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It’s a product made in Korea which you can actually buy yourself.
The study states:
“We used a commercial product containing protein solution from adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium (AAPE; Prostemics, Seoul, Korea). AAPE® was well studied in the previous report and it contains various growth factors or cytokines such as hepatocyte growth factor, fibroblast growth factor–1, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, interleukin 6, vascular endothelial growth factor, and transforming growth factor β3.”
So it’s like a growth factor cocktail on steroids.
Now onto the study...
Adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium was intradermally injected in 22 patients (11 men and 11 women) with alopecia. Patients received treatment every 3 to 5 weeks for a total of 6 sessions. Hair numbers were counted using trichograms before and after treatment. A half-side comparison study was also performed in 10 patients (8 men and 2 women). Results: Hair numbers were significantly increased after treatment in both male (including those without finasteride administration) and female patients. In the half-side comparison study, the increase in hair numbers was significantly higher on the treatment side than on the placebo side.
The number of hairs increased significantly after treatment in both male (n = 11) and female (n = 11) patients (Fig 2). The mean increase in the number of hairs was 29 ± 4.1 in male patients and 15.6 ± 4.2 in female patients. No significant difference was observed between men and women. In male patients, groups with (n = 6) and without (n = 5) finasteride administration were compared. The number of hairs increased significantly after treatment in both groups (Fig 3). No significant difference was observed between groups with or without finasteride administration. Representative clinical courses are shown in Figure 4 (a male patient) and Figure 5 (a female patient).
Treatment with adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium was effective, even in patients who did not take finasteride. We believe that this treatment may offer an alternative to finasteride administration and thus appears particularly useful for female patients. Although no significant difference in improvement of alopecia was seen between male patients treated using adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium with and without finasteride administration, we got the impression that the combination of adipose-derived stem cell-conditioned medium and finasteride is preferable to single treatment. The combination therapy was effective in our previous study as well.6We believe that hairs are regulated by various factors, including androgen and cytokines. The efficacy of combination therapy should be elucidated in a future study.
So if you are interested in trying this yourself, you will need to get yourself a meso gun or pen, or know how to inject your scalp using an insulin syringe. It’s not hard - just remember no deeper that 3mm and inject at as close to 180 degrees as possible, because it will hurt a lot less.
Now, you can read more about the product and how/where to purchase here
http://www.buykorea.org/product-details/stem-cell-cosmetics-aape-skin-and-hair-ampoule--3021205.html
Although I’m sure there are other ways to purchase. If you order, MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IF THIS IS PROHIBITED BY CUSTOMS IN YOUR COUNTRY. I myself have just gone through this in Australia and it’s an enormous hassle trying to get my very expensive product back.
Anyhoo, thanks for reading.
