Hello: I have started this discussion at Hairsite, but I would like to bring it here too to compile more points of view. I think its a serious issue.
Dr. Gho has published an article in the "Burns" Journal, regarding his HST method of "hair multiplication". The article was accepted on Sept-2010.
In this article, Dr. Gho shows before and after photos of a patient who underwent the HST technique.
This is a female patient who is a burn victim but has no alopecia, afaik.
These Before and After photos are supposed to prove that the donor area regenerates after extraction of 3858 HST grafts (4 sessions), and thus, Gho can multiply hair.
Suppossedly, both Before and After photos show the same donor area, an area sized 15x5 cm.
People at Hairsite, particularly Iron_Man (aka Hair Robin Hood) and Stevie.Dee (aka Leeroy.Jenkins aka RichardDawkins) were enthusiastic when they saw that 3858 HST grafts (4 sessions) had been extracted from this 15x5cm donor area and resulted in almost no depletion of such donor area. Their conclusion was that Gho can indeed multiply hair, and they started to spread the "news".
But I quickly noticed something strange in these "before" and "after" pics.
When you look closely, you see that in the After photo:
-the shaved hairs grow in different direction compared to the before photo.
-and the bandage fits differently against the head suggesting a different head profile. In the before photo you see a cilindrical profile, while in the after photo you see a conical profile.
My conclusion is that the "before" and "after" photo don't show the same spot at the back of the head.
IMO, the "before" photo shows the lower segment of the back of the head, while the "after" photo shows the upper portion of the back of the head.
The article doesn't mention if the 2 photos represent different parts of the back of the head.
The article simply says vaguely that the donor area is in the occipital side of the scalp. And the article is referring to 4 patients. And the patient on the photo had 4 procedures (3858 grafts in total). It doesn't mention which areas were harvested on each procedure. But it curiously takes extra care in specifying many other secondary details.
Article in the Burns journal:
Please, see the attached photos and graphics for a better understanding.
Dr. Gho has published an article in the "Burns" Journal, regarding his HST method of "hair multiplication". The article was accepted on Sept-2010.
In this article, Dr. Gho shows before and after photos of a patient who underwent the HST technique.
This is a female patient who is a burn victim but has no alopecia, afaik.
These Before and After photos are supposed to prove that the donor area regenerates after extraction of 3858 HST grafts (4 sessions), and thus, Gho can multiply hair.
Suppossedly, both Before and After photos show the same donor area, an area sized 15x5 cm.
People at Hairsite, particularly Iron_Man (aka Hair Robin Hood) and Stevie.Dee (aka Leeroy.Jenkins aka RichardDawkins) were enthusiastic when they saw that 3858 HST grafts (4 sessions) had been extracted from this 15x5cm donor area and resulted in almost no depletion of such donor area. Their conclusion was that Gho can indeed multiply hair, and they started to spread the "news".
But I quickly noticed something strange in these "before" and "after" pics.
When you look closely, you see that in the After photo:
-the shaved hairs grow in different direction compared to the before photo.
-and the bandage fits differently against the head suggesting a different head profile. In the before photo you see a cilindrical profile, while in the after photo you see a conical profile.
My conclusion is that the "before" and "after" photo don't show the same spot at the back of the head.
IMO, the "before" photo shows the lower segment of the back of the head, while the "after" photo shows the upper portion of the back of the head.
The article doesn't mention if the 2 photos represent different parts of the back of the head.
The article simply says vaguely that the donor area is in the occipital side of the scalp. And the article is referring to 4 patients. And the patient on the photo had 4 procedures (3858 grafts in total). It doesn't mention which areas were harvested on each procedure. But it curiously takes extra care in specifying many other secondary details.
Article in the Burns journal:
Please, see the attached photos and graphics for a better understanding.
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