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Posted : 03/30/2020 9:03 pm

6 hours ago, OddMarket said:

I'm not sure i would call Guoming Sun a fraud. He can be cited at John Hopkins University as far back as 2010 where he conducted research on hydrogels with associate professor Sharon Gerecht.
He has filed a number of patents and he's name appears in numerous publications. There is of course a big step between research in the laboratory and a product in the market place.

https://engineering.jhu.edu/magazine/2013/07/healing-wonders-hydrogel/#.XoJCnohKgdV

for sure, I think dr sun is a typical science when i first saw he speech.Not so good at taking,do working hardly. i have a faith with him for years, but few results came out. it's strong word, i know i shouldn't say it so quickly. sorry,I just feel so depressed.

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Posted : 03/30/2020 9:24 pm

1 hour ago, lehran said:

I wish this was confirmed by other articles and news about the product. None of the other sources I've found state that it helps regenerate the accessory parts of skin too. Granted these other sources are mostly about the buy out so they probably don't really care about the finer details.

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Posted : 03/30/2020 9:46 pm

Does any guys know when MeTro would come out on sale.

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Posted : 03/31/2020 2:54 am

I think that elastagen will improve scars but will not remove them completly

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Posted : 03/31/2020 3:36 am

7 hours ago, goblue1996 said:

I wish this was confirmed by other articles and news about the product. None of the other sources I've found state that it helps regenerate the accessory parts of skin too. Granted these other sources are mostly about the buy out so they probably don't really care about the finer details.

I can link you literally all the interesting sources I got about elastagen if you want. I got them all bookmarked, there must be 20 of them or so. There are much more out there obviously but those seemed good to me at the very least.

 

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I think that elastagen will improve scars but will not remove them completly

@ermete55 It's probably going to be better than that, but it's gonna take longer to come out than the product they have for stretch marks and acne scars (AND, like others mentioned, they're still going to need on box scars and ice pick scars)

 

This is from 2017, before they were bought by Allergan/Abbvie

"The companys first target was the medical-aesthetics market. Daniels thought that, with enough funding, it could develop more than one formulation in a reasonable time frame. The company now has products that target three main indications. The most advanced is an injectable gel that makes stretch marks and acne scars fade away. Another is for surgi-cal scars and will be co-developed with a global medical-devices company that has established marketing and sales channels in numerous countries. The third application is in wound repair"

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Posted : 03/31/2020 6:59 am

10 hours ago, lehran said:

this year, I want to get skin color tattoo over my stretch marks. I read it, but not sure I understand it. Even it fills the depressed volume, if it is not heal perfectly, then it wont be a color match. I am really confused. how would effect the tratment if I getthe skin color tattoo ?

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Posted : 03/31/2020 7:17 am

1 minute ago, ecek said:

this year, I want to get skin color tattoo over my stretch marks. I read it, but not sure I understand it. Even it fills the depressed volume, if it is not heal perfectly, then it wont be a color match. I am really confused. how would effect the tratment if I get the skin color tattoo ?

Why do you keep talking about t he color? If your stretch marks are old, they're either completely white or silvery with a very pale purple tone, like those (you got both cases in the picture below). Once they're in this state, it means they're not gonna evolve anymore.

The slightly discolored or silvery aspect of stretch marks is due to the depression , which creates a "relief", and you probably notice it when you look at them from the sides. So basically, once you'll get renewed skin, you'll get the color of the synthetic skin, which will obviously be of the same color than your basic skin because what tropoelastin does is stimulate the creation of elastin fibers (and, I'm sure you'll agree, it would be weird if your own organism was to create black-colored skin if you're white, or the other way around).

Tattooing over stretch marks, in most cases, is really not a good idea: you can get additional scaring because striae-affected skin is more fragile, the ink might not blend properly AND, most importantly, it's not gonna change a damn thing about their depressed aspect. I have several friends who tried to hide their stretch marks (both males and females) and they all ended up regretting it.

TLDR: be patient, wait a couple years.

 

 

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Posted : 03/31/2020 11:16 am

3 hours ago, lehran said:

Why do you keep talking about t he color? If your stretch marks are old, they're either completely white or silvery with a very pale purple tone, like those (you got both cases in the picture below). Once they're in this state, it means they're not gonna evolve anymore.

