The question is “when will hair cloning be available”. The article goes over what has been done so far for hair multiplication experimentally. Intercytex group has been involved and developed some hair stem cell, hair culturing and hair multiplication projects. Some of those methods could be used for the " target="_self" treatment of hair loss . Some of those known as hair cloning are also being done by other organizations or universities.
One of the groups that are actively working on hair cloning is Intercytex that has recently released a research result on the hair multiplication experiments in the journal of experimental dermatology.
Hair cell multiplication can be a revolution in hair transplant surgery field. Follicular cell implantation in this article is reviewed and mentioned as an experimental cell therapy for the treatment of hair loss that uses cultured hair follicles or their cells to induce new hair formation. The process of multiplying hair cells is based on the demonstration that adult dermal papilla cells (DPC) retain the hair inductive potential that they acquired during hair morphogenesis before birth.
To harvest FCI, the researchers could isolate hair active cells from scalp biopsies and then grow them in cultures in order to make adequate cells to generate several other follicles from a few.
Following expansion of cells in culture, they implanted those cells into the scalp where they induce the formation of new follicles below the level of skin. They describe a consistent, reliable method in which they can test hair induction. Since the process relies on the ability to retain the potential for hair induction during the expansion of DPC in culture.
They go over a simple graft model that supports hair morphogenesis. In this experiment, they combine dermal cells with embryonic mouse epidermis that provides the keratinocyte (one of the skin cells) component of induced follicles. The grafts are placed under a protective skin flap in the host mouse where the cells will make a skin graft that can produce hair if the dermal cells are hair producing DPC.
By using the system of freshly isolated and cultured mouse embryo dermal cells as well as cultured dermal papilla cells from other species we can make new hair that could be used of hair restoration in people with baldness.
The great point about this process was that the induced hairs were aesthetically indistinguishable from those of the epidermal donor in length, thickness, and pigmentation. The investigators stated that the newly formed hairs were considered normal and could resemble a complete natural hair after microscopic examination.
Our hair transplant team at Los Angeles hair transplant surgery centers and offices of US Hair Restoration will closely follow up with the progress of hair multiplication and cloning techniques. Although the result of the cultured hair on animals has been released before, the current published article is very interesting and can elucidates more on the characteristics of multiplied and newly formed hair quality during the process of hair multiplication so called hair cloning. It seems like we still have a long way to go until we can practically use hair multiplication techniques in restoring human hair. The good thing is that it cannot be kept a secret when hair multiplication technology is available.
