Reader Doesn’t Think ACell Will Work
I don’t believe that A-Cell will work. Is there actually any proper evidence of this technology working anywhere? It seems to be just that guy with the finger which I am unsure whether has been exagerrated/fabricated. Other than this it feels like all hype.
Also, it seems like when you pluck these hairs, you have to take out so much of the hair that logically thinking I’m not even sure if they will grow back the same thickness (if at all). Now I know people will come back with how they wax their legs, chest, arms or even their head regularly and they always grow back, but I seriously doubt that when a normal person plucks/waxes, they are extracting the amount of tissue required to perform the A-Cell procedure.
In addition, Jerry Cooley states in his presentation on one slide: “you can see the thicker FUE grafts vs the thinner plucked hairs” – so this really isn’t what it is being hyped up to be?
This unfortunately to me feels like just another method of doing a standard hair transplant. Maybe it will infact become the common way as it appears to allow it to be done without any scaring at all, but right now it looks like you would actually be worse off using A-Cell method over current methods, as the hairs at the donor and recipient region will grow back thinner, that is if they grow back at all.
I don’t know of Dr Cooley’s reputation, but from watching his presentation this just doesn’t seem that impressive. The only way it might work is using beard hair that thinned out during the process and ended up like scalp hair, but even then if this worked perfectly is it really a cure? You can’t do whole units and can you control the direction?
Perhaps you are right, but in the spirit of scientific research we have to try. That is one reason why we are trying to conduct formal IRB approved clinical research. It will either prove or disprove the concept.
The hope is that the plucking approach will yield more hair than moving the hairs around with traditional transplantation. The fact is that not only us (NHI), but the entire hair transplant surgeon community needs to be able to replicate this technique to stand up to the test.
It seems like the original poster is wishing for this to fail. I even read one message from a poster on another forum who uses no hair loss meds and just has a maturing hairline telling people it’s a scam!
if it is such a scam why are so many reputable doctors exploring its uses?
I for one will wait to see what the research brings.
Uhhnnn…. Looks like Dr Cole sent a message to this blog.
But obviously do not identify hinself.
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I asked this question. I want this to work, but I dont like having my hopes built up by hype only for it turn out it never had a chance of working.
I don’t understand why people say hair transplant surgeons feel threatened by this method, as if it does work, surely there WILL be more work for them to make money from, as people might well be transplanting 15000 hairs rather than 2000.
The fact I see what this procedure involves, and the presentation, I don’t believe that logically this should work. You aren’t just plucking a hair with tweezers, you are basically ripping half the root out underneath. In addition, nobody has been able to show me proper evidence of A-Cell actually working ANYWHERE. How can I be sure that this does anything?
Baker, didn\’t Dr Cooley claim in his presentation that the donor site completely regrows after the hairs are plucked ? if so, why would he lie about that ? Personally, i find it bizarre that he would present his \”autocloning\” results without checking if the donor site even regrows as it would defeat the whole purpose \”autocloning\”
I think “logically” you’re not a scientist or a doctor. So logically what you think doesn’t really mean a whole lot. I had a HT from Jerry and trust him implicitly.
It’s like contempt prior to investigation.
For me. Logically nobody would be investing in this research if they didn’t imagine it being possible. The doc here has even admited in previous posts that he’s a capitalist and in this particular instance I’m all for em!! Go capitalist go!!!
At least we have a hope… that sometime, in the future, humanity will have what it takes to find a cure for this cosmetic problem. So why the hell should we doubt what Dr. Cooley has stated? Let’s just hope he’s right!