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Posted : 02/22/2016 12:01 pm

4 hours ago, PositiveThoughts said:

I don't want to defend Recell for the sake of defending it and also because I literally couldn't care less about how certain doctors are seen in this forum. But seriously, how can you say there are no results? Check out GBLs thread, check out Borecs thread. GBL improved her scar texture very much and Borecs acne scars got a lot better (even if his main goals were to achieve better pigmentation which he says he got but that can't be seen that well from his pictures, that's true) and he said his laser induced hypopigmented skin wasn't shiny anymore (exactly what I'm fighting). Recell isn't a cure by any means but for scar textures and surface problems it really is not half bad. My scars were never better and the shiny skin improves week by week. I know it's very expensive and not the right answer for deeper (acne) scars but you just can't deny that it helped people that have the problems I have (shiny, waxy, scarry skin from dermabrasion and/or laser). There is no denying that.

It also makes ablative treatments more safe, meaning you can go deeper because the skin heals faster. It's not worth the price for every scar or condition but for me it is hope and it is helping.

they do not have any results.I've seen there threads.recell is designed for burn scar hypopigmentation. Not for acne or some other bullshit shiny skin lol

On 20/02/2016 at 7:14 PM, Hope01 said:
On 20/02/2016 at 10:43 AM, Aesthetic beast said:

As much as I belive recell is a scam no result, pics or reviews crazy price etc etc I just came into a bit of money and I'm thinking about risking it.I may say to the dr about partial refund if I get no results like everyone else had on here
If i do this it won't be for a good while in the summer.I'm so desperate I think I'm willing to try anything even this worlds most expensivesnake oil

i agree with aesthetic beast i have been keeping a key eye on recell in my experience dr rawlins is not a credible docter and is a scammer someone that has no idea about how much the procedure costs and gives you a quote above what the actual clinic will. Doesn't have any before and afters so that should give you a idea and i quote from Dr Rawlins how reveloutinary and exciting recell is for acne scars and skin pigmentation. I mean come on you have been doing this for years and not 1 before and after. In my opinon aesthetic beast go with the indian clinic alot cheaper and i agree better in terms of price and results. I have had i think i have already told you a consultation with both individuals and would choose the dr mulaker showed some impressive before and afters and answered alot of questions clearly im sure if there is anything that can help you its him. Good Luck

bro the cheap Indian clinic in london that does recell says recell is bullshit and dosent work.then I asked them to read there procedure decription from there website .and said that's recell your doing they said no no its not recell it's way better lol.these clinics are shills.I can't afford to waste all this money but I sold a rolex to pay for the treatment.when I get zero results I'll post pics to prove that recell or recell type procedures do not work.I have no choice but to try as I can not live my life with this red fuking burn mark on my face

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Posted : 02/22/2016 12:54 pm

Dude, I have waxy, shiny skin from dermabrasion and laser. GBL and Borec also had surface texture problems (GBL with her scar, Borec with his laser treated skin). And Recell helped. They both wrote that and I can attest that as well. So no, it's not only for pigmentation but also for texture. My pigmentation is still the same (I'm 4 weeks out) but I'm pale anyway so I don't care. The texture however is close to normal skin now, which is huge for me. It helps for waxy, shiny skin texture. You can't deny that because I experienced it. Srsly, with your mindset you will never get any improvement. No use talking to you. 99% percent of people here care about pitted (acne) scars and GBL wrote in her thread that she feels it doesn't help with pitted scars but with texture problems. Why would she scam people with stuff literally almost no one here cares about? She gave me hope because I have similiar shiny texture problems and oh wonder, Recell is helping with that, there is no doubt. If she wanted to scam people out their money she would have said that is a great help for acne induced scars which it isn't. And she didn't say that. It helps kinda however, by making dermabrasion and laser more safe and making it more safe to go deeper. That is a fact by the way because healing happens faster. No doubt.

Good luck on your journey. I hope you find what you are looking for. I'm out.

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Posted : 02/22/2016 3:20 pm

Glad to hear you're making progress@PositiveThoughts. Thanks for sharing your experience. Where did you go for the resurfacing + recell? Do you happen to have a link to GBL's thread? Haven't read it and can't seem to find it. Thanks for your help and hope you see continued improvement.

