mike

This is what I know about the Woods Technique.I understand this is a controversial method, but it seems promising. Bernstein thinks it's bogus, and he may be right, but it's still unknown how it's exactly done. As I understand "transection" (i believe that's the term) could be a problem. In other words it would be very difficult to remove follicular units from the back of the head one by one with out damaging the follicules. The strip method is easier to disect into follicular units because microscopes are used along with lighting that shines and luminates the skin fat to see the actual folicule to prevent hitting it with the knife. I have no idea how the woods method could remove the graft with certainty, and some people call it blind harvesting. Woods claims to have worked on and perfected this method over the last 10 years, and will not educate the other HT doctors on how to successfully do this proceedure. So of couse the other doctors in this field are skeptical, and maybe a little offended by his not sharing the knowledge. So... my opinion is to research it as much as possible. I would love to believe it works. Good luck [This message was edited by Pat - editor and "Recovered Bald Guy" on November 15, 2001 at 12:43 PM.]