One of the hopes is that Pilofocus will result in donor regeneration. I'm wary of claims of donor regeneration because if the donor area doesn't regenerate after extraction then your donor area gets depleted, which is a problem if your donor area doesn't have enough hair to give you full restoration.
I Don't Know What To Make Of Pilofocus
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If he can produce cosmetic results that exceed what traditional hair transplants can do, then IMO it will be refuted. I would not base my own treatment goals on this yet. Regeneration is only good if you can get the remaining DP to return to its original size.
This.
This, this, THIS.
For years the baldness community has been periodically getting our hopes up just because somebody proves they can turn one follicle into two. That has been done before and it isn't a fix. Two half-strength follicles are not an improvement over one good follicle.
Nothing is proven to work until it's growing on the head of live humans with cosmetically significant results. Period.
One thing hair websites are about is for people like us to speculate about developing treatments. Hair websites are places for collective, pro-active brainstorming and strategizing. Pillofocus is a totally different type of hair transplant so we don't know what it's regeneration capabilities/limitations are. We should find out now in advance because if it turns out that it has ideal regeneration capabilities there will be a long line to get this treatment, and he's the only doctor in the world who knows how to do it.
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+1. I think this is a good idea.
If Pilofocus can perform a high percentage of QUALITY regeneration on a consistent basis then we should find out about that. It's a totally different type of hair transplant so maybe it could achieve better regeneration than standard hair transplants can. I think HairLossTalk.com should arrange for a conversation with Dr. Wesley. If we find out it can't improve on donor regeneration then we can forget about it. But right now we don't know what to think. We're just guessing and real Information is power.
For one thing, if it has exciting regeneration capabilities lots of people might want it when it comes to market. There could be a long line for this treatment and only one doctor in the world knows how to do it. It behooves us to find out in advance if it works for regeneration so those of us who would want it could get on some kind of early list because (if it works) it should come to market in less than a year. Again, it looks like it's wrapping up phase 3 at this time.
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Why didn't we just wait for Dr. Tsuji to release information?
Why did we take it upon ourselves to put some questions to Dr. Tsuji?
I'm not saying that I believe that Pillofocus is a whopping regeneration success. I have no idea. But it's a totally different type of hair transplant so maybe that opens up regeneration capabilities that aren't available with standard transplants. For all we know it has 100% donor regeneration, which would effectively be a cure for some posters. And were ignoring it.
I think we should put together a question/answer session with Dr. Wesley so we can gather information. It's my understanding that this treatment is wrapping up a phase 3 study. That means it could be available in 2017.
Remember that many posters here are VERY depressed about hair loss. It might make some people feel better if they learn that a breakthrough treatment is coming to market in less than a year. Again, I admit that I have no idea if there's any regeneration with Pillofocus but nobody else does either. Being that it's a totally different type of hair transplant none of us know what is and isn't possible with it.
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