediate social circles because for me it is a very, very private issue that I don't want to discuss with most family or friends. Am I clinically depressed with co-occurring anxiety and paranoia? Absolutely. That doesn't make how I feel invalid though. Part of what exacerbates my depression is hair loss. When I got on finasteride, I felt so much better because I knew I was doing something about it.

It's unfortunate that the article portrayed hair loss as it did, as "frivolous", but I just chalk it up as a symptom of a culture that lacks empathy for sufferers.

Hey dude,

Where in Canada are you? I have a feeling if you're in Toronto area, it doesn't surprise me because the GTA is extremely superficial. I'm not sure if the hypergamous women here can be found anywhere else in the world. The fact that we're cursed with this disease in a city based on such shallow expectation is no place for us to be.

I'm very much the same wiht social circles and keeping it under wraps, only ONE of my best friends knows about my situation. My mom, dad and sister are all aware though but they keep quiet. What's worst about this is that opening up about it to anyone renders further humiliation rather than sympathy. I really have no idea why something like baldness is the ONLY allowable disease to be mocked. Acne, obesity, etc. and almost all other 'aesthetic' deficiencies are exempt. But why baldness? Is it because its the only one that affects men? It's very obvious that men don't exist ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZAuqkqxk9A ) so perhaps the culture change in the last 20+ years has cast out bald men into a gutter class of society like common circus freaks? But... how did it start? Any change for this will be useless, it'd take decades and by then we'll be much too old to give much of a damn, and many of us will be dead anyway, having walked on this planet for a brief time whilst being crippled and experiencing the worst life has to offer.