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    I am having PRP next week and will be willing to answer questions for people

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Hey, sorry for not replying for so long (been through a very long process of selling my house and been mega busy at work).

     

    Anyway its been nearly three months now, I feel its grown a little stubble in the corners of the hairline, doesnt feel any thinner or thicker on top.

     

    I am having my next treatment in about two weeks, and then I will ask Dr Rogers for the picutres from my first treatment (I did hhave them on email, but my email got hacked). I think he will be taking pictures when I go back down.

     

    Dr Rogers said that you have the treatment done twice in the first three months, then every 8 months to a year will be fine there after.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

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    I am two weeks removed from my PRP and so far nothing really to report.

     

    There has been no shedding at all which is good.

     

    Sometimes when I run my fingers along my head (specifically the crown and corners of hairline) I think nothing is growing, and then other times I can feel more stubble so to speak (my head is shaved with an electirc razor btw).

     

    Dr Rogers has sent me my pictures, but for some reason I can't upload them :-(, as soon as I figure it out I will upload them.

     

    Finally, 'Destin', I have searched for your pictures on the hairtransplantcommunity and can't find them, any chance you cud post on here?

    I am having PRP next week and will be willing to answer questions for people

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    Just had the PRP done about 2 hours ago with Dr Rogers, was fine.

     

    They took the blood from my arm and did the centri-fuge thingy, then just almost 'dripped' it on my head a little bit at a time and went over it with a roller, did all over my head, felt like constant pin pricks (bit like having a tattoo).

     

    They did the front of my head first, then the top and crown aera round the back, had a little bit left over so asked them to do the fornt again and the temples.

     

    I know interest is starting to pick up now at the clinic, so I would get in touch asap (if people need the contatc details PM me)

     

    Am gonna be putting my pictures up when Dr Rogers sends them back to me.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Just had the PRP done about 2 hours ago with Dr Rogers, was fine.

     

    They took the blood from my arm and did the centri-fuge thingy, then just almost 'dripped' it on my head a little bit at a time and went over it with a roller, did all over my head, felt like constant pin pricks (bit like having a tattoo).

     

    They did the front of my head first, then the top and crown aera round the back, had a little bit left over so asked them to do the fornt again and the temples.

     

    I know interest is starting to pick up now at the clinic, so I would get in touch asap (if people need the contatc details PM me)

     

    Am gonna be putting my pictures up when Dr Rogers sends them back to me.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Originally posted by Destin:

    I understand a lot of the skepticism about PRP, but I have just undergone two PRP treatments through Dr. Joe Greco and I feel like they do in fact work. I am new to this forum, however, I am very active and known through another forum, if anyone wants to check on my other posts. My username is: iwannakeephair1674

     

    I think that there are way too many people focused on the "awe factor" on this forum and not appreciate what PRP actually does. I will give a little history of my hairloss regime.

     

    I am a 22 year old male and first noticed early signs of hairloss at age 19. When I first noticed hairloss I got on Propecia, lasercomb, and Nizoral Shampoo for a year. I used this for a year with pretty good results, and then I upped my dosage of finasteride incrementally to where I currently am at 7.5 mg Finasteride daily. I take 5mg at 7am and 2.5mg at 7pm. Many people ask why I do this and the reason is because the half-life of Finasteride is 4 - 6 hours and I want at least 1mg of Finasteride flowing through my body at all times. The reason being is because I want to safely inhibit as much DHT as possible. Now those might question it's safety, however, I've had my bloodwork checked and upped my dosage incrementally to see how my body is responding, including my liver plus having constant communication with my doctors. Now the reason I believe it is safe is for a couple of reasons:

    1) I get myself checked out (bloodwork) pretty frequently

    2) During FDA testing, there were safe dosages up to 100mg of Finasteride taken safely daily.

    3) Older men take the full 5mg Finasteride (Proscar) without a problem, 2.5mg is not much more

    4) People who take .5mg of Dutasteride inhibit more DHT than my 7.5mg of Finasteride, plus the long half-life of Dutasteride causes a LOT more accumulation of the drug than Finasteride does.

