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I live in the LA area as well and am going forward with FUE. Unfortunately I don't find any tremendous options for FUE on the west coast. You should consider traveling to find a better surgeon: Bisanga, Lorenzo, etc.

Blake, you're the man on here!

Funny enough Gareth I was looking into Piloscopy and emailed Dr. Wesley, this was their response as of Dec 2, 2014:

Thank you for your submission and inquiry regarding the upcoming Pilofocus clinical trial.

The scarless surgery technique (piloscopy) that Dr. Wesley pioneered has received over one million Internet mentions since its inception in 2008. Thanks to a recent $2.2M research grant, piloscopy is now likely scheduled to be made available with FDA Clearance in a few months. Not only will new patients benefit from this technique, but even patients undergoing current techniques (FUT and FUE) will benefit from this novel approach in a subsequent session.

Piloscopy is still in the early clinical trial phase. A detailed description of this novel hair follicle harvesting technique may be viewed in this full-length version of Dr. Wesley's presentation that was delivered in October of 2013 to fellow physicians at the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) Meeting in San Francisco, CA (the password for viewing is "piloscopy"). Please be aware that the upcoming clinical trial will likely involve very small sessions (less than 100 grafts) at first before much larger sessions are realized the following year.

SO we can only hope and see, and like Blake suggested Science is moving at a fast rate so I expect to see a lot of new things happening in the next five years as far as HT are concerned. I only hope that Piloscopy is one of those benefits as we could see minimal to no scarring, and also an increase in FU yield and possible regeneration.

Gents,

I'm probably gonna go with Bisanga for FUE, I'm 27 and a NW2a. I've had a consultation with Rahal as well and they both quote about 2000 grafts. I'm open to FUT but I feel FUE is best for my case. I like Shapiro as well. Any advice for other FUE docs?

Hey Gents,

I've been researching for about 3 months now. I'm 27 years old, most likely going to go with an FUE as I am a NW2 - NW2a. I'm leaning towards Bisanga in Belgium, but I have also consulted with Rahal, and Shapiro. I'm open to FUT but feel FUE is better for my circumstances.

Any advice?

I'm 27 years old, and I'm trying to think conservatively down the line, but is it possible lets say I get a 2000 graft hair transplant now, 14 years from now by the time I'm 40 there will be sufficient advancements enough in stem cell therapy and hair manipulation as to not be so concerned now?