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Dermoscopy Is the Crucial Step for Proper Outcome Prospection When Treating Androgenetic Alopecia with the Regenera® Protocol: A Score Proposal

Received: 13 November 2017    Accepted: 29 November 2017    Published: 26 February 2018
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Abstract

There is no actual treatment capable of creating hair follicles de novo, since a hair follicle is not a single tissue but a tiny, full anatomical structure. The Regenera® method is based on the regeneration and recovery of severely non-functional but still-alive hair follicles. For 1.5 years, clinical assessment has been the sole pillar of any outcome prospection issued. Wrong prospections could be affecting about 10% of patients expecting good results. Scalp dermoscopy was then included in routine diagnosis tests of every patient willing to be treated with the Regenera® protocol. When analyzing the data of the dermoscopy of patients with a poor prospection, it was clear that the expectancies related to the treatment´s results were overestimated.

Published in International Journal of Clinical and Developmental Anatomy (Volume 4, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ijcda.20180401.12
Page(s) 15-18
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Keywords

Regenera, Androgenetic Alopecia, Score, Hair Loss

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  • Department of Medical, Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain

  • Giroclinic, Girona, Spain

  • Giroclinic, Girona, Spain

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