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Posted : 02/22/2016 3:32 pm

5 hours ago, PositiveThoughts said:

Dude, I have waxy, shiny skin from dermabrasion and laser. GBL and Borec also had surface texture problems (GBL with her scar, Borec with his laser treated skin). And Recell helped. They both wrote that and I can attest that as well. So no, it's not only for pigmentation but also for texture. My pigmentation is still the same (I'm 4 weeks out) but I'm pale anyway so I don't care. The texture however is close to normal skin now, which is huge for me. It helps for waxy, shiny skin texture. You can't deny that because I experienced it. Srsly, with your mindset you will never get any improvement. No use talking to you. 99% percent of people here care about pitted (acne) scars and GBL wrote in her thread that she feels it doesn't help with pitted scars but with texture problems. Why would she scam people with stuff literally almost no one here cares about? She gave me hope because I have similiar shiny texture problems and oh wonder, Recell is helping with that, there is no doubt. If she wanted to scam people out their money she would have said that is a great help for acne induced scars which it isn't. And she didn't say that. It helps kinda however, by making dermabrasion and laser more safe and making it more safe to go deeper. That is a fact by the way because healing happens faster. No doubt.

Good luck on your journey. I hope you find what you are looking for. I'm out.

i dont care about acne or shining skin as I don't have it.I'm not being harsh.I care about my red burnt skin hypopigmentation, that that's what recell was intended for.you can defend it all you like and i would aswell you just spent 6000 pounds or more, you can say these few other members has good results I will dissagree with you on that, show me some pics of hypopigmentation burn thats been fixed or massivly improved with recell .you dont need talk to comment anymore like you said because you don't have the same skin issue as me.and your bias in a way as you even said you have hypopigmentation and it hasn't improved.so good luck and hope your happy with the results.I'm out aswell for now but I'll be back when i get this treatment to update with pics of the treatment from start to finish and if it's amazing or gives massive impovemet I'll be sure to let the world know as I will be the world's first person to get recell for what it was intended for and review and document it.

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Posted : 03/25/2016 11:40 am

Ok little update.so I've been to more consolations with Dr's .and I found a charity called Katy piper burns and they do treatments for fee if they feel you qualify .they are very very honest and put me onto a recell clinic that work closely with the burns charity. So I spoke to the recell Dr's and I finnally found out the truth about recell from a charity that does recell for half price to burns patients .this burns clinic will do recell for about 3000 pounds 3 grand cheaper than the scammers selling recell in london that say recell is the holy grail for hypopigentaion apparanty Only 30 percent of patients get any results in repigmenting hypopigmentation skin. And the results are vary varied in that 30 percent of people that got any improvement ,from 3 percent gain in pigment to about 30percent improvement.it's very unreliable the surgeon told me.he uses recell with dermabrasion, or needling or laser results are no better even using diff prep methods.he was very honest and baciclly said it dosent work very well and it's too expensive to only have a 30 percent chance of seeing any improvement.he said he will do the treatment for me if I like .I'm currently booked in for free dry needling sessions. For a few months as he thinks that may help.then perhaps tattoo to camouflage the hypopigmentation. So I'm glad I found an honest charity that will not spin you bullshit like dr khan and Dr rawlings.recell is not a total scam but there are no good result for hypopigmentation. I asked the dr that's works with the charity for pics of patients but he said to be honest the results are not good enough. Now that's fucking honest.

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Posted : 04/05/2016 11:04 am

I had Recell with Dr Rawlins 16 months ago as my skin was very badly damaged by Intracel treatments. Unfortunately, I am incredibly disappointed with the results - I have had virtually no improvement in the look and texture of my skin. The only improvement I have had is that my skin is a little less dehydrated and feels softer, however it looks no better.
Having had Recell and had poor results, I am inclined to agree with Aesthetic Beast that it is a scam. I paid almost 5000.00 for full face Recell, which is daylight robbery! I fail to see how Dr Rawlins and the Zenith clinic can justify charging such an extortionate amount! The procedure itself is pretty simple. Local anaesthetic was injected all over my face. A slither of skin was then taken from behind the ear (I had read that it was postage stamp sized, however the skin taken from behind my ear was much smaller that) and then put in the Recell kit to process. After that Dr Rawlins dermabraded my skin and then sprayed on the skin cells and covered with dressings. That is basically it - no hospital operating theatre with a General Anaesthetic and Anaesthetist, no sedation or overnight stay needed - nothing to justify the overwhelming price charged, just a fairly quick and simple procedure in the clinic - I could have had full on cosmetic surgery for the price I paid! I honestly would have been quite happy to have paid that and even more if it had worked, as my life has been ruined from the damage I got from Intracel. Sadly, I am still left with my damaged face and am now paying off a bank loan on top!

