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What happened to Dr Bloxham's trials ?

9 hours ago, Fox243 said:

Even if I knew, I wouldn't be able to share anything publicly that he has not shared.

I feel Dr Bloxham is waiting for 12 months as it takes 12 months for scars to mature. So right move in my opinion. Just three more months.

On 4/28/2024 at 2:17 AM, DrTBarghouthi said:

Hi guys,

Hope you’re all having a lovely weekend. Just few updates regarding the last trial and some other issues.

1. The patient came back for his monthly follow up. He is doing well in general. The hair was quite long so the photos weren't showing the areas clearly but I did take photos and it shows typical FUE healing although I did feel them to be slower than surrounding ones (similar to how they behaved in the first trial). They still looked red and demarcated, while in other areas -where No Verteporfin was injected- they started to look like typical scarred tissue. I have asked him to come back so we can clip the donor again sometime this week or next week. He just has some event he needs to attend prior to shaving it again. I will take more photos when he gets back so I can share them. I think clipped hair will show the areas better. 
 

2. I am invited to present about Verteporfin in the upcoming WFI workshop in May. Hopefully this will spark more interest in further studies with colleagues. 

3. I am considering another trial mostly regarding old FUE scar extraction. 

4. I’m also glad to share that I will be doing consultations and performing surgeries on a regular part- basis at the Westminister Medical Group in Harley street-London. 

Thank you again for all the feedback 

@DrTBarghouthi thank you for considering doing a fue scar revision. I think it is the best step forward as no one will be able to say that there is transection or play of light. Where there is FUE scar there is no hair, so excising the scar and injecting verteporfin would be a really efficient test.

7 hours ago, Shadman said:

Did you face any sides with any of those ? 

No side effects. 6+ months of use. 

2 hours ago, Bandit90 said:

Cheers mate! Probably worth sharing the photo of my hair shaved down just before my third sitting. given the area had just under 6k grafts taken from it at the time of the photo, it looks in reasonable shape. TBH I don't think id have any issues shaving down to a zero guard and drawing attention from general public.  Dr Sethi told me that the two techs who do the all the extractions at the clinic have been specialising in this for the past 12 years, which I really like. Also probably explains why they have good donor management. 

I cannot see the scars.

1 hour ago, Shadman said:

I've been using one single topical solution. Which is a combination of 5% minoxidil & 0.1% finasteride solution. I want to see how I'm responding to topical finasteride. I did face sides with oral finasteride. 

I've used it, its not very effective. .25% gel is slightly better.

20 minutes ago, Shadman said:

@Petroholic my experience with oral minoxidil was great I was on 2.5 mg of oral minoxidil for eight months. 

Keep us updated about your progress

Are you no longer on oral minoxidil ?

23 minutes ago, sansi said:

In case verteporfin doesn't work on older FUE scars, probably this can be solution ?

Trial was done on hypopigmented scars.  "All 21 subjects exhibited excellent to complete repigmentation of more than 75% of the hypopigmented scars. More than 90% repigmentation was observed in 17 patients. The mean duration for repigmentation that the subjects were satisfied with was 5.5 months. No adverse effects or recurrence instances were observed. Motorized micropunch grafting is an effective and promising alternative treatment for repigmentation of hypopigmented scars."

SST. Skin seeding technology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1346-8138.17216

Which doctor is going to be willing to do this. More importantly which doctor will not botch this up ? 

If your going to do FUE in donor scars then might as well get body hair into FUE scars or SMP if it won't fade from scars.

54 minutes ago, dba said:

@bigmistake how bad n where would the scarring come up to?

Thank you by the way 

Scarring depends from person to person and skill of the clinic. 

In this example, there is no visible scarring:

And if you look up Mr Rolandas Microneedling on YouTube, you will see that his scarring is a lot worse although he also went to a really good clinic. 

So even if a doctor does his or her best one may get scarring. 

Don't get an HT if you don't want to touch finastride.

On 10/14/2022 at 1:25 PM, Bandit90 said:

Hope these help!

What is amazing is that there are no FUE scars visible. This is some Zarev level work. Really shows the top tier quality technicians at Eugenix.

2 hours ago, dba said:

Hi everybody , I know I'm playing with fire, however I'm set that I'm not wanting to take finasteride thats for sure I've seen quite a few cases with insane results with no meds.

@Stewie how long will my hair transplanted hair last ? With nothing

Im having surgery with Dr Arika Bansal in 2weeks.

is there anything else I can take other than finasteride or hormone messing around stuff?

If you tell that to Eugenix they will book you a return ticket themselves. 

Your donor is also susceptible to baldness. So they take out grafts from the donor and give you scarring, then there is baldness in the donor and the scars start to show, what are you going to do then ? 

