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Two years? I think this may be a bit ambitious. Eventually? Yes, I personally believe so.

 

I've stated many times on the forums that I believe donor doubling will be the "next big thing" in hair transplant surgery. The science behind the procedure is there and has been proven - though mostly theoretically - many times. However, like almost everything else in medicine, the practical application is requiring some additional work.

 

As I'm sure you're aware, Dr. Mwamba is experimenting with invitro bisection donor doubling, and Dr. Wesley reports some work with doubling via his new Pilofocus technique (though it is not quite clear whether or not this relies upon the application of ACell or not).

have you actually seen any good evidence for it though? all i've seen is what's on the pilofocius video, but that's only claimed regen evidence.

Does anyone really expect this to become achievable within the next 2 years, and actually available to use? I know Dr Wesley has reported some evidence for it, but nothing substantial as of yet.

Good question. I would think that it would fall still based on the root. But just my guess.

lets say a dht sensitive hair on top of the ehad does grow better somewhere else and responds better to drugs like fin, then in then in theory if you still have a good amount of hair on top but the drugs are not working well then perhaps all the hairs on the back and ide of the scalp could be swapped with the ones on top of the scalp.

Dr Bernstein is a well respected doctor in the industry. I am curious as to what the email said and where his thoughts are on the topic. Perhaps you should post or summarize the email.

 

I think it is worthless to guess the timeframe as to when this could be marketable. For all we know there could be something that happens tomorrow that is ground breaking. On the flip side it could never come. Guessing a time frame would just be ignorant in my humble opinion.

He talk about it on his website

The researchers have said they may look for drugs rather than cloning hair and reactivate the follicles. They said human trials could start in 3 years, but there's a lot of "ifs". Clinical trials take about 10 years, so this is at least 20 years away from being used.

Measles, polio, small pox, some cancers, penicillin has saved many lives for diseases that would have otherwise killed the pt, and the list could go on.

yeah a few vaccines have been created and saved lots of lives, but there are many other illnesses that don't have vaccines and cancer treatment has hardly changed in 50 years; still too many die from it.

If there's no money in it then they won't look for a cure.

Have a read of this

'Superbugs could erase a century of medical advances,' experts warn - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent

Has a hair from the balding part of the scalp been transplanted somewhere else, like back of head, on an arm etc, just to see if it still grows?

be interesting to see what would happen.

so why are we not more excited by Dr Cooley and Wesley's claims and evidence for hair regeneration? next year DR W will be looking into this more in his pilofocus trial.

A lot of times, I think hair loss researchers and hair restoration physicians come "under fire" for not doing enough to solve the problem and actually cure alopecia. In many ways, I think this makes sense; compared to some of the other ailments medical science has cured over the years, hair loss seems like an easy one. However, it seems like the closer we get to a permanent solution, and more we appreciate the complexity of alopecia and hair loss pathology.

 

Hair follicles are complicated little organ-oids with multiple regions of stem cell activity/niches, a variety of genetic components, hormonal-driven pathways, etc, etc. Altogether, it will take some time, research, and - in my opinion - some luck to truly "crack the code" and figure out exactly how hair loss occurs and what we can do it prevent it, restore it, or regenerate it.

have scientist really 'cured; lots of ailments though? i can't think of any. But there are treatments for many ailments.

if Steve jobs was in charge and Apple did hair then this would be out with in 2 years.

I'm sure these scientist spend most of their time at work playing Dungeons and Dragons instead of research...they're so slow.

Transparency is the key. That website is hilarious by the way.

 

Do we have any updates on what Dr Mwamba is up to?

he has said on this thread - have a look on the previous page

Dr Nigams Exposed - Home

 

 

This is no good sign.

haha - who created that?

Hey Spanker,

 

Replicel's fate, in my opinion, is still a bit unknown. They were recently infused with about $ 4 million from a Japanese company, so it will be interesting to see where that goes. However, I've heard others make similar comments about the stock. It will be interesting to see how both Replicel and Histogen progress into phase II clinical trails.

this doesn't sound too good...hope they don't go the same way as Aderans :-/

all kicking off on TBT. Is Nigam a real Doctor? why did his web developer have photoshopped photos? why doesn't Nigam ever put up good photos and keep his word?

Why does his website claim his lab is fda licenced? do the fda even have authority in India?

It could be .He has his own records and for sure he should have many pictures to show .As a scientist , I can not rely solely on pictures .That's the purpose for us to conduct a series of trial in the two sites ( Brussels and Mumbai) with the same protocol .If the results are reproducible , it will be a proof of the concept by itself .

Hello Dr Mwamba

Can you give a rough estimate of when you think you will know if the treatment works and is viable?

Thanks for your time.

Didn't Dr Nigam say he'd post photos today???????

looks very good - is he using finasteride now?

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Dr. Mwamba, after few bad experiences in life, I have made it a habit not to trust people on the basis of what they say and how flowery the things they may present. Put your hope in Dr. Nigam but do not trust him blindly. IMO, he has not even posted satisfactorily even single result of convincingly successful FUE. I do not intend to defame Dr. Nigam. Is he a weight loss specialist or hair multiplication specialist? His tall claims seem to be dubious. May be he is coming up with something revolutionary and I really hope that he comes up with that so that I do not have grapple with my hair loss and start a bad day daily after looking at my hair loss. But that does not change truth. IMO, no doctor in India has been dismissed due to medical negligence (I am not sure though). So, it is easy to question the ethics of few Indian Doctors if not all. I am an Indian and I know how things work here.

 

See the following links about Nigam:

 

Reviews of Dr. Nigam Hair Transplant Clinic, Andheri East, Mumbai | Dr. Nigam Hair Transplant Clinic, Hair Clinic reviews in Mumbai - asklaila

 

Dr Nigam - False Claims about stem cell

 

 

Please be very cautious of Dr. Nigam. I do not personally know him but at the same time, I do not smell things very good.

 

If Dr. Nigam reads this post, I will say that I am only a critic who is not sufficiently impressed with the research I have done on him. Please no offense.

i totally understand your doubts, and i will too remain doubtful until there is good proof. But Dr Nigam does seem very upfront and open for scrutiny, so he can only lose out if he is not genuine in his claims.

You just need to patient. Treating hair loss is all about patience

I'm a 48 year old female and visited Dr. Cooley's office for a consultation on having a hair transplant for thinning hair on top behind the hair line.

 

Before I left I placed a $500 deposit on an Acell/PRP injection treatment that will cost $2500 total.

 

Getting back home, i'm not finding a lot of information about the success of the procedure. In the office, it sounded like it was a proven treatment that would make my hair grow back in and increase the diameter of my current hair.

 

Looking online at different articles, I'm seeing that many doctors have stopped offering PRP treatments --- I'm assuming for lack of results.

 

Does anyone have encouraging, positive experiences with this stand alone treatment?:confused:

there was a recent study on patients with alopecia aeata that had good resuults from it,about the same as a transplants, but there doesn't see to be a lot of evidence for its effectiveness. If you go to clinical trials.gov you can look up prp trials.

why isn't dutasteride approved for hair loss? Anyone know if there is plans to make that official?

GSK are currently doing a 12 month phase 3 avodart trial using 0.5mg ED. So it could be released in 2015/16 for baldness. Im nearly 8 months in of 0.5mg of avodart ED and have seen no regrowth.

you can honestly expect a diagnosis with such poor quality photos?

if you are balding then you need finasteride - everything else is a waste of time, although minox may help

hmmm....my 'hairy' senses is telling me something is not right here

looks good. Is he using finasteride too? he still has a lot of hair so would be a shame to lose it.

poor pics. Hair looks wet in first photo.

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