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

Hernán Pinto; Rafael Gálvez; José Casanova

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

Hernán Pinto, Rafael Gálvez, José Casanova

Published in International Journal of Clinical and Developmental Anatomy (Volume 4, Issue 1)

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
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Regenera, Androgenetic Alopecia, Score, Hair Loss

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Hernán Pinto, Rafael Gálvez, José Casanova. (2018). Dermoscopy Is the Crucial Step for Proper Outcome Prospection When Treating Androgenetic Alopecia with the Regenera® Protocol: A Score Proposal. International Journal of Clinical and Developmental Anatomy, 4(1), 15-18. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijcda.20180401.12

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Hernán Pinto; Rafael Gálvez; José Casanova. Dermoscopy Is the Crucial Step for Proper Outcome Prospection When Treating Androgenetic Alopecia with the Regenera® Protocol: A Score Proposal. Int. J. Clin. Dev. Anat. 2018, 4(1), 15-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ijcda.20180401.12

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Hernán Pinto, Rafael Gálvez, José Casanova. Dermoscopy Is the Crucial Step for Proper Outcome Prospection When Treating Androgenetic Alopecia with the Regenera® Protocol: A Score Proposal. Int J Clin Dev Anat. 2018;4(1):15-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ijcda.20180401.12

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Hernán Pinto

Department of Medical, Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
Rafael Gálvez

Giroclinic, Girona, Spain
José Casanova

Giroclinic, Girona, Spain

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Hernán Pinto, Rafael Gálvez, José Casanova. Dermoscopy Is the Crucial Step for Proper Outcome Prospection When Treating Androgenetic Alopecia with the Regenera® Protocol: A Score Proposal. Int J Clin Dev Anat. 2018;4(1):15-18. doi: 10.11648/j.ijcda.20180401.12

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