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Posted : 04/05/2016 4:17 pm

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This is the truth about recell guys.sorry to hear your experience shame you didn't  see this thread before having it done.was you getting it for hypopigmentation? 

Bexley thanks for your post. I'm 99 pecent sure recell is baciclly useless. It's unpredictable. And there are no results in the entire internet or genuine reviews that show good hypopigmentation results. The charity even offered to do the treatment for alot cheaper the the price I was initially quoted for me.but they said only 30 percent of people respond.and there results are not even good enough to show up in a photo. The 2 famous Dr's I keep mention in this thread say 16 to 18 month for full results that's already a red flag.this legit place says results should be in full by around 6 months max.they did follow ups at 18 months and 24 months with there patients with dissapointing results.a very rare few have had ok results the charity told me.but it's like winning the lottery to get results that are ovbious.that's why I'm not calling it a complete scam anymore but a very very poor treatment considering the cost is more expensive than a full face lift and ZERO RESULTS even the Dr's kahn ,rawlings etc can't even show pics.I said hide the face and show pics They could not respond to pic request. I said ok I'll pay 6000 pounds for the forehead only but I want to see pics of other people's amazing results.they could not show anything other than the 4 crappy pic from avitas recell website lol.

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Posted : 04/07/2016 10:31 am

Just to report, I had mini punch grafts inserted into my scar tissue and now the surrounding scar tissue has repigmented nicely except a small spot.
The initial polkda dot appearance has resolved on it's own.

Recell falls under "non-culture epidermal suspension transplant" in the below paper
It's just one of the commercially available products to do this, it's not anything special
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3764767/

The suction blister grafting method looks promising as it can treat quite a large area and you don't really scar at the donor side because it only removes the epidermal layer and it's not complicated or require expensive kits or equipment, just that I haven't come across any study using it for scars yet.

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Posted : 04/07/2016 11:23 am

Aesthetic beast,

I went through the literature on suction blister grafting and i think it's really the best modality of treatment available to you.
It can cover a wide area with no donor or recipient site scarring and there are multiple studies on this procedure.

Here's for your reading.

Efficacy of Suction Blister Epidermal Graft without Phototherapy for Locally Stable and Resistant Vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401843/

Long-Term Follow-up and Donor Site Changes Evaluation in Suction Blister Epidermal Grafting Done for Stable Vitiligo: A Retrospective Study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533535/

Fibrin glue fixation for suction blister epidermal grafting in two patients with stable vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473230

Nevus Depigmentosus Treated with Suction Blister Grafting: Follow-up After 10 Years
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657231/

Postinflammatory depigmentation: excellent results with suction blister grafting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20964659

Superficial dermabrasion and suction blister epidermal grafting for postburn dyspigmentation in Asian skin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17338691

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Posted : 04/08/2016 1:33 pm

Thank you sodium I'm going to have a good read now.so earlier in this thread you had the punch graft procedure. So your saying it worked? Apart from a tiny patch that amazing congratulations. How big was the scar treated and can you post pics please

On 07/04/2016 at 5:23 PM, sodiumhydroxide said:

Aesthetic beast,

I went through the literature on suction blister grafting and i think it's really the best modality of treatment available to you.
It can cover a wide area with no donor or recipient site scarring and there are multiple studies on this procedure.

Here's for your reading.

Efficacy of Suction Blister Epidermal Graft without Phototherapy for Locally Stable and Resistant Vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401843/

Long-Term Follow-up and Donor Site Changes Evaluation in Suction Blister Epidermal Grafting Done for Stable Vitiligo: A Retrospective Study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533535/

Fibrin glue fixation for suction blister epidermal grafting in two patients with stable vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473230

Nevus Depigmentosus Treated with Suction Blister Grafting: Follow-up After 10 Years
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657231/

Postinflammatory depigmentation: excellent results with suction blister grafting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20964659

Superficial dermabrasion and suction blister epidermal grafting for postburn dyspigmentation in Asian skin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17338691

wow wow wow this seems to be the cure I've been dreaming of.but where can I get it done.and will it cost crazy money?I'm getting excited

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Posted : 04/08/2016 2:56 pm

On 07/04/2016 at 5:23 PM, sodiumhydroxide said:

Aesthetic beast,

I went through the literature on suction blister grafting and i think it's really the best modality of treatment available to you.
It can cover a wide area with no donor or recipient site scarring and there are multiple studies on this procedure.