The slightly discolored or silvery aspect of stretch marks is due to the depression , which creates a "relief", and you probably notice it when you look at them from the sides. So basically, once you'll get renewed skin, you'll get the color of the synthetic skin, which will obviously be of the same color than your basic skin because what tropoelastin does is stimulate the creation of elastin fibers (and, I'm sure you'll agree, it would be weird if your own organism was to create black-colored skin if you're white, or the other way around).

Tattooing over stretch marks, in most cases, is really not a good idea: you can get additional scaring because striae-affected skin is more fragile, the ink might not blend properly AND, most importantly, it's not gonna change a damn thing about their depressed aspect. I have several friends who tried to hide their stretch marks (both males and females) and they all ended up regretting it.

TLDR: be patient, wait a couple years.

 

 

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± tried lots of treatments for my stretch marks and it  really helped a lot , ( recosma laser and pbserum )therefore now there is no depression. the only problem is the color. Thats why I am considering it. 

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Posted : 03/31/2020 7:05 pm

15 hours ago, lehran said:

I can link you literally all the interesting sources I got about elastagen if you want. I got them all bookmarked, there must be 20 of them or so. There are much more out there obviously but those seemed good to me at the very least

Feel free to DM every link you've got lol

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Posted : 03/31/2020 9:14 pm

9 hours ago, ecek said:

i tried lots of treatments for my stretch marks and it really helped a lot , ( recosma laser and pbserum )therefore now there is no depression. the only problem is the color. Thats why I am considering it.

I've got stretch markson my back, buttocks and thighs. The consequences of growing up too fast in my teens. As a guy, I don't really care about them. They are hardly noticeable and 99% of humanity has them. I have noticed them onevery single girl I've dated. Obviously, they hide them with temporary tattoos, permanent ink or other beauty products. They are led to believe that guys are looking for perfection. I have seen severe striae on many people also and I can only imagine the distress you may feel if you are one of them. Just trying to cheer you up.

17 hours ago, lehran said:

I can link you literally all the interesting sources I got about elastagen if you want. I got them all bookmarked, there must be 20 of them or so. There are much more out there obviously but those seemed good to me at the very least.

 

@ermete55 It's probably going to be better than that, but it's gonna take longer to come out than the product they have for stretch marks and acne scars (AND, like others mentioned, they're still going to need on box scars and ice pick scars)

 

This is from 2017, before they were bought by Allergan/Abbvie

"The companys first target was the medical-aesthetics market. Daniels thought that, with enough funding, it could develop more than one formulation in a reasonable time frame. The company now has products that target three main indications. The most advanced is an injectable gel that makes stretch marks and acne scars fade away. Another is for surgi-cal scars and will be co-developed with a global medical-devices company that has established marketing and sales channels in numerous countries. The third application is in wound repair"

There are lots of products out there that fade away scars including lasers, fillers and heat devices. Women use all kinds of beauty products to cover them up. How would tropoelastin be any different? I have been an active member here for some time posting about new anti-scarring creams, topicals, injectables and drugs in development. I also posted about Tropoelastin back in 2016.

I was misled by many of the researchers' claims on several of these products. I also have read lots of publications on scarless healing. Yet, we are really far away from complete skin regeneration. We are only starting to understand the mechanics behind our body's biggest organ.

I have high hopes on tropoelastin just like FS2 and OLX101. However, a long time will be required before a more succesful treatment for scarring will be marketed.

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Posted : 03/31/2020 10:50 pm

1 hour ago, MyBeautifulScars said:

I've got stretch markson my back, buttocks and thighs. The consequences of growing up too fast in my teens. As a guy, I don't really care about them. They are hardly noticeable and 99% of humanity has them. I have noticed them onevery single girl I've dated. Obviously, they hide them with temporary tattoos, permanent ink or other beauty products. They are led to believe that guys are looking for perfection. I have seen severe striae on many people also and I can only imagine the distress you may feel if you are one of them. Just trying to cheer you up.

There are lots of products out there that fade away scars including lasers, fillers and heat devices. Women use all kinds of beauty products to cover them up. How would tropoelastin be any different? I have been an active member here for some time posting about new anti-scarring creams, topicals, injectables and drugs in development. I also posted about Tropoelastin back in 2016.

I was misled by many of the researchers' claims on several of these products. I also have read lots of publications on scarless healing. Yet, we are really far away from complete skin regeneration. We are only starting to understand the mechanics behind our body's biggest organ.

I have high hopes on tropoelastin just like FS2 and OLX101. However, a long time will be required before a more succesful treatment for scarring will be marketed.