On 4/13/2024 at 2:10 AM, DrTBarghouthi said:

Hi guys,

Just to clarify a couple of things to some respected members of this group:

1. The Full FUE patient’s wish was to remain anonymous. He shares videos and photos with me and we both are pleased with how his donor looks. Nonetheless, these are photos and videos shared by him and have no scientific basis that I can use as validation or proof. At this stage, we want to provide as much objective evidence as possible. Sharing videos and photos of the full  FUE (even if patient allows) based on patient photos isn’t scientific and could be seen as feeding the hype for monetary reasons and to encourage more patients to do it. He could simply be having great donor healing with or without Verteporfin.

2. Furthermore, as we are trying to gain more momentum and doctor involvement, I thought that a more detailed trial using better photography and site marking would give us a more scientific approach than the first trial. It also allowed me to increase the doses used without having to cover large areas. 
3. My current intention is to get scientific trials to go ahead and advance. This takes time and takes on a scientific approach rather than just feeding the hype. If the intention behind this was to raise money only, then the way I’m approaching this would be completely different. In our industry, we make money by attracting patients. I’m currently trying to attract Doctors. 

Dr Barghouthi, we really appreciate all you have done for us. Please don't be disheartened by all the negative comments. I understand scientific clinical research takes time, patience, and money. 

We are all very thankful for your efforts. 

We hope to see further progress in verteporfin, also is there any chance that a very small FUE scar repair can be attempted with verteporfin ? It can be a very small trial similar to what was done in the last trial, just 10-20 FUE scar punch outs injected with verteporfin. The goal won't be to grow hair but to minimize scaring.

I'm currently 30, your hair loss is very similar to mine when I was 27, I am now NW6-NW7, your hair can still be revived with dermarolling + oral minoxidil + topical finastride. You can almost become a NW2. 

Don't get a HT without Fin. 

1 hour ago, Shadman said:

I think 1500 grafts would be manageable, as you've mentioned above

I don't think 1500 grafts would be enough. I was disappointed when they said this number after looking at my donors trimmed pics.

40 minutes ago, Shadman said:

@bigmistake is this your condition after trimming your donor ?

Yes trim with zero guard.

I am a Norwood 6-7 in need of a repair. What do you guys think of the condition of my donor ? Consulted with a very reputed clinic they suggested 1500 scalp grafts via FUE and 900 beard for the front.

On 4/8/2024 at 2:03 AM, Approach said:

Via video consultation, Dr. Pittella said he can restore my NW 7 head.  He seemed confident.  There is a caveat though.  He said, although my donor area is poor, he estimates he can remove up to a few thousand grafts from the back of head.  As well, he will need to remove nearly every beard hair on my face & neck.  (He can leave enough hair to grow a goatee.)  Specifically, my question is:  If "you" were in a situation like mine, would "you" proceed or not? and *Why?   Thank you!  

 

 

Have you had a transplant previously ? 

On 4/8/2024 at 8:46 AM, Gatsby said:

If you buzzed this right down and added SMP it would look really good in my humble opinion. 👌

That's what I am planning to do now. Get a SMP for my FUE scars and move on. But I have heard that SMP does not stick long in scar tissue. Although yours lasted for five years or so.

5 hours ago, Tonyyy said:

Yes, the time it takes for the wound to scab is probably 10 days, I just want to see if injecting Vert will make any difference in healing, I heard that if the scabbing process is slow then Vert will work.

wounds take 12 months to heal, you should watch out for Dr Bloxham's updates, if it works on FUT scars then it will work on FUE scars as well.

Its just been two weeks, its a bit early. I would also like to see FUE scar repair case.

On 4/29/2022 at 7:17 PM, RTC said:

Sun will make it fade

Probably lots of sweating too although this is just speculation

Mine seemed to fade after about a year, and I wore caps and sunblock always (it was still there, just didn't seem as strong)

Do you mean SMP in the scar tissue ?

On 3/10/2024 at 12:42 AM, rkd4084 said:

I am trying to complete my SMP look but my scar is still red from scar revision surgery at Hasson and Wong. Anybody have suggestions on how to speed up the process of the scar being red and turning white so I can finish SMP on the scar?

it doesn’t appear red in pictures but it is!

Scar tissue takes 12 months to heal. If you get SMP before 12 months it will fade away quickly. As someone else mentioned try using aloe vera and don't get an SMP before 12 months.

Can't you just grow the front out really long and try to cover the mid scalp with that ?

It feels like only the general public debates on this sub and there is very little doctor participation other than Dr Barghouthi.

So, how is the growth ? We would love some pics.