Here's for your reading.

Efficacy of Suction Blister Epidermal Graft without Phototherapy for Locally Stable and Resistant Vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3401843/

Long-Term Follow-up and Donor Site Changes Evaluation in Suction Blister Epidermal Grafting Done for Stable Vitiligo: A Retrospective Study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4533535/

Fibrin glue fixation for suction blister epidermal grafting in two patients with stable vitiligo
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473230

Nevus Depigmentosus Treated with Suction Blister Grafting: Follow-up After 10 Years
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3657231/

Postinflammatory depigmentation: excellent results with suction blister grafting
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20964659

Superficial dermabrasion and suction blister epidermal grafting for postburn dyspigmentation in Asian skin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17338691

wow wow wow this seems to be the cure I've been dreaming of.but where can I get it done.and will it cost crazy money?I'm getting excited googling the procedure dosent tell me where I can get it done.can you tell me more my friend

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Posted : 04/09/2016 10:37 am

I don't think posting my pictures will help, it wouldn't be applicable to you anyway.
I have a different type of scar and you won't be having punch grafts anyway.

You have to do a little digging to find out who does it, or you may even need to travel abroad.
Look for dermatologists who run vitiligo clinics. You may want to try the dermatology department of the government hospitals in your country.

Essentially it's not too complicated nor require any special kits. If you read the links I posted, you will know how it's done. You don't have to pay for any jacked up **cell kits

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Posted : 04/09/2016 12:33 pm

This is not a procedure that is available to the public.from my research so far:(

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Posted : 04/09/2016 12:55 pm

Great info @sodiumhydroxide. I'mthinking about this procedure for a couple scars. If you don't mind I have a few questions for you. Did you have any resurfacing after the punch grafts? Didthe thin, white scars around the mini grafts remain or did they eventually blend in? Was the graft skin taken from behind your ear? Did the scar tissue also lose hair follicles in addition to pigment before it was replaced with the mini grafts? Was suction blister epidermal grafting an option for your scar or is it more effective on hypopigmented skin vs. hypopigmented scars? Lastly, would you recommend the doctor who performed your procedure? Thank you so much and congrats on your progress!

Not sure if it would help your remaining small spot or if it is even effective but I've heard from one doctor on RealSelf that dermastamping + the addition of topical tyrosine solution may help to encourage repigmentation.

One of the studies did suction blister epidermalgrafting for postburn hypopigmentation. There must be a way to have this procedure.

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Posted : 04/09/2016 1:29 pm

No way to have the procedure it was only done in studys.and I bet it will cost more than recell because it's not avalible. So even ifI begged any plastic surgen to do it for me he would charge 8000 pounds probbly.so for now I'm still fucked.maybe I'll try graft punch malanosite transfer that sodium had.it seem to of worked on his scar so he said.would love to see his before and after pics

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Posted : 04/09/2016 8:13 pm

At least i know it can be done in South Korea.
I had my procedure done in South Korea. India definitely, you can see a lot of studies done on surgical interventions for vitiligo comes from Indian authors. Looking from your narration, I think non government subsidized care is a rip off in your country and furthermore prices are in the expensive pound.

Aesthetic beast > I dont think punch graft is a viable option, too much area to cover. The punch graft minimally can pigment about 1mm area around the graft, sometimes 2 or 3 mm. Common problem is cobblestone appearance, polkdot appearance (mostly resolve after months) and also you can dot scarring over the donor site. The suction blister graft avoids those problems and you dont get any scarring over the donor side, the skin regenerates again! When there is a will, there is a way, question is how badly you want it.

Ommm> no resurfacing, the cobblestoning polkda problem actually improved after 3months, i had to slap concealer on that area but the irregular contour still makes it hard to camouflage completely. The scar around the graft got pigmented save for a small spot which i may have to "top up" when i go for a review a fortnight later. The graft did come from the back of my ear.
Of course, there are no hair follicles and minimal or no melanocytes in scar tissue, it's just haphazardly arranged collagen fibres

That method won't work. I tried dermastamping and bimatoprost> nothing. Why? Because there are just no melanocytes around.
The suction blister method, i am going to get an opinion on that instead of punch grafts again when i return. I wasn't aware of this treatment when i had the punch graft procedure, i messaged the same clinic about the procedure and i think their concern is that the area to be treated needs to be relatively immobile or else the graft may not "take" well.