Tropoelastin seems different because our bodies need it to properly heal but we don't make a lot of it. Plus the technology seems different than the other ones you listed because it has had several human trials conducted and Allergan then spent hundred of millions of dollars to acquire it. Allergan wasn't looking to waste massive amounts of money for something that didn't show signs of beingtruly different.

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Posted : 04/03/2020 8:03 am

Since @goblue1996asked me, I'm sharing all the good links I could find so far with you guys (there are way more, but the others don't add anything really interesting imo). For the afr.com links you just have to stop the loading page at the right moment, and you won't have to pay anything to read the entire articles.

 

I/ You wanna take a look at the original elastagen website first: http://elastagen.com /" rel="external nofollow"> https://web.archive.org/web/20190423230745/http://elastagen.com/

 

II/Here are the links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_S._Weiss

https://www.tbt.wiki/post/3701560856285543276225

https://www.nature.com/articles/545S21a.pdf?draft=marketing

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/allergan-acquire-elastagen-access-next-generation-injectable-weiss/

https://www.mtaa.org.au/sites/default/files/uploaded-content/field_f_content_file/anthony_weiss.pdf

https://2019.biomaterials.org/sites/default/files/abstracts/273.pdf

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/elastagen-completes-a13m-series-b-equity-financing-300200322.html

https://www.medicalresearch.nsw.gov.au/human-skin-replacement-that-got-experts-buzzing/

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2018/02/09/allergan-to-acquire-university-of-sydney-spinoff-elastagen.html

https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/careers/elastagen-wins-86m-from-nsw-medical-devices-fund-to-make-stretch-marks-vanish-20161011-gs02s7

https://www.afr.com/companies/healthcare-and-fitness/university-of-sydney-spinoff-elastagen-sold-for-120m-to-botox-maker-20180208-h0vrkf

https://go8.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Allies-In-Excellence.pdf

http://www.ipaustralia.com.au/applicant/elastagen-pty-ltd/patents/AU2007321701/

http://www.cell-ip.com/en/images/180424_Elastagen Exit_E_final.pdf

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/botox-maker-allergan-to-acquire-australian-bitoech-firm-elastagen-for-95m-92128/

https://www.utahfacialplastics.com/2018/03/08/allergan-acquires-elastin-more-juvederm-products/

http://www.pharmafile.com/news/516462/allergan-bolsters-skincare-portfolio-elastagen-acquisition-95-million

https://www.spaandclinic.com.au/business/allergan-buys-university-sydneys-elastagen-120-mio

https://micro.org.au/innovation/fast-tracking-elastin-to-market/

https://www.business.nsw.gov.au/industry-sectors/industry-opportunities/medtech/success-stories/elastagen

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/botox-maker-allergan-buys-elastagen-2018-2

https://www.pharmasalmanac.com/articles/allergen-acquires-elastagen

https://www.globallegalchronicle.com/allergans-acquisition-of-elastagen/

https://2019.biomaterials.org/sites/default/files/abstracts/273.pdf

III/ And do listen to this

 

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Posted : 04/07/2020 12:22 pm

On 3/23/2020 at 6:23 AM, nikki_gargin said:

 

Did they say 1.5mm too big or your opinion? 1.5 round hollow needle is not big? How is that too big to work on single acne scars? In my mind the technique works by scarless wound contraction. So I just cant imagine how thats too big thats why Im so interested.

 

Sorry for late reply on Microcoring

All she said was sizes less than 0.5mm were in the safe zone.

 

Can someone explain how Tropoelastin can help improve/remove scar texture and possibly restore normal texture.Im talking about the surface texture for a small scar that isn'tdepressed. And what is the application for treating such a scar if it can restore texture. Or is it only helpful in restoring volume?

 

 

 

 

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Posted : 04/10/2020 6:15 am

On 4/1/2020 at 4:14 AM, MyBeautifulScars said:

I have seen severe striae on many people also and I can only imagine the distress you may feel if you are one of them

Just curious: when you are talking about severe ones what do you mean? Imo anything that is between 1 millimeter to maximum 1 centimeters large is standard (normal stretch marks from puberty, pregnancy etc..) but anything bigger than that is severe. I'm saying that because even though a 1mm wide striae might be considered as big for some, it really isn't when compared to people who get stretch marks which are sometimes 4-5 centimers wide or more

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Posted : 04/12/2020 1:38 pm

On 4/10/2020 at 7:15 AM, lehran said:

Just curious: when you are talking about severe ones what do you mean? Imo anything that is between 1 millimeter to maximum 1 centimeters large is standard (normal stretch marks from puberty, pregnancy etc..) but anything bigger than that is severe. I'm saying that because even though a 1mm wide striae might be considered as big for some, it really isn't when compared to people who get stretch marks which are sometimes 4-5 millimeters wide

This is what can be classified as severe striae. 

