If there is a cut on the skin, then you will certainly have a scar. All follicular unit extraction (FUE) procedures done, regardless of how small the instrument used, will produce some scar and from what I know about DHI, they are doing FUE. The point is that the small scars (dots or scar tissue) […]
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We do not know the answer to this question. One would expect that the auto-cloned hair would be resistant to DHT and grow on just like the donor hair normally does. Apoptosis (cell death) is programmed in the balding hair follicle, but not in the hairs found in the donor area… but still, no one […]
Hair transplant surgery, just like any cosmetic/aesthetic surgery, is a situation in which the patient chooses to alter his/her appearance. Thus, if the patient wants to have their juvenile hairline back and there is enough donor hair available, I see no reason why a doctor cannot accommodate the request. The caveat is that even if […]
Actually, your conclusion is right on. If this process becomes a standard treatment for hair loss, then the need for a traditional transplant would not be needed as long as you’re willing to go through a procedure that involves plucking many hairs and have them placed into another part of the scalp, one hair at […]
Last week I wrote about the ACell presentation at the recent International Society for Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS) meeting that may have opened the possibility for a patient’s hair to be multiplied in his or her own scalp. ACell’s MatriStem has had some early success with growing hairs that were plucked and then placed into […]
In regards to the accidental stem cell follicle discovery, I suppose it depends on the priorities of the researchers on whether they want to switch gears or start another study. It could be that the news of their accidental discovery was made public to garner interest in the project and to take on investors. I’m […]
For those who freely read on, my position on hair loss has remained constant. There is no cure for hair loss and Propecia is certainly not a cure (though it helps treat hair loss in most men). I recently wrote about the discovery of the hair loss gene pathway you are referring to, but if […]
There are drugs in the pipeline for hair loss, but the real question is which, if any, will make it through the investigative and FDA process. It must be proven to be safe and effective at doing what the manufacturer will claim. So I suppose it is reasonable to assume (or at least hope) something […]
Imagine that your father and grandfather had prostate cancer and that you run a very high risk of developing the same disease. Rather than get tested to get a diagnosis for you in advance of getting this terrible disease, you decide to just wait until a cure is available. Then you die because the cure […]
I can joke about your plan, but there really is not much to say. I suppose you can do anything if you are really determined to do it. I am told you can even find instructions to build a nuclear bomb on the Internet. It is your body and if something goes wrong, you can […]
Although there’s enough political tension in the news lately to cause me to not want to delve into policy talk, I can avoid this topic fairly easily as I really have no idea about the political climate for stem cells. While it is an interesting question, I don’t even know that stem cell therapies hold […]
You are correct in stating that there really are only a few treatment options available. Medically there is Propecia and Rogaine. Surgically there is a hair transplant procedure. These treatments are not a complete solution in itself, but it does work with its own limitations. For the future, your guess is probably as good as […]
This is in response to Why Don’t More Men Get Their Hair Back? — The amount of hair that is generally needed to give a man the coverage he wants/needs is upwards of 25% of his original density. As each man is different, the coverage of a single hair (one out of many) reflects: The […]
When hair cloning is available, it will have a genetic clock that should dictate the hair cycle for each particular hair, hence its length. But saying much about something that is not here now and possibly won’t be available for 10+ years, would be foolish for me at this time. It would be like having […]
For Propecia results, I’d say 6-12 months. Benefits could be just halting the hair loss, not necessarily regrowth… so keep that in mind when you’re looking at results. Getting hair cloning to be effective and reliable is the first step. Making it available to the public is quite another. Maybe it’ll be ready in another […]
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