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Posted : 04/10/2016 7:00 am

I tried bimitoprost with 1.5mm roller nothing at all just inflammation .did it for a few months.but I want suction procedure.but no were does it apart from Korea where u had it done.I've never been out of the county and going to Korea alone would freak me out lol.but how much was it in Korea is it cheap?also you mention vitiligo. I ain't got that so will it work for a scar as mine is a scar burn thing?I wish uk Dr's have heard of this procedure. I sent 10 plastic surgens your Lin ks to the studys.2 already got back to me saying they ain't never heard of it.the other ain't got back to me and probbly won't. But I really need this suction procedure if some dr is willing . But it seemsimpossible as this procedure doesn't exist in England. Ps there are zero before and after pics of the blister method or reviews either so I'm sceptical like I was about recell.and as u know I was correct that the recell don't work properly. But please tell me more from my extensive googling I've found nothing only the same studys you linked.no clinics that do it or pics.so if you can help me I would appreciate that my friend. You have been an asset .I'll probably have to just tattoo the forehead but really don't like this idea. But feel I have no other options .untill a cure Is invented.or proof the blister method works and is available procedure. The recell studys were all for hypopigmentation and had amazing results of course no pics lol.so studys and real life results seem world's apart

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Posted : 04/10/2016 8:21 am

AB

These procedures were created to treat vitiligo as a primary indication. Leukoderma from burns were secondary. Look at the paucity of related studies compared to those on vitiligo.
I don't think you are going to find pictures easily online, for something as common as nose jobs, probably you get 1 clinic websites just posting 3-4 cases on average.

My scar was from a surgery, not from burns or anything else. Studies for punch grafts for surgical scar? None i could find. However the doctor i consulted actually have been doing them for both vitiligo and scar cases.  You may not just get what you want,  "pictures online"
A lot of studies and cases are actually done in public hospitals and you aren't going to find before afters on their website.

May i suggest further tools for your research?

Search with pubmed instead of google
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

In the screenshot i attached, the study abstract shows where the authors are practising, that will give you an idea which countries perform most of these procedures.  

Sign up for a free account here
https://www.deepdyve.com/

For lots of studies, you could have a 5 minute free preview of them everyday, whether you want to capture screenshots to store and read them i won't comment.

That study that is of most interest to you is on deepdyvre. (attached screenshot)
 

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Posted : 04/10/2016 5:41 pm

(Sorry to interrupt your thread AB.)

@sodiumhydroxide, thanks for your help. I really appreciate it! Do you think superficial dermabrasion/resurfacing and suction blister grafting over your mini punch grafts and remaining scar tissue would give you even further improvement and blending? Best wishes at your next appointment. Would love to hear how things go. To your knowledge can microneedling transfer some melanocytes from healthy, pigmented skin into hypopigmented skin and scar tissue or is that just a load of garbage? lol

During your research did you ever come across Dr. Yates Y. Chao in Taipei, Taiwan? There was a previous member here who had 47 punch grafts performed by him. I tried to message Theng a while ago about his experience but looks like he no longer visits this site. His posts are here:

http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/317164-in-need-of-wisdom-and-advice-for-my-scarring-with-pics/?page=9
http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/317164-in-need-of-wisdom-and-advice-for-my-scarring-with-pics/?page=10
http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/317164-in-need-of-wisdom-and-advice-for-my-scarring-with-pics/?page=13
http://www.acne.org/messageboard/topic/317164-in-need-of-wisdom-and-advice-for-my-scarring-with-pics/?page=14

This is the doctor's blog posts (can be translated) and info:
http://drchao.blogspot.ca/2013/02/blog-post_4790.html
http://drchao.blogspot.ca/2013/02/blog-post.html
http://drchao.blogspot.ca/2014/07/blog-post_28.html

http://www.laser123.com/laser_service.php?serv=206
http://www.ccskin.com/index_ccskin.php
https://www.facebook.com/ccskin

It seems like punchgrafting isnot as routine a procedure in North America (I'm from Canada) and there isn't a ton of info available. I'm open to travelling abroad if that's what it takes. Have you had a good experience so far at the clinic in South Korea? Can I message you for the contact info if you don't mind sharing it?

This is the first I've heard of suction blister grafting as well. It does sound like it would be the best option for AB. I recall looking through the studies you posted andthere was at least 1 or 2 that included before and afters. These are research studies and I don't think they're trying to rip anyone off or deceive.

GlSH & AB!

