One of the pioneer's of the next generation in hair cloning research is having a meet and greet with anyone interested in learning more about their Follicular Multiplication procedure and Hair Multiplication. Events will be held in Los Angeles & San Francisco in February, and Orlando & Miami in March - and you're invited...
Dr. Gho and his team have long been working on a procedure that research teams
here in the US and Europe have only begun to look into, called Follicular Multiplication.
The goal of this procedure is to take current hair transplantation to another
level, by eliminating two of its major limitations: Sufficient Donor Hair, and
Scarring.
If
you're interested in attending, simply email info@ghoclinic.com,
tell them in what city you'd like to attend, and request your confirmation
number.
Dates and Cities
Meet & Greet sessions in Florida :
Orlando: Saturday, February 21st, 2004 Miami: Sunday, February 22nd, 2004
New meet & greet session for the West Coast on the following dates.
Los Angeles: Saturday, March 20th, 2004. San Francisco: Sunday, March 21st, 2004
When they receive the required information, you will receive a confirmation by
E-mail with a unique participation number, as well as the exact location and time
of the session. You have to bring this confirmation E-mail to the Meet & Greet
session, because this is your admission ticket.
Dr. Gho Meet and Greet
Dr. Gho is one of the pioneers in follicular and hair cloning technology, and he and his
team are holding a meet and greet in four cities in February and March 2003, now
including Miami and Orlando, Florida along with the previous Los Angeles and San
Francisco locations.
These events will last approximately 2 to 3 hours. Dr. Gho will give several presentations.
The first few presentations will focus on the scientific background of the GHO method (or Follicular Multiplication) and its results. This
will take around 1 hour. Each presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.
After the break, the scientific background of Hair Multiplication (follicular
cloning) will be revealed. No results or confidential information relating to
this proprietary technology will be revealed during the presentation.
The "Meet & Greet" session is a free seminar intended for the general public or
prospective patients who are interested in learning more about Follicular Multiplication
and Hair Multiplication. Hair transplantation doctors and professionals in the
hair restoration industry who would like to meet with Dr. Gho are advised to contact
us directly to arrange a private meeting during Dr. Gho's visit. Such doctors
can email info@ghoclinic.com for information.
Seats are LIMITED. Registration is mandatory. A photo
ID is required for admission. Anyone wishing to attend this event must
register in advance and be prepared to bring a photo ID for admission to the venue.
These rules will be strictly observed. No exceptions will be made.
Simply email info@ghoclinic.com, tell
them in what city you'd like to attend, and request your confirmation number.
If you are interested in personal advice, please scan in photos of your hair (frontal,
top, back), fill out the form below, and email it to them. This will help them
give more useful advice about the possibilities of Follicle Multiplication for
you.
Personal Review with Gho - Questionnaire Form:
If you are only interested in meeting Dr. Gho and want to know more about the
scientific background of Follicle Multiplication, you don’t have to send pictures
or the above form.
A special note from Dr. Gho - February 4, 2004
"We have decided to change the name of Follicle Transplantation to FOLLICULAR
MULTIPLICATION. We did this for two reasons. First, due to an improved process,
we are able to get a more consistent rate of multiplication of the follicles.
Secondly, due to improved instruments we are able to extract an average of 400
grafts per session. We have only missed this number in the cases where there is
scar tissue involved, the patient exhibits excessive bleeding, or when patients
have not arrived to the clinic on time. At this time our current rate is between
400 to 450 grafts each session.
However, there is still a difference between FOLLICULAR MULTIPLICATION and HAIR
MULTIPLICATION. With FOLLICULAR MULTIPLICATION we don’t culture cells, and therefore
this procedure is more very time-consuming and labor intensive. However, this
technique *is* already available as a regular treatment. With HAIR MULTIPLICATION
we culture cells, and this technique is still not consistent enough to offer it
as a regular treatment."
A Little Background
Traditional transplantation techniques include the removal of a strip of scalp from the lower-back of the head, which contains follicles that are not, and never will be susceptible to DHT or other causes of male pattern baldness. The remaining skin is then stitched together and allowed to heal, usually leaving minimal scarring. That small strip contains the maximum number of hairs that can be transplanted to the front of the scalp. Once its exhausted, you're done, whether or not the front is as thick as you like it. This is where the issue of sufficient donor hair comes in. A second procedure can be performed including yet another strip excision and stitching of the back of the head, but finding an alternative to these methods is no doubt on the priority list for patient and doctor alike.
The most recent evolution in hair transplantation includes localized removal of follicles from the back of the head, instead of using strip excision. This eliminates the need for stitching and is a slight step up in the ladder towards minimizing the surgical aspect, but it does not resolve the issue of donor hair limitations.
Follicular Cloning
There are no doubt going to be several names for this procedure, as several groups
are researching it, but Dr. Gho and his team at the Gho Clinic in the Netherlands
have recently changed theirs from "Hair Multiplication" to "Follicle Multiplication".
There is currently one of the most well financed teams in the world researching
the same or similar technology under Dr. Ken Washenik at Bosley Medical, and a
handful of other teams including Jahoda
and Christiano under the Kirsch Foundation and the Dr.
Carl Bazan's DP HM Procedure which are all currently under development.
Whatever it ends up being called, Follicular Cloning will not only enable transplant
patients to completely avoid invasive surgical methods for acquiring donor hair,
but also provide an unlimited number of the person's own donor hairs, resulting
in potentially unlimited frontal hair thickness. How? The technology isn't perfected
yet, but the idea, in layman's terms is simple: They take a few of your existing
hairs, and create thousands more from them, externally. No knives, no sutures,
and much fewer risks. Many are considering this procedure to be the closest we
will get to a "cure" anytime this decade, and despite its potentially high cost
per procedure (possibly $35,000+), they're ready to mortgage their homes to get
it as soon as its out.
