Article on piloscopy...

[nameless]

Hi, all.

The Bald Truth recently posted highlights from my lecture delivered in Chicago last week at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference.

Here's the link to their thread.

Enjoy!

I can't get into the utube presentation. It says password required. It would be nice if you could make it possible for someone to see the presentation without the person having to go through a bunch of rigmarole.

[Renee]

Is it correct to say with this method there will be regeneration in the donor area?

[Occulus]

Thanks for the presentation.

There is no doubt anymore that hair follicles have the capability to regenerate.

Quote from other doc;



I'll go even as far as saying that this will be highly likely the next step in hair transplant surgery to provide a "functional cure" for everybody before regenerative therapies will set ground. At least such is my prediction. The proof of concept is there. More experimentation and work just needs to be done to achieve higher regeneration rates and yield.

I agree. It may prove easier to get follicles to regenerate than it is to grow them de novo. By developing transplant techniques that create a better environment for regrowth and combining them with protocols that encourage that regrowth, you have effectively found a cure (albeit an inelegant one). I would love to see piloscopy combined with Acell, prp or any other of the known protocols that have shown anecdotal evidence to encourage regrowth.

What else I like about piloscopy is that it leaves the scalp relatively undamaged. What has kept me from a transplant is a concern that the damage done through traditional techniques will prevent any future protocols from working due to the fibrous scaring that HTs cause. Piloscopy seems to keep that sort of damage to a minimum.

I really hope piloscopy becomes available within he next few years.

[Swooping]

Thanks for the presentation.

There is no doubt anymore that hair follicles have the capability to regenerate.

Quote from other doc;

The summary to this initial study is that transected follicles within partially transected grafts in FUE have about 50% potential to grow mature hair. In other words, only about half of the transection rate in FUE actually corresponds to amount of the wasted hair, assuming that none of the transected follicles left behind at the donor area grows back mature hair.

Interestingly, there was another poster presentation by Dr. Jean Devroye which was aimed at investigating what the growth rate is at the donor area with these transected follicles. He totally transected the top half of follicular units to find a 60% growth at the donor area. He stated that this was a bad consequence of transections. However, if we combine the two studies we actually see that there may not be any loss of hair caused by partial transections in FUE at all.

I'll go even as far as saying that this will be highly likely the next step in hair transplant surgery to provide a "functional cure" for everybody before regenerative therapies will set ground. At least such is my prediction. The proof of concept is there. More experimentation and work just needs to be done to achieve higher regeneration rates and yield.

[tedwuji]

Hi, all.

The Bald Truth recently posted highlights from my lecture delivered in Chicago last week at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference.

Here's the link to their thread.

Enjoy!

Ok

[Occulus]

Hi, all.

The Bald Truth recently posted highlights from my lecture delivered in Chicago last week at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference.

Here's the link to their thread.

Enjoy!

Dr. Wesley, that presentation was amazing. You should be very, very proud of what you've accomplished - few can claim to have changed paradigms, and that's exactly what you've done. I can only imagine how transformative this will be. I wonder if you have any plans to partner with researchers in regenerative medicine to see if the introduction of other protocols to your procedure could encourage significant donor-site regrowth?

[Artista]

Hi Dr. Wesley!
I wished that we could have met up while you were here in Chicago!
I have so much to do at home , at work and in my art studio !
Of course, once you ad me on to your Phase Testing, I WILL find time for it(of course-lol)
Cheers to you

[Carlos Wesley, MD]

Hi, all.

The Bald Truth recently posted highlights from my lecture delivered in Chicago last week at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery conference.

Here's the link to their thread.

Enjoy!

[Tomtom21]

Wasnt there supposed to be a presentation or update on pilofocus as per dr carlos wesley yesterday in Chicago? Anyone hear or find anything?

[Tomtom21]

Wasnt carlos wesley supposed to provide a presentation update of his small scale clinical trials today? Anybody have any news or links to his presentation at the 23rd isrhs today?

[tedwuji]

Nore like PillowFocus because that shit'll only be available in your dreams

LOL

best comment on this thread.

[barfacan]

Nore like PillowFocus because that shit'll only be available in your dreams

[tedwuji]

PiloFocus

[Tenma]

Thanks Tenma. My goal is to stay above baseline constantly if my hair gets worse I will just increase my regimen strength .

Its a good plan, man. Best of luck!

[Swooping]

Greats results, swoop. I saw the before and after pics and they are really amazing.

Are you planning to stay on RU only? in my opinion, a 5ar inhibitor like dut + a dht blocker should do better. DHT and T will be at castrate levels inside the HF.

thats like 20 years of good hair lol

Thanks Tenma. I'm doing a bit of trial & error with both RU & FIN now actually. Ideally I want to go for a minimum maintenance treatment. But yeah I agree DUT + RU is so strong can't possibly lose on that lol. My goal is to stay above baseline constantly if my hair gets worse I will just increase my regimen strength .