Verteporfin FUT Hair Transplant Scar Study With Dr. Bloxham

A new documentation of a hair transplant surgeon studying the YAP inhibiting drug verteporfin in hair transplant surgery has been published on the front page. Dr. Blake Bloxham of New York has followed in the footsteps of Dr. Barghouthi in testing the application of verteporfin to the wounded scalp areas following hair transplant surgery. This work is being done to test the capacity for verteporfin to create scarless wound healing, and potentially, hair follicle regeneration in the donor extraction area. 

Importantly, in the latest studies by Dr. Bloxham, verteporfin is being tested on FUT hair transplant wounds for the first time. Previously, verteporfin was only tested in microscopic FUE extraction wounds. An important update from Dr. Bloxham regarding the healing process of the FUT wounds can be expected around the end of September/early October. Follow the main article for further details.