Hair Restoration through Cultured Cells

Surgical hair restoration has undergone many new advancements in the past decade. Traditional methods of restoration often involved the transplanting of hair follicles from one area to another. This can still be done to excellent effect depending on the patient, but there are also some new and emerging options that could be beneficial to those seeking non-invasive and effective options. Hair restoration through cultured cells is one of these potential solutions.

Restoring Hair With Cultured Cells

Hair restoration through cellular implants has been considered by scientists for some time. With this type of hair restoration, the type of cell that generally grows follicles would be implanted in the area without hair. This would be preferred to older methods because rather than having to remove and implant follicles, doctors could create new follicles altogether. Unfortunately, this strategy would not work in human patients until recently. Studies are now finding that hair can be restored through replaced follicles but only if the follicular cells are cultured first. This gives the cells a chance to grow in a group.  Treatments such as Platelet Rich Plasma are successful for helping restore hair less based upon these principles.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Cellular Implants

There are many advantages to this new form of hair restoration. Because hair follicles would not […]