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IMO it should regenerate hair in FUT also, but big amount of skin is being sutured into very narrow one, so regrowth would be much smaller that what was originally taken. Hair in strip line would be very good indicator of regrowth potential.

Thank you Doctor this update. You really care for people.

I am also excited to see updates from Dr. Bloxham, as the trial reached 3 months. Discord guys, do you have any word from him ?

Lets not blame anyone. The moral of this story is that postponing a trial is not a good idea. Fortunately for us Doctor doesn't give up and will produce two more trials. @DrTBarghouthi thank you for this and sorry for any negativity, I believe everyone on this thread supports you, the negativity is not against you but the long waiting game in general.

That's really sad. Dr. Bloxham's doing awesome job, but Dr. Barghouthi started this movement. With two surgeons we would have more evidence and things will be rolling faster. Silence from Dr. Barghouthi is really surprising.

Yeah, but it would be more helpful to look at higher quality photos, zoom in and out, etc. on video it is low. I think he didn't. I couldn't find.

@Melvin- Admin why do you ignore this request ? If you don't have photos or can't share them for some reasons, please just tell.

Hi @Melvin- Admin, Can you please post here photos from this podcast ?

Q&A With Dr. Bloxham Update 10/01/23 FT: Can you give us a quick recap of the study progress so far and what you’ve witnessed? Dr. Bloxham: We are basically at the two month mark right now. So I have images/video from post-op day 1 through month 2. The video I am working on now and will post asap will be post-op day 1 through month 1. I then hope to put the month 2 update up quickly and basically be caught up. Then, I can shift to monthly updates. Without giving too much away or getting into speculation, I can say two things: 1) The verteporfin is doing something. Clearly it is influencing the tissue in some manner. And with that said: 2) The treated wounds are healing differently. Now, what will this mean in the end? I don’t know. But something seems to be going on. I’ll get a little bit more into this during the 1 month update and definitely during the 2 month update. FT: From what you’ve seen so far with the verteporfin, do you have expectations of its effectiveness in hair surgery wound healing? Dr. Bloxham: It’s so early for this type of wound (in its total healing process), that it is hard to say. I can say, however, that the slower/different wound healing doesn’t seem to be harmful in any way. There was some concern initially that changing the wound healing process could result in a higher risk of infection, wound dehiscence, etc. However, that does not seem to be the case. Also, effectiveness will be a little tricky to quantify now because we really don’t have a good handle on tissue concentration yet. I went up much higher compared to other studies because I believe there will be a dose dependent response (IE: the higher the concentration, the better the response — to an extent), but we still don’t know if we are going high enough to maximize the drug’s potential.

Hi @Melvin- Admin, many of us here would like to repair the donor area. Dr. Bloxham said that there are early very promising results, and I'm pretty sure verteporfin can greatly improve donor. The major unknown is if FUE scars can be excised. (They are small, depth is not certain, and excising them has potential risks of damaging more healthy tissue. Given your connections with so many great surgeons, can you check this with them ? Thanks a lot !

Thank you @Melvin- Moderator. Dr. Bloxham's trial soon will reach 3 months mark. In case of FUT there is not much place for debates, it either works or not, and soon we will know it. You can use that as evidence(if it works) to persuade other surgeons to join.

hi @Melvin- Moderator, You deserve only respect for pushing this forward. But ... Why did you start ignoring people on this thread ?

Yeah a small one to finetune the excision technique. Theoretically a good surgeon should be able to make precise cuts, scars also are smaller than wounds both in circumference and depth, so even if new scar forms it should be smaller than the previous one. Maybe some good surgeons on this forum can answer this question.

Thank You for the answers ! The Pig trial showed that skin was in active regeneration process after 4 months, and skin remodeling usually takes a year so it's very likely first patient should have better results now. @DrTBarghouthi I am new on this forum and wanted to say thank you for being pioneer in this. Are you planning follow up with the patient ? Would be very helpful to see results in long term.

So what's the conclusion for the first trial success/failure or something between ? Last update I could find was in April, was there update after that ? Thanks

Maybe you are right about new trials, but FUE scars revision is a simple one (excise a small are and inject) so maybe worth a shot. I've spent last few hours investigating the drug and it seems very promising. Results are good enough not for shaving but for buzz cut (this white shiny dots won't stand out) which is good already. Also may become better over time. It worked on mice and pigs, two very different animals, and humans are much more similar to pigs, than pigs and mice. They used it on human skin graft and underlying mechanisms were the same. So I guess it is matter of trials and testing different scenarios improving each time.

What can we do for such trial to take place ? Maybe donations if any doctor commits to do such trial ? I guess it is easier to do than standard FUE trial. Find patient, excise some of the scars (Maybe a small area) and inject the drug.

Can fue scars be excised ?

Thank you for the answers. I watched Dr. Bloxhams updates, he says that it would be possible to tell if this works by month 3-4. So given it's 2+ months already, in max two months we will know if this works, won't we ?

Thank you, will this work also on older scars ?

Wow ! I have been searching how HT scars can be revised and found this topic. As this is very long thread, can I ask what stage is the trial ? What % improvement is expected in terms of scars/hair regrowth ? When this solution is expected to hit the market ? Would be grateful for any kind of summary. Thank you all !