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Posted : 04/11/2016 6:32 am

Yo sodium your a star bro.look I found a place in London that does the suction procedure. I've emailed them here is a link .can't find any other clinic that offers it.was searching for 8 hours non stop lol.hopefully they get back to me and don't tell me it will cost as much as recell
http://www.vitiligotreatments.co.uk/other-surgical-treatments/

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Posted : 04/11/2016 4:56 pm

10 hours ago, Aesthetic beast said:

Yo sodium your a star bro.look I found a place in London that does the suction procedure. I've emailed them here is a link .can't find any other clinic that offers it.was searching for 8 hours non stop lol.hopefully they get back to me and don't tell me it will cost as much as recell
http://www.vitiligotreatments.co.uk/other-surgical-treatments/

hey aesthetic i think i have already commented in your case but you should leave the grafting as a last option first try the meloncyte treatment from the indian guy i was looking at a study i remember a few months ago and most of the patients had great colour match and colour in the post burn luckodema study. i think you will be happy with the results from this.

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Posted : 04/11/2016 10:15 pm

Ommmmmm,

"Do you think superficial dermabrasion/resurfacing and suction blister grafting over your mini punch grafts and remaining scar tissue would give you even further improvement and blending? "
Definitely.

"To your knowledge can microneedling transfer some melanocytes from healthy, pigmented skin into hypopigmented skin and scar tissue or is that just a load of garbage?"
What does your instinct or common sense tell you? That will be my answer.

I looked at the links, this doctor is doing punch grafts BUT for ice pick scars. This is very different from doing it for repigmentation.
The Dr needs to know how much space to site in between the grafts, how much to estimate for peri-graft repigmentation, and he needs to take precautions to prevent cobblestoning. Thus I won't recommend you go to him because he has no experience from doing it from the info you provided.

I won't give you the contact first, maybe after my appointment. I think you can do better than me, I want you to find better opportunities. Give yourself 1-2 weeks and exhaust your own search.

AB,

great, you found someone who does all those procedures, therefore he won't be have a bias for anyone of them and he knows the pros and cons for each of the procedure pertaining to your situation.
And furthermore, he's INDIAN, (they have a lot of experience with these procedures)

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Posted : 04/12/2016 7:17 am

Fuk the dr was lying he said suction blister grafting is no good and is pushing his recell on me 9000 pounds .and was bragging that he can do the recell in 10 min.he called is mktp or something. Here is the email he send me the scamming c*nt I feel like beating him I'm so pissed off.I'm never getting the burn fixed.I'll probably just top myself.I've had enough. I said to the scammer on the phone you clearly state that you do the blister method. He said we dont do it anymore its crap compared to our amazing new treatment called malanosite transfer. And it will only cost 8000 to 9000 pounds.I can do it for you in under 10 min.I told him to go fuk himself  and hung the phone up.
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Here is his email

14 hours ago, Hope01 said:
hey aesthetic i think i have already commented in your case but you should leave the grafting as a last option first try the meloncyte treatment from the indian guy i was looking at a study i remember a few months ago and most of the patients had great colour match and colour in the post burn luckodema study. i think you will be happy with the results from this.
 

this Indian guy scammer is the one that says he does blister and it sucks.he says I need his super duper expensive 9000 pounds treatment called recell aka mktp.fuk him robbing assholes.

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Posted : 04/12/2016 9:07 am

I guess he could charge you more and spend less time by the recell method.
Problems of a first world country.
Let your mood settle and maybe look elsewhere.

In countries like India, recell is too expensive to be an option and the local doctors instead get good at doing skin grafts or punch grafts.

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Posted : 04/12/2016 11:05 am

Recell isbullshit. Show me 1 good result and il change my mind.these con artists are all pushing this rubbish method only 30 percent chance of responding.9000 pounds lol.he said it was 3000 pounds 8 months ago .
Anyway igot a uva woods lamp today to see if I have any pigmentation in my burn area.using the woods lamp I'm not get any florescene at all.so either my woods lamp dosent work properly or I'm doing it wrong.it's supposed to floresce white ifthere is no pigmentation or melanocytes present.so I'm getting negatives on this test. If I put my woods lamp on my jumper or jacket little fibresfloresce white so the lamp does work .also found hypopigmentation on the back of my leg trying to get a positive result about the size of a finger nail in tiny tiny dots.but my fore head where my hypopigmentation burn is has zero florescene.does this mean my malanositesare still alive?I think imo that there is still pigmentation in my burn area.as it does not glow white.like vitiligo hypopigmentation does.so I'm not sure what to make of my woods lamp examination

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