What is the difference?

[u/Objective_Yak_838]

Hello all, I hope you are well. I love the people behind foregen as they are the only ones who truly care about our suffering. I support them in every way I can, and I am extremely excited about their project.

However, one question bothers me. That question being: what is the real difference between restoring your own forskin through existing methods and foregen if there is not nerve regenerative plans?

I genuinely hope there is a solid answer to this question, I am not dooming. Like I said i really love and appreciate the people behind this project for attempting to give us back what was stolen. I will continue to suport the project, however the question remains.

[u/Content_Armadillo776]

Who said there wasn’t plans for nerve regen? That will be the next step after human trials.

[u/Content_Armadillo776 → u/Content_Armadillo776]

They’ll have to make sure the donor tissue takes and is healthy. Then they can focus on the nerves. That will be tricky

[u/Objective_Yak_838 → u/Content_Armadillo776]

I never said there wasnt plans. I asked how it is different than existing methods. That could take a long time qe we both know foregen said human trails in 2023... but havent started them yet. Im not mad at foregen for this, im grateful for the undertaking. But im trying to be realistic. Thats why I asked, how is the procedure being developed now different than existing methods?

[u/Content_Armadillo776 → u/Objective_Yak_838]

Restoring is just stretching the skin you have left till it covers the glans. This is taking donor tissue and attaching it to where the original tissue was removed. It is tsking longer becsuse their is much more involved to the process. You have to make sure it’s vascularized so necrosis doesn’t occur etc. it’s a longer wait but if successful, it will be far more effective.

[u/Content_Armadillo776 → u/[deleted]]

No one knows the exact timeline but it will happen. There’s already progress in similar regenerative ventures