    5) I consulted two doctors with this and they were on board and had good communication with myself and I understood the potential risks.

    6) Finasteride is generally known to be safe because it only inhibits 5-alpha-reductase Type 2, rather than Dutasteride inhibiting both types of 5-alpha-reductase, which the importance of 5-alpha-reductase type 1 is still questionable

    7) I already had a full year on Propecia with no side effects, so my body responded well with Finasteride and I felt confident in myself that it would be worth the potential risk.

     

    -Now I'm in NO WAY suggesting anyone else does this, this is just what I felt might be best for me.

     

    -I'm a big person on maintaining the hair I have because I am very thankful for the head of hair God gave me. I have used the lasercomb since the beginning (still do) but I figured that it cannot hurt any and if it helps in the least bit of maintaining, then it's worth the one time fee of $500. Since I have been using it from the beginning, I cannot pinpoint exactly if it works or not because it could have been the Propecia I was taking, but again it can't hurt.

     

    Alright that describes a little of my history and now I will talk about my experience with PRP.

     

    I had my first PRP treatment with Dr. Greco on June 23, 2009, and I had him focus mainly in the frontal region where hair is more stubborn much like it is with Finasteride (because the frontal hairs probably has more androgen receptors than the back). Since then I noticed about a 10% increase in thickness and lighter hairs turning slightly darker. Also, new baby hairs have emerged that wasn't there before. Now if you looked at my pictures at (promotional link removed) (although I never had a transplant) you won't see a "shock factor" much like MOST people would not have a "shock factor" with a proven treatment like Finasteride. But if PRP can give similar results of what Propecia provides, then that makes it worth it alone. If it is able to maintain your hair than that is a miracle within itself. We KNOW that Finasteride works for hairloss, yet time and time again people don't really see much of a difference, because it's mostly used for maintaining, but yet we don't question the validity of it, because of research.

     

    Now, I feel like Dr. Greco has been doing the right steps in researching and don't really appreciate the harsh criticisms people give without having all of the facts. I believe he's been doing the best he has from what he had been given due to the following reasons:

    1) he conducted studies with the little money that was granted to him through the IAHRS

    2) he has been completely open with all doctors coming to him and sharing his experience

    3) he pushed it to go through a LARGE study through the IDE at one of the most renowned Dermatology places in the world located in Italy

    4) he is completely open that it's still experimental, and is very upfront in the beginning about this treatment.

    5) Some people question him because of the fact he charges money, but people must take into consideration, the supplies cost money, the centrifuge costs money, his staff costs money to perform the procedure, HIS time costs money b/c what would be his opportunity cost if this was completely free?

    6) He has truly researched PRP to such great extent, you would realize this if you would talk to him within 5 minutes. He consistently looks at the science of PRP and regularly communicates with experts on the subject and collaborates data with them.

    7) He is totally upfront and says that this is experimental and has NOT made any false claims about this treatment.

    8) Now I have talked to OTHER patients (who aren't active in the hairloss community) that are happy with their results and they feel like it does work too

     

    So all in all, he's HELPING people and is truly genuine, but then there will always be someone to question the good doctors, which I can understand. This industry as a whole caused it on itself with years of deception, but we ARE out of the dark ages IF proper research is done.

     

     

    But all in all, I'm NOT the perfect candidate to completely give it's validity because I am, in fact, on other treatments at the same time as PRP. However, my intention was never to prove to others if PRP worked, but it was to benefit my own hair situation. However, is it coincidental that the places I had Dr. Greco focus on with PRP heavily that the hairs got darker and new baby hairs popped up. Plus I immediately noticed less fall-out of hairs, probably due to PRP putting my hair in an early anogen phase(growing phase). Although this is completely by observation and not measured I already expect that most won't believe me, but my sole purpose is to genuinely say (I have nothing to gain from this) that I feel like it DOES in fact work. I personally will continue getting this treatment done every 6 - 8 months as I just have on January 11th.

