ACell, Stem Cells and PRP- Are We Really Getting Closer To a Cure For Hair Loss?
January 28, 2011
According To Gary Hitzig, M.D., if Acell’s Matristem for hair restoration works as predicted, many men and women suffering with common androgenic alopecia will no longer be forced live their lives feeling uncomfortable in their own skin.
His prediction: in one to two years it will all be over. However, many experts in the field have far less exuberance when it comes to these “miracle breakthrough” treatments.
Listen to Dr. Hitzig as he discusses his findings on last weeks broadcast of The Bald Truth:
http://www.baldtruthtalk.com/showpost.php?p=21208&postcount=120
Read What The Experts Have To Say and Join The Discussion:
ACell, a Current Review of Applications in Hair Transplant Surgery
Dr. Gary Hitzig Responds To Dr. John Cole’s Recent Analysis of The Use of ACell MatriStem In Surgical Hair Restoration
December 17, 2010
Surgical hair restoration expert, Dr. John Cole, recently published a post on BaldTruthTalk.Com titled “ACell, a Current Review of Applications in Hair Transplant Surgery.” In his final summary, Dr. Cole writes:
1. There is evidence that ACell improves FUE healing and full thickness 4 mm punch graft healing in terms of skin color.
2. There is evidence that ACell can regenerate hair in FUE extraction sites, but more work is necessary to insure this is not an isolated anecdotal occurrence.
3. There is no evidence that ACell improves the growth of plucked hair.
4. There is no evidence that ACell makes the growth of transplanted hair more “Robust”.
5. There is no evidence that ACell improves strip scar appearance.
6. There is qualitative evidence that ACell improves the feel of a strip scar in some instances, but it is difficult to understand how Dr. Cooley arrived at this conclusion .
7. There is no evidence that ACell induces transected hairs to regrow, but it might.
8. There is no evidence that plucked hairs regrow in the donor area, but they might.
9. There is evidence that plucked hairs will grow finer and result is poorer coverage than transplanted hair.
10. There is no evidence to conclude that “autocloning” occurs.
This review has evoked several questions, concerns and criticisms about the use of ACell MatriStem in surgical hair restoration.
This week Spencer Kobren spoke with with Gary Hitzig, M.D. about his impressions concerning the recent questions and criticism expressed by CIT/FUE pioneer, Dr. John Cole.
Hair Transplant Docs “Clone” Hair – Is MatriStem® MicroMatrix The Next Great Hair Restoration Breakthrough?
January 6, 2010
Regenerative medicine innovator ACell Inc. might just be responsible for advancing surgical hair restoration to heights once thought to be science fiction.
IAHRS accepted member Jerry Cooley M.D., and New York hair transplant surgeon Gary Hitzig M.D. say that they have become the first medical doctors to successfully “clone” hair using the FDA-cleared wound healing powder MatriStem®. If in fact this proves to be as effective as Cooley and Htizig claim, this regenerative powder originally formulated to help heal diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers and pressure ulcers, will catapult the rapid advancement of permanent hair restoration.
Dr. Cooley was kind enough to grant Spencer Kobren an exclusive interview to discuss his findings:
