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» Interestingly, this study is another example showing that transected lower
» third grafts will continue to grow at the same rate as non-transected
» grafts. In fact, Raposio first demonstrated this phenomenon in a 1997
» paper. That’s why I have always been so astounded that the community
» reacted so strongly to Dr. Gho’s claims throughout the years that donor
» regrowth would take place if you leave the lower third in the skin. The
» reason why Gho’s old FM procedure was inconsistent is because it is very
» difficult to know how deep to make the transection. Gho’s explanation at
» the time was that if you cut too deeply, you won’t get donor regrowth, but
» the upper follicle will regenerate. If you cut too shallow, the upper won’t
» regenerate but the donor will regrow. Getting the technique to work
» consistently proved to be quite problematic because the follicles grow to
» varying depths in the skin depending on how long they have been in the
» anagen state making it quite difficult to know how deep to cut (i.e. human
» follicles cycle independently from one another).
I wonder what the longest surgery is of alltime?
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» Thus, I would have been less surprised of criticism of Gho’s technique
» that the upper 2/3rd follicles would not grow properly because this would
» have fit the existing research better. But that level of criticism was
» seldom the case as the recipient grafts always appeared to grow well.
» Although they tend to sprout surplus hairs on many occasions.