Possible Hair Loss Cure?
More than half of all men and 30% of all women will suffer some form of hair loss at some point in their life.
Until now most of the treatments that are available on the market actually focus on preventing loss of any more hair.
There are no solutions on the market that attempt to grow new hair from new hair follicles.
But that all may change due to a fluke discovery by scientists.
Bald may be beautiful to some people but not to all otherwise combating hair loss would not be a massive $1billion revenue generating industry.
It has been thought that we are born with the hair follicles that we will ever have throughout our lifetime.
These hair follicles reduce over time.
Treatments can try and preserve what you already have or try to cover up the hair that you lose.
But recently at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre something extraordinary happened.
While doctors at the research centre were studying the role of stem cells in wounds of mice, they noticed growth of white hair.
They noticed new hair follicles forming with the help of a "special" compound and these were not old follicles re-growing hair.
The hair forming as if they were developing for the first time.
This discovery startled and excited the doctors who now believe that this could be the start of a possible hair re-growth solution.
Human trials for the possible may not be too far away.
A company has already licensed the technology discovered by the Doctors and that makes it possible that we may see a permanent treatment in a couple of years to come.
This is quite a big deal considering we a lot of the claims to grow back hair in such circumstances do not work.
The commonly available products on the market grow hair back by stimulating the existing hair follicles.
But the big deal here is that an actual hair follicle is grown to generate new hair.
The stem cell technology, combined