Hair Cloning – the Future of Hair Transplants is Almost Here

Losing your hair is something that affect most men and some women. Besides the obvious effects on appearance, it can have profound impact on your self-esteem, self confidence and to an extent how other communicate with you. This is exactly why so many people who lose their hair start searching for solutions. Currently the options are very limited as you can choose between going bald, spending some money on meds (Minoxidil, Propecia) that slow down and slightly reverse hair loss or the more permanent although expensive, hair transplant. Although hair transplant can provide you with an excellent permanent solution, it is very expensive and limited as no new hair is being given to you but instead the hair follicles are moved from the back of the head into the thinning areas. There are also attempts to extract body hair such as unwanted chest or back hair and have it transplanted to the head while the transplanted hair takes the hair properties of the region it is transplanted in.
While hair transplants are not a bad option, it does costs a lot of money and even after a few transplants, you may still be limited as to the density that your hair can be restored to.

Hair cloning is a new concept currently researched mainly by companies like “Aderans Research” and it’s recently purchased “Intercytex”. The idea is simple: any cell in our body can multiply. By extracting a relatively small amount of hair follicles, and letting them seat in special laboratory conditions where they are encouraged to multiply, we can produce unlimited new amount of hair follicles. After 6-8 weeks from the extraction, the follicles multiply and are ready to be transplanted back into the head. Once this method is perfected, the benefits are countless:
-The hair is yours and therefore it will gain the same properties as the rest of your hair and wouldn’t look different. It wouldn’t be rejected by your body as it includes your own genetic markers.
-It is expected that once on the mainstream, the cost for the whole operation would be considerably lower than traditional hair transplants since there is no need for a big team of surgeons to perform the operation.
-Maybe most importantly, you can have all the hair you can dream of, as there is no limit of newly cloned donor hair. Even better, as you get the hair density just right, with one procedure and you know it will look natural or better.

Clinical studies are now being taken across several cities in England and the US. The research is currently on the second phase and results are looking promising. It is estimated by many that before the end of 2012, the procedure would be widely available to the public.

Look here for new press releases on the subject.

Anne Hughes from www.HealthKeeper.net, 13/05/2010

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