Reader Says ACell Plucked Hairs Grew For Him
Saying ACell doesn’t work for hair multiplication is spreading misinformation. Sure, it didn’t work for you. Meanwhile, Dr. Cooley continues to do the procedure on a weekly basis with spectacular results. I am living proof that it works. He implanted over 1000 plucked hairs and most if not all regrew in and behind my hairline. The trick is I still had some hair in the recipient area. What Dr. Cooley has said is that it does not work on completely bald scalps.
Thanks for sharing. As I’ve written before… as far as I’m aware, no doctor has been able to reproduce the ACell results claimed by Drs. Hitzig or Cooley.
If results are not repeatable except by one person who is promoting something for large amounts of money, it’s questionable science. Science is based on repeatable results and peer reviews. Any reasonable Doctor would be skeptical.
Other doctors have reason to be ‘skeptical’ because this new relatively non-invasive procedure would render much of their practice obsolete. Veteran doctors, set in their ways, don’t like to learn new tricks.
Dr. Cooley has a sparkling reputation and doesn’t even advertise his hair multiplication procedure because he first wants to perfect it. He has spent over two years now improving his methods to the point where the procedure is remarkably consistent.
I am told he’s releasing a catalogue of Acell/plucking results in the next few months. As for me, I’m going in for Round 2 this year. It’s the real deal folks.
Yes, skepticism is good, and I understand Dr. Rassman’s perspective on Acell at this point.
But I must say that Dr. Cooley never struck me as a quack. I’ve seen his posts on some forums about some unorthodox issues in the hair transplant industry, such as the logic behind the efficacy taking finasteride every other day. His positions on these kinds of issues are intelligent and based on logical theory. He promotes rather mainstream approaches to dealing with male pattern baldness and does not hawk “snake oil” type products in his business.
And I must say that the theory behind the use of Acell for hair regrowth seems sound. I remember this was an accidental discovery where they doing some wound healing studies on mice, and that with Acell formerly bald skin grew back with hair and all. Acell seems to help with skin wound healing. This is where the testing in humans started.
Hopefully there is something to this, and hopefully the treatment can be at least somewhat effective with the right implementation. Maybe the plucked hairs have to be extracted just right. Maybe the acell has to be applied just right and there must still be some hair in the region so that the dormant hair follicles can be stimulated to regrow and regenerate.
Hopefully this works, but we will just have to wait and see. Cross your fingers for Dr. Cooley!