HT vs Cells reactivation

[DepressedByHairLoss]

PatientlyWaiting, I totally agree with you. I can afford a hair transplant now but I will not get one. I don't like the procedure, and I don't want a permanent ear-to-ear scar on my head for the rest of my life, or little cobblestone marks from where your head was cut open. I am not convinced by the results at all since you need multiple procedures to get anything close to a full head of hair. And frankly, these procedures just really don't add a lot of hair. But if there was some kind of stem cell or cell reactivation therapy that could regrow hair, I would pay absolutely anything for it; 40,000-50,000 dollars, I don't care. Doctors, are you listening??!! If something other than scarring hair transplants is offered, many of us would pay through the roof for it!! So let's get something going!

[Flowers]

PatientlyWaiting, I totally agree with you. I can afford a hair transplant now but I will not get one. I don't like the procedure, and I don't want a permanent ear-to-ear scar on my head for the rest of my life, or little cobblestone marks from where your head was cut open. I am not convinced by the results at all since you need multiple procedures to get anything close to a full head of hair. And frankly, these procedures just really don't add a lot of hair. But if there was some kind of stem cell or cell reactivation therapy that could regrow hair, I would pay absolutely anything for it; 40,000-50,000 dollars, I don't care. Doctors, are you listening??!! If something other than scarring hair transplants is offered, many of us would pay through the roof for it!! So let's get something going!

FUE doesn't leave a scar and have you seen doctors like Cole's results? If you have good donor a HT is a pretty good option. And on a side note how many guys wear hairpieces? I know celebs do and they look great but what if you had enough donor to give zones 1,2, & 3 good density but not enough for a full crown? You could wear a piece and that's probably been some peoples' strategy. Thicken up more in the front and cover up the back

[PatientlyWaiting]

FUE doesn't leave a scar and have you seen doctors like Cole's results? If you have good donor a HT is a pretty good option. And on a side note how many guys wear hairpieces? I know celebs do and they look great but what if you had enough donor to give zones 1,2, & 3 good density but not enough for a full crown? You could wear a piece and that's probably been some peoples' strategy. Thicken up more in the front and cover up the back

See, you're gonna pay $1000s of dollars for an FUE, which if I am not mistaken is more expensive than FUT, and in the end still wear a wig just to be satisfied? Na, I will pass. But to each his own.

[Flowers]

See, you're gonna pay $1000s of dollars for an FUE, which if I am not mistaken is more expensive than FUT, and in the end still wear a wig just to be satisfied? Na, I will pass. But to each his own.

Well true, even if you don't wear the piece and leave your crown open or thin, its better than you were before the HT. But the whole idea is to have a full head back. That was somewhat hypothetical anyway because I think Acell + FUE is going to get really good in the next few years. I don't know what you're waiting for but if its HSC then have fun sitting around on forums arguing why it'll be around in "5 years". To each his own.

[DepressedByHairLoss]

I am just very against hair transplants. It is really unbelievable that there isn't better technology out there to regrow hair. I've heard that FUE still leaves permanent pockmarks all over your head from where they yank the hair out of one place and move it to someplace else. IMO, there are so many things wrong with hair transplants: 1) doesn't create any new hair, 2) creates permanent scars and pockmarks and downright excessive bleeding), 3) normally doesn't come close to giving anyone a full head of hair, 4) plenty of times much of the transplanted hair falls out. I've heard of so many stories on here and elsewhere where former hair transplant patients sorely regret ever making the decision to get a hair transplant in the first place, and wind up with permanent scars and marks all over their heads.

[Follicle Death Row]

Yeah. Simply not enough hair to really make it work. I suppose that's one of the big reasons why every balding man that can afford it doesn't go for it. Also scarring sucks. If you had the choice of your hair back or to stay bald I would think a sizeable majority would jump at the chance. I'm not interested until they can create new hair or bring back old hair. FUE with multiplication sounds interesting but I'm now becoming skeptical of Dr. Cole's purported figures.

What we need to do is create a financial prize for the first treatment that either does it by reactivation or by multiplication. Rewards always get the job done more quickly. There's a foundation called the Methuselah Foundation whereby anyone can donate to it. The idea being to kickstart the field of regenerative medicine and the study of ageing. The goal is to radically extend the lifespan of mice and thereby to develop a proof of concept for human applications. Human applications tend to follow ten years after lab results.

Spencer should setup something similiar.

[Dutch_Dude]

FUE doesn't leave a scar and have you seen doctors like Cole's results? If you have good donor a HT is a pretty good option. And on a side note how many guys wear hairpieces? I know celebs do and they look great but what if you had enough donor to give zones 1,2, & 3 good density but not enough for a full crown? You could wear a piece and that's probably been some peoples' strategy. Thicken up more in the front and cover up the back

Get the front and midscalp section transplanted, for the crown transplant a little bit and use toppik: done deal. you'll have a full head of hair if you're donor is a little bit okay.

[Flowers]

Get the front and midscalp section transplanted, for the crown transplant a little bit and use toppik: done deal. you'll have a full head of hair if you're donor is a little bit okay.

Yeah exactly and you'll be saving the grafts that most people try to use on the entire head by just focusing (realistically) on the front/mid section. Like I said, you were bald before, so now having a nice front/mid but with a bald spot in the back isn't so tragic.

[Dutch_Dude]

Yeah exactly and you'll be saving the grafts that most people try to use on the entire head by just focusing (realistically) on the front/mid section. Like I said, you were bald before, so now having a nice front/mid but with a bald spot in the back isn't so tragic.

i don't mind having a little bald patch if it means that the front and midscalp section is full and i can cover the bald patch with toppik. it's a VERY VERY VERY good temporary solution until aderans or something like that comes out.

[Follicle Death Row]

You can get good results with the FUT & FUE combo if you're willing to go for the long slog and the scar. I suppose even if this Acell plucking thing works out you could spunk all the grafts on the front and mid scalp and then work at the crown with the plucking over time.

I think they feel that the plucked hair cycles normally but they're just not sure yet whether it will succumb to DHT and miniturise.