 

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Posted : 04/12/2020 6:21 pm

4 hours ago, MyBeautifulScars said:

This is what can be classified as severe striae. 

 

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Yeah, those are quite big for sure. I have seen some people with those, and most of the time they're cause by stuff like prednisone. In comparison, normal stretch marks really aren't a big deal at all.

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Posted : 04/13/2020 10:06 am

I wonder why they don't communicate more about this though: if they finally have a solution for stretch marks, then they're the only ones with a proper answer to an unsatisfied market worth billions of dollars...or maybe it's not time yet because they have yet to find the proper way of making it work? If it was ready we'd have "before/after" pictures right now.

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Posted : 04/13/2020 11:57 am

I sent a mail to allergan and abbvie, telling them that I heard about elastagen, and that I volunteered to be part of any clinical trial phase that would occur for stretch marks. I don't know if they'll be interested, but I'll keep you guys updated.

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Posted : 04/13/2020 5:23 pm

7 hours ago, voulzeyes said:

I wonder why they don't communicate more about this though: if they finally have a solution for stretch marks, then they're the only ones with a proper answer to an unsatisfied market worth billions of dollars...or maybe it's not time yet because they have yet to find the proper way of making it work? If it was ready we'd have "before/after" pictures right now.

I think it might just be a marketing thing right now. Releasing good before and after photos would get a lot of people interested in the product and trying to find a way to buy it. If you release pictures a couple years before launch then you let the hype die down and some people will inevitably forget about the product when it finally launches and not seek treatment. There's really no point to release the photos if they're goodin advanceof launch; other than giving people hope. Idon't think Allergan really cares that much about giving hope tho; just that they make some money off of us lol.

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Posted : 04/13/2020 5:30 pm

5 minutes ago, goblue1996 said:

I think it might just be a marketing thing right now. Releasing good before and after photos would get a lot of people interested in the product and trying to find a way to buy it. If you release pictures a couple years before launch then you let the hype die down and some people will inevitably forget about the product when it finally launches and not seek treatment. There's really no point to release the photos if they're good in advance of launch; other than giving people hope. I don't think Allergan really cares that much about giving hope tho; just that they make some money off of us lol.

I have a hard time believing that, once people find out that a product will be there to erase stretch marks, the hype could die down even 3 years after the announcement :D

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Posted : 04/14/2020 7:04 am

13 hours ago, voulzeyes said:

I have a hard time believing that, once people find out that a product will be there to erase stretch marks, the hype could die down even 3 years after the announcement :D

Like you said, it has nothing to do with the hype going down like you said. If one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world (abbvie) say that they finally have the solution for stretch marks, and that we only have to wait a few years, you can be damn sure that the hype won't die, it will actually slowly build over the years.

The reason we still haven't heard about them is because they're still figuring out the best way to make this work for stretch marks: what kind of injectable, should they use hyaluronic acid as a complement, should they blablabla...they got the right product (tropoelastin) but now they need to implement it properly. That's why it's going to take a couple years imo.

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Posted : 04/14/2020 8:21 am

any news about micro coring?

micro coring is designed to reduce skin. so this device must be working on scar, right? I found micro coring had been clinical trials about acne scars. but nothing about results. does anybody have any resources about that.

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Posted : 04/14/2020 8:27 am

5 minutes ago, rock123456 said:

any news about micro coring?

micro coring is designed to reduce skin. so this device must be working on scar, right? I found micro coring had been clinical trials about acne scars. but nothing about results. does anybody have any resources about that.

I've heard about it, but there doesn't seem to be any major breakthrough yet, we'll probably have to wait some more.

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Posted : 04/15/2020 6:15 am

21 hours ago, lehran said:

I've heard about it, but there doesn't seem to be any major breakthrough yet, we'll probably have to wait some more.

they announced will sell products in this year or next year on interview from youtube videos. I think some treatment's pics should be published. I mean at least they should tell us how good it will be before selling it, right?

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Posted : 04/15/2020 11:41 pm

What happened to PolarityTE ? A cell? Isologen ?

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