MilliOnAir Magazine March 2018 | Page 112

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Stem cell therapy must only be performed by a doctor who is highly qualified. One of my pet peeves is how this industry has been invaded by so-called experts, the sort of people who have been on a couple of courses and are little more than salespeople.

 

Ioannis Liakas, whom I’ve trusted before to look after my skin, is the premiere aesthetic doctor performing the treatment in the UK. Even so, I must admit I was rather nervous about the procedure - after all, there were going to be injections into my head!

 

Dr Ioannis gave me a consultation and quickly pointed out where the problem areas were. He was confident that with my head of hair the results would good and that I’d see them in four to six weeks. There would be further improvement over the coming months, with the final outcome seen in six months.

 

“How painful will it be?” I asked, nervously. He assured me the discomfort would be minimal and that I’d be out after 45 minutes and back to work or play. I could even go the gym next day!

 

Even better, there would be no need to shave my hair at all, unlike some conventional transplants. The treatment can also give a boost to someone who had had a transplant.

 

Dr Ioannis put me at my ease and pointed out the area where the cells would be taken. There would be no scar but the area would be red and crusty for a few days or so. Local anaesthetic was injected into the area where the biopsy was to be taken was not mad on the feeling but considering the area it was really minimum discomfort. You have to be prepared that it's a sensitive area and you tend to bleed more from the head.

 

Dr Ioannis also put an anaesthetic cream in the area of my hair where solution and stem cells were to be injected. Dr Ioannis works quirky and before I knew it the first biopsy was taken and fused with a saline solution put into a machine called H.B.W that cuts it down in to millions of pieces forming the stem cells the same treatment can also be used for facial rejuvenation with great success and giving a longer longevity than traditional filler or PRP. 

 

He followed the first with two other tiny biopsies and mixed those as well. He started to inject the crown area of my head there was honestly very little discomfort and, as he worked around my hair, I wanted him to keep going!

 

The following week, I had my haircut and my barber said asked me about a spot on my scalp, wondering if I had cut myself. Not letting him on the secret just yet, I just nodded. A week later, it was gone. Four weeks later my barber commented: “You’ll never lose your hair, it feels thicker than ever.”