"Looking forward, the prospective treatment of hair multiplication/hair cloning, which extracts self-replenishing follicle stem cells, multiplies them many times over in the lab, and microinjects them into the scalp, has been shown to work in mice, and is currently under development, expected by some scientists to be available to the public in 2009–2015. Subsequent versions of the treatment are expected by some scientists to be able to cause these follicle stem cells to simply signal the surrounding hair follicles to rejuvenate."
I"n January 2007, Italian stem-cell researchers say they've come up with a new technique for curing baldness. Pierluigi Santi of a Genoa clinic said stem cells could be used to "multiply" hair roots. He said the clinic would be ready to perform its first hair transplants on priority patients - those who have lost their hair in fires or other accidents - within a few months. After that, he said, "we'll open our doors to paying customers". Santi's approach works by splitting roots and growing new follicles."
This was from a wikipedia article, and I have done some light reading on stem cell research before in this regard. Of course, the folicles would still have to be active , as in this would work for people I believe who are in the beginning or middle stages of losing hair...My question is for a little perspective on how this seemingly looming Cure would come about when in the US we have such restrictions on stem cell research and what kind of sum of money one could be expected to pay for such a treatment as I'm sure healh insurance won't cover it under the same guidlines of plastic surgery and so on.
For myself I am in the beginning stages of thinning hair and will definatly go on propecia and stuff cause I feel like there's a reason to fight for keeping those folicles active as there might be such a final solution encroaching, even with side effects now. But am I being realistic with my expectations?
I"n January 2007, Italian stem-cell researchers say they've come up with a new technique for curing baldness. Pierluigi Santi of a Genoa clinic said stem cells could be used to "multiply" hair roots. He said the clinic would be ready to perform its first hair transplants on priority patients - those who have lost their hair in fires or other accidents - within a few months. After that, he said, "we'll open our doors to paying customers". Santi's approach works by splitting roots and growing new follicles."
This was from a wikipedia article, and I have done some light reading on stem cell research before in this regard. Of course, the folicles would still have to be active , as in this would work for people I believe who are in the beginning or middle stages of losing hair...My question is for a little perspective on how this seemingly looming Cure would come about when in the US we have such restrictions on stem cell research and what kind of sum of money one could be expected to pay for such a treatment as I'm sure healh insurance won't cover it under the same guidlines of plastic surgery and so on.
For myself I am in the beginning stages of thinning hair and will definatly go on propecia and stuff cause I feel like there's a reason to fight for keeping those folicles active as there might be such a final solution encroaching, even with side effects now. But am I being realistic with my expectations?
