Article on piloscopy...

[Hemo]

hell, even 4-5 years might be aggressive. Lets see when the small scale experimental procedures actually start...

[Trouse5858]

I think some of you guys are being very optimistic about this becoming a gold standard in/by 2017/2018. Dr. Wesley is basically just beginning small transplant trials and will obviously need to expand the # of follicles used before we see if this method is substantially better than more traditional FUT. Considering it will likely take 8-12 months before we really see efficacy (AFTER the trials have been expanded, and who knows when that will happen...), it will probably be at least 2 years before other doctors even consider looking into this.

Also consider that other doctors might not adopt the method immediately, especially if it isn't significantly better than the procedures they already offer. I think we're looking at another 4 or 5 years before this is readily available outside of Wesley's and maybe other advanced clinics.

Ding ding ding. It takes a while for the HT surgeon community to all learn and perfect new methods to the point that they would be offering it as the 'gold standard' of their practice. This assumes that the method will in fact be significantly better which inevitably means it will also be more expensive for a good length of time.

[tedwuji]

I think some of you guys are being very optimistic about this becoming a gold standard in/by 2017/2018. Dr. Wesley is basically just beginning small transplant trials and will obviously need to expand the # of follicles used before we see if this method is substantially better than more traditional FUT. Considering it will likely take 8-12 months before we really see efficacy (AFTER the trials have been expanded, and who knows when that will happen...), it will probably be at least 2 years before other doctors even consider looking into this.

Also consider that other doctors might not adopt the method immediately, especially if it isn't significantly better than the procedures they already offer. I think we're looking at another 4 or 5 years before this is readily available outside of Wesley's and maybe other advanced clinics.

This is a reasonable comment and if you review my posts i also mentioned how long transplants take to materialize as a key factor in time allotment. Hemo is on point.

[tedwuji]

For the people saying 2018, you do realize this technique will be approved by the end of this year by the FDA. This should be ready by next year.

we said mainstream use.
simple fda clearance is a different subject.

also of note is they said what you are saying now early on in 2011. Things got pushed back.

[Hemo]

I think some of you guys are being very optimistic about this becoming a gold standard in/by 2017/2018. Dr. Wesley is basically just beginning small transplant trials and will obviously need to expand the # of follicles used before we see if this method is substantially better than more traditional FUT. Considering it will likely take 8-12 months before we really see efficacy (AFTER the trials have been expanded, and who knows when that will happen...), it will probably be at least 2 years before other doctors even consider looking into this.

Also consider that other doctors might not adopt the method immediately, especially if it isn't significantly better than the procedures they already offer. I think we're looking at another 4 or 5 years before this is readily available outside of Wesley's and maybe other advanced clinics.

[barfacan]

You haven't been in the game long enough, johnny boy.

[John9923]

For the people saying 2018, you do realize this technique will be approved by the end of this year by the FDA. This should be ready by next year.

[hellouser]

If Pilofocus doesn't offer a greater amount of hair in the recipient area, this changes nothing.

[tedwuji]

I think too it's going to be ~2018 for a good one, or even later. Good thing is there are many surgeons that know how to place the grafts now, so they only need to figure out how to extract.
One of these transplants together with replicel/shiseido would be great.

yeah those are some interesting points about graft placement already being in order. i agree. 2017-2018 is when we will really see the show with this (assuming it works as planned in the upcoming trials).

[Trenblastoise]

I think too it's going to be ~2018 for a good one, or even later. Good thing is there are many surgeons that know how to place the grafts now, so they only need to figure out how to extract.
One of these transplants together with replicel/shiseido would be great.

[tedwuji]

2018 for the begin of becoming the gold standard
but I really hope it will be sooner in Wesley clinic and in a few docs in the world

2017 for that.

2018/2019 for gold standard assuming everything goes as planned.

stuff like this simply doesnt happen with a snap of the fingers.

[lacazette]

2018 for the begin of becoming the gold standard
but I really hope it will be sooner in Wesley clinic and in a few docs in the world

[tedwuji]

2018.

could be.

[tedwuji]

But if it wasn't FDA approved, he couldn't clinicaly use it to test small sessions on some of his patients no?

He already done clinical trials with FDA conditions, and now it sounds more like a "real world" trial for me, without FDA supervision or whatever

these small sessions will most likely comprise part of the FDA clearance process. real world trials are part of that.

[barfacan]

2018.