Recently I remembered listening to the LLLT debate which spencer kobren organized and Dr. Feller and Dr. Bauman joined.
They discussed wether LLLT works or not. I was very skepticals about lasers too, so I thought maybe Dr. Bauman was able to convince me. He wasn't.
I remember sypmathizing with you when you started laughing and whispering "Oh my god" when Dr. Bauman mentioned that he charges 5000$ for a year long treatment which provided no real photographical evidence that it works. All there is are some studies that some lasers were able to promote healing of the skin (or whatever), but that does not directly mean that it will lead to hair growth!
So what do we have now? The same DAMN thing. You offer a treatment that has shown some healing benefits and has been used for that for MANY MANY years... and now suddenly it is used as a treatment of hair growth, thanks to Dr. Greco who claims to have used PRP for many years with great success. Apperantly, with no good before and after pictures.
WAIT, we've had that before!!! OH MY GOD! Wasn't that the same thing Dr. Baumand said about his LLLT treatment? YES! LLLt has been used for decades for healing properties! He said he had been using it with great success too, but failed to show a set of pictures where REAL hair regrowth/thickening was achieved. And I remember you bashing him (and you were right) about the lack of evidence showing that this thing is working. And we haven't heard from you about that for quite some time now.
Let's see what you provided us so far.
Here we have a nice comparison:
Before and after, 2 weeks. Wait, what? 2 WEEKS? Why do you show us a before and after comparison of 2 weeks?! I know you posted several other "after" pics, but I mean, come on. 2 weeks is NOT NEARLY ENOUGH to show some hair growth benefits. I guess you know that. Why posting those pics than? Gotta love the fact that the hair is wetter in the before too. Hey, didn't Dr. Bauman use some similar lightning/hair soaked tricks?
Also wondering why you only made a single (wet) before picture, but tons of after pics (but whatever, 2 weeks. LOL!)
Ok, next one.
So, what do we have here! YAY, the same damn thing! GREAT HAIR REGROWTH AFTER 6 WEEKS, weeeeeeeeeeh!
Well, do I have to explain this? I think it's pretty obvious. Just like in the first set, ONE single before picture, several "after" pictures. the before pic is purposely combed/soaked the way that we see the WORST CASE. Look, even I can make my head look BALD in a before pic, but FULL in the after pic. Everyone can do that. Also love the way you drew circles over areas that seemed to be almost bald before, but had some long healthy hairs 6 weeks after. Hmm..
Ok, back to business. 6 weeks. To be honest, you would have fooled me too when you had written that those pictures were taken 4-6 months apart, but it's only been 1 1/2 months. Let's see your comment about those:
Quote by Dr. Feller:
"Yes, I think it is working. There is no question that the top is thicker than it was just over a month ago. Another positive note is that he hasn't experienced any loss since the treatment."
WOW, no visible loss after 6 weeks. Unless he's the "most balding" guy in the world, this is pretty... normal? Ok, thicker hair. As I said, you cleverly made his hair look bad in the ONLY before picture you provided. It would have been great if you had stayed consistend with the way you took the comparison pictures (starting by taking MORE than one "before" picture), but you weren't.
So, long story short:
Unless you're able to show us some REAL photographic evidence that this thing works, you're not much better than dr. Bauman.
If your next post is gonna show some great pictures of PRP results, than I apologize sincerly. Really! I hope you can understand my frustration as I think you have been in the same situation when LLLT was hyped 2 years ago. I'm just another young balding guy looking for some WORKING treatments.
Otherwise, you're not better than Dr. Bauman by simply taking some blood, mixing it and injecting some cells into our scalps. How much does this cost? 600-800$? I think that's even more shameless than charging 5000$ for a YEAR-treatent, including propecia+minoxidil. (This is what Dr. Bauman charges)
@petchsky: I think I made valid points, without trying to insult him. Could you tell me which argument you see as "pointless" or "unsubstantiated claims"? My post was focused on the PRP-controversy, not the surgical skills of Dr. Feller. Please, If you had a great experience with him, good for you! But don't defend him about the points I made without bringing up solid arguments yourself.