     

    So please whoever researches my pictures on hairtransplantcommunity, please be sure not to get all technical with lighting and all that and the fact that the second set of pictures were taken by a cell phone by me in his waiting room right after the procedure, as my purpose is to just simply give my own experience and opinion.

     

    Again, please be not SO quick to judge this technology until more research has come out, because it IS going to be heavily tested and investigated by the Dermatology located in Italy. But all I can say is that I DO in fact feel it has worked on me and I'm satisfied with my results, whether anyone believes me or not.

     

    I truly hope this has helped some,

    -Destin

     

    Thank you for the intelligent and informative addition to this thread.

     

    This is exactly what is needed, people giving their experience on PRP, just like I will be doing from next week onwards.

     

    If what you say happens for more people, then a lot of folk are gonna be happy very soon.

    I am having PRP next week and will be willing to answer questions for people

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    I know a lot of people have been commenting on the main PRP thread wanting to hear from Dr Feller if this really works - for a while we have not heard from him and as a result of this some people are (maybe unfairly) saying that PRP is a dud.

     

    I am having the treatment done in the UK next week - if people are interested than this thread can be used to document whether this has been a success or not - hopefully will be able to load photos up for people but at the very least I will post weekly updates with my results.

     

    I am as eager as anyone on here to see it this works or not and so I will do my best to at least inform people of how effective this is - hopefully Dr Feller may add some input to this thread too.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    I think it's a little unfair to labal this a failure because Dr Feller hasn't posted in quite sometime. Sure it would of been nice to hear from him but he may be busy with other things.

     

    I am having PRP in less than a week and I have already stated that I will keep people updated with progress - if anybody has any questions I am willing to at least try and answer them.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    i am having PRP in just over 2 weeks at dr rogers clinic in the UK - at the very least i will keep people updated with regular posts - if dr rogers takes pics before hand i will gladly post them and try to post pictures every month, i want people to know whether PRP will work for us or not

     

    if people are interested i am somewhere between an NW2 to an NW3

     

    :-)

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

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    Originally posted by hairthere:
    Dr, it has been several months since you started practicing PRP. Will we see some before and after pics in this decade?

     

    Dr. Feller did the first treatment in May. That's just five months ago--I think we can give him some more time before we go into hysterics and claim prp has failed and is a sham. keep in mind too that not all patients are going to rush into his office for follow-up visits to get their pictures taken.

     

    I am just as anxious as you guys to see results and to see if this works, but you really need to chill out. dr. feller is great at documenting his work and is also very upfront--i'm sure he will keep us in the loop on the success or failure of prp.

     

    I agree, I am just as anxious as every1 else to see more evidence that this works and to actually start the treatment, but I guess the longer we wait, the more info we will have.

     

    Good things come to those who wait.

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

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    Originally posted by spex:

    We are still waiting on the GMC to grant the relevant insurance for this treatment in the UK. You do not need fly over to Dr Feller for PRP - Get over to Bart/Bverotti at Prohair (the clinic which Dr Feller just linked to) in Brussels as they are doing it if you are not able to wait for the treatment here in the UK.. much easier than travelling all the way to NYC and less cost of travelling. I believe Prohair charge 500 euros approx ??500 for a treatment.

     

    Hi

     

    That cud possibly be an option.

     

    Do you know what their website address is or have an e-mail address, cant find anything on Google for them.

     

    Thanks

     

    BTB

    First PRP treatment in New York-Dr. Alan Feller

    in Open Hair Loss Topics

    Posted

    Originally posted by Dr. Alan Feller:

    I'd like to thank Bverotti for the following video of a PRP patient from his clinic:

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCJ30dioH0E

     

    great video, makes me just want to get the prp done

     

    Dr Feller, I have a couple of questions, first of allis it working well in the hairline/temple area?

     

    Also I live in the UK and have been speaking with Spex, still no definite start date in the UK, I am going to wait until the end of the year and then if still nothing over here, will consider flying to New York, how long is the waiting list?

     

    Hope to hear back from you soon.

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