Wesley on BTT

waynakyo

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Dr Wesley has been posting updates on BTT regarding pilofocus. A lot of people are comparing his weak statement of possibility of regeneration (he made no claims) with that of Cooley while I agree with him they are different. He is not implanting plucked hairs and he is able to cleanly (from below the scalp) transect a follicle. Yet he never mentioned the study (or others) showing that transected follicles grow.


For some reason I was never able to register at BTT, anyone (hellhouser?) can relay my question to him, which is basically to ask him his opinion on the study below which shows that transected follicles grow back and if that is what he has in mind....


http://www.hairsite.com/hair-loss/im...879_file43.pdf


BACKGROUND The use of bisected hair follicles in hair transplantation has been previously reported,but the capacity of each half to regenerate the entire hair has not been clarified.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate duplicative surgery rate of success and to analyze the cell populations involvedin hair regeneration.
METHODS We screened 28 patients undergoing duplicative surgery. Approximately 100 hair folliclesfrom each patient were horizontally bisected and implanted. Upper and lower portions were stained forthe known epithelial stem cell markers CD200, p63,b1-integrin, CD34, and K19.
RESULTS Similar percentages of hair regrowth after 12 months were observed when implanting theupper (72.770.4%) and lower (69.271.1%) portions. Expression of CD200, p63, and b1-integrin wasdetected in both portions, whereas K19 and CD34 stained different cell populations in the upper andlower fragment, respectively.
CONCLUSION Duplicative surgery might represent a successful alternative for hair transplantation,because both portions are capable of regenerating a healthy hair. Moreover, our results suggest thepossible presence of stem cells in both halves of the follicle.
 

isishearmyplea

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its hellouser lol. . . dont worry i ll forward your query. have a good day!
 

waynakyo

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By the way the reason for delays from Wesley is that he also has a clinic to run in NY, I wish we could finance him (i will be in) to focus more on pilofocus... but very hard to raise that kind of money...

Even without regeneration, in my opinion a scar and dot free procedure with a yield similar to strip would be a huge step forward. A lot of people are in a position where they are not willing to do strip (understandable) yet an FUE will not be good enough for them because of lower yield. Something Dr Feller (an honest Dr I think) has discussed in the past....

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thanks isis (isis??)
 

isishearmyplea

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yea. . the egyptian goddess. most welcome.

btw i cant post the link properly so i put in a space in the address. hope they ll figure it out. I also could not sign up at BTT, but i was using an email account that was specifically made for HairLossTalk.com and BTT. One day i just used my regular email id to make a new account and bam!! within minutes it was done, if thats the case with you maybe you can do the same.
 

2young2retire

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Waynakyo i am super interested in that study can you post a working link or upload it.thanx

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If in the study they get 72% regen then this cures almost everybody with three passes. Why not being achievable in a clinic? Arashi?Hellouser ? Not interested in this?
 
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