Was this an FUE? Forgive me for sounding a little dense, but I don't know what I'm supposed to be looking for.
"Hypopigmentation is the loss of skin color. It is caused by melanocyte or melanin depletion, or a decrease in the amino acid tyrosine, which is used by melanocytes to make melanin." Yes, it's FUE. If you've see a shaved FUE head, there are usually little white-ish dots where the grafts were extracted. Cole is saying this was reduced, a claim that I think Cooley had made during his presentation.
I don't know what he means by "hair regeneration is induced." I posted a comment on YouTube asking what he meant, but no reply yet. It'd be great if he's talking about the donor area, but he might be referring to grafts growing out quickly.
I really have no idea what game Cole is trying to play here. How does he think that regrowth is more likely following an FUE extraction than when a hair follicle is plucked?
He expresses concern that only the outer root sheath might remain after plucking (which really is just a wild guess), yet most follicular stem cells are known to be located in the bulge or dermal sheath as of today. Even the dermal pappilla has been proven to have the capability to induce hair follicle regeneration. At the same time, he states that he has proven (in his very lacking study in scientific terms btw) that minimal depth FUE extractions will leave behind enough follicular stem cells even though the whole follicle has been removed.
He also goes on to say that Cooley has demonstrated that plucked follicles grow finer than their FUE counterparts, something which has been denounced.
All these weird things really makes me think that this is more of a sour grapes thing for Cole than anything else..
Video: Acell Treated Donor Area (Dr. Cole)
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Originally Posted by whynot
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