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Mar23

Stem Cell Hair Restoration Treatmen...

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Hi everyone! I had a lot of questions after posting the previous videos that I showed about this stem cell hair restoration treatment so I thought I’d answer some of them for you. There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about this hair restoration technique and people think that it is the same as a hair transplant.

In fact, stem cell hair restoration is different from hair transplant. Here’s why:

A Hair transplant is well-known process but is a process that involves a surgery to move hair from one place to another on your scalp. This is simply a change of location for your hair. There is NO net gain in hair follicles on your scalp. You do not grow new hair on your head.

On the other hand, stem cell hair restoration treatment is quite different because you don’t have to take the hair off from the donor. What doctors do is take the stem cells out from a portion of a healthy scalp and place it in the area of the patient’s head where you want more hair.

In essence, you are not transferring your hair but you are adding hair to your head by stem cell therapy. You are not losing hair in any part of your head but instead you are getting more hair.

The way I understand the process, the source of the hair (donor area) is only temporarily disturbed when the stem cells are taken. The donor area recovers after several months and there is no loss of hair in this area. As a result, stem cell hair restoration treatment virtually doubles the amount of your hair unlike a normal hair transplant where you only move your hair around which does not get you more hair in the process.

Stem cell hair restoration treatment can be done a second, third or more times from the same donor area with no loss in hair from the area. It usually takes 9 months for the scalp to fully recover so you can’t do it too often.

I personally am very happy with the results. Most men 40 or older have some degree of hair loss and can benefit from this. This kind looks like the best treatment that I have heard of so far to fix a receding hairline and I’m all for it.

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Mar23

Stem Cell Hair Restoration Treatmen...

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The stem cell hair restoration treatment doesn’t actually stop right after the session. The process continues until the hair and scalp fully recovers from the treatment. I’ve had lots of people ask questions about what you do after the treatment so here is what I have been doing since the treatment.

I am now on day 5 since the treatment was done. I have this hair restoration kit with me that I take on a daily basis to take care of my head and the new hair growth, and to make sure that things start off on the right foot.

In the kit, I have menoxidil, an antihypertensive vasodilator medication also claimed to slow or stop hair loss and promote hair regrowth. It’s in a little spray bottle that I apply on the hair to give the new hair a boost. It is supposed to be good for my hair so I use it as prescribed.

The only down side is that it seems to leave a little of a yellow residue on my scalp when  it dries. I also have this pack of pills I have to take daily to help minimize swelling in the treated area and to prevent infections that might occur. Normally I don’t like taking pills but I can put up with taking some medicines for 7 days to make sure everything grows out smoothly and makes this hair restoration technique successful.

There are also nutritional supplements included in the kit as well that the company made which I am taking. I have bunch of these supplements but I only need to take one each day. There is also a cream called Fucidin, it is used to prevent or treat various skin infections caused by certain kinds of bacteria. This should not be applied in the area where the stem cell hair restoration treatment is applied but only at the back of the head in the donor area where the stem cells were taken.

If ever there’s some pain in the treated area, there’s this special stuff to take to take the pain out. In this stem cell hair restoration treatment, you are not allowed to take any aspirin or regular pain reliever so they provide you with some medicine to do the job. Normally, it is not needed and there is minimal pain.

I was also given a sheet to protect my pillow from any mess after the treatment. There are tiny bits and pieces of blood after the procedure, so this sheet is designed to protect your pillow from stains while you sleep.

Finally, I was given a set of instructions on what to do and what to expect after the treatment. Pretty much everything that I have experienced since the treatment was covered in the instructions and I was able to deal with everything because i know exactly what was coming.

So that’s pretty much what I have been up to since the stem cell hair restoration treatment. If you have questions, please feel free to reach me and I will try to answer that again.

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Mar22

How I look several days after Stem...

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In this video, I am showing you how I look like after shaving off my precious hair for my golden opportunity to regain my hairline using the stem cell hair restoration process. Let’s get on a ride and take a tour in my head after getting the treatment.

If you are asking me why I have to do this to myself, I only have one answer – I want the hairline I had when I was in my early twenties! The reason is plain and simple; I want my hairline back. No, I’m not bald yet or even close to it. Most people would say I don’t need any hair restoration technique BUT if you had the chance to do it, why not?

The procedure took me the whole day. I started on Monday morning and finished in the evening on the same day. It’s quite a very long procedure but it took us longer that day because I was not only a patient but I was also directing the filming of my procedure for a special episode of ScissorBoy TV, my Online TV Series for Hairstylists.

The results of stem cell hair restoration are pretty amazing. Outstandingly amazing. After just a couple of days the redness is going away and I can clearly see my hairline from my early twenties making a return.

The night of the procedure I was a little embarrassed to have my red and swollen head showing so I naturally wanted to cover up with a hat. Dr. Coen gave me a quick tutorial on how to properly put a hat on and take it off without disturbing my new follicle family.

At one point a friend from the hotel saw me wearing my hat and was surprised. She had never seen me wearing a hat and thought I was hiding a bad hair day and quickly started grabbing at my hat to yank it off. My body reacted like a ninja and caught her hand before it could touch my hat and disturb my new growing garden of hair which was feeling VERY sensitive.

In the past few days I have definitely felt a certain degree of self-consciousness about my appearance because I have this red line on my forehead where the stem cells were planted and I also have a big shaved patch of hair on the back of my scalp where the donor cells were taken from.

Thankfully, the redness is going away but that has left me with some crusting where the new hairline has been formed. It is advised not to remove it until it falls off naturally so I’ll just have to wait for 7-10 days until it’s gone. If I forcibly remove the crust, I might pull off the new growing hair.

As far as the stem cell hair loss treatment goes in the last couple of days, everything is doing great. The new hairline is really good. My hairline increased about 1/2 in the center and well over an inch in the receding parts – which is a very significant increase for me.

Today I went out to do some shopping and run some errands and I didn’t feel like I had to hide my head now like when I did immediately after the procedure.

Dealing with a receding hairline is a pain. Stay tuned as I share my experiences with the stem cell hair restoration process in the coming weeks.

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