QuoteReplyTopic: hair cloning Posted: June 12 2002 at 10:38pm
hi guys and gals, a new procedure, typically called hair multiplication or cell therapy, is looming on the near horizon.
it involves taking cells from hair follicles that are not subject to the DHT ravages of balding, sending them to a laboratory, where they are "cultured", or "multiplied", and then re-injected back into the scalp. it will be for both males and females. so don`t get too discouraged.
Hi Joe, thank you for mentioning this. I have seen mentions of this on other sites. What else can you tell us about the procedure? I am very interested in this. I don`t want to use some of the drugs out there because of my particular health concerns, but this process seems like it could be the thing if/when it comes out. take care, Mary
hi ME, the general consensus is that hair transplant doctors are well aware of the situation, and want to deny its very existence, up until the day that it is released, whereby they will then be scrambling to get your business.
the reason is obvious. comparing hair multiplication to hair transplants is like comparing skiing in the alps versus skiing down a small hill. in otherwards, there is no comparison. if a person were to be aware that HM was due out anytime within 5 years, one would almost certainly wait, which would cripple the HT business, almost overnight.
hair transplants are not really very effective, and they NEVER give you a full head of hair, like HM eventually will do.
however, Bosley, the largest HT chain, is thought by many to be gearing up behind the scene, to attempt to become the largest supplier of HM when it does arrive.
Hi Mary, well there are many unanswered questions by even those who are well-informed, simply because we will not know many of the exact particulars, until it arrives. and once it does, there will be improvements on it, at a very constant basis, for the first couple of years.
what we do know is that hairloss is the result of 2 main things - 1) a genetic tendency for it, and a high level of testosterone. the male who has both of these, can be half-bald or more by the age of 25, and it is these younger people who suffer the most, since their emotions have not matured, and they rely on their looks, sometimes exclusively.
the hairs on the back of our head and the sides, are very seldom subject to hairloss. for whatever reason, these follicles are not subject to the ravages of DHT (di-hydro-testosterone). these cells are extracted, and sent to a lab to be cultured. they are then re-injected back into the scalp. the concensus opinion is that eventually, the procedure will be able to both stimulate old follicles into producing hair once again, as well as creating new follicles, so we literally can have thicker hair than we had when we were born, but at the moment, there is much debate as to whether the first release will do one or the other.
like i said, in terms of exact particulars, there are a lot more questions than there are answers. but i have been following this for about 3 years, and the number of players involved has catapulted - there is a lot of scrambling being done. the reason why everything is so hush-hush, is that there is huge financial implications for many, many people.
There is a cool site that I hae learned a lot about this hair cloning and tissue engineering called
www.baldnessbattlers.com
If you go to the forums you will find that there are posted a bunch of articles and links.
It seems to be that the infamous Bosley HT guys are in fact publicly working on some form of HM right now with research in Atlanta and Philly.
Within a few years, much of hairloss will be eradicated. I think the HT doctors do not want to lose their current revenues and are not informing patients of options coming. Including Bosley it seems.
I hope everyone checks this information out. It is hopeful as hell.
Hi guys, Is there anything new about this HM stuff? I saw some bits about it on other sites and it really sounds exciting to me. Thanks so much, MaryJean
hi mary jean, there is no real news to speak of - tons of speculation, but nothing concrete. like i said in my earlier post, because there is so much money involved, there is a lot of hush-hush. one day, it will just magically appear as the buzz in the news, WHEN SOMEONE IS READY TO START CHARGING FOR THE PROCEDURE.
the science for this sort of hair cloning has been around for 20 years, but the hair transplant industry, along with the pharmaceutical industry had lots to lose, if ever a real procedure ever came out.
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