Transplanting the Follicle’s Dermal Sheath Cells?
Hi Dr. Rassman, In a recent article i found that it is actually possible to transplant the follicle’s dermal sheath cells from one person to another which can lead to new hair growth.
To view the full article please check the below link and let me know you thoughts about this: ScienceNetLinks
Thanks!! appreciate the work you are doing!!
We know that the body will reject hair transplanted from one person to another, but the very reputable Dr. Angela Christiano is quoted in this article and her experimental technique shows feasibility (I did not verify her work for this review).
So to answer your question, in research this is possible, but real world applications aren’t quite there. It’s early experimentation with the bigger picture being focused on generating joint cartilage for arthritis patients.
This is a very interesting article and approach.
It may very well be that you can transfer dermal sheath cells from one person’s permanent zone of hair to the balding area and get hair to grow. This may be a far less invasive way of doing hair transplants that the current FUT or even FUE method. There may be little if any scarring with this approach.
I think this is what is happening with the hair plucking / Acell approach. Enough of the dermal sheath cell is being transferred to allow hair to grow, and the Acell is helping those cells grow.
It looks like there are some really good treatments coming down the pike. I hope that Dr. Rassman and his colleagues will take these developments into consideration and experiment with these new discoveries.
It looks like the key is transferring the dermal sheath cell and ensuring it can grow in its new environment. And replicating these cells, or getting access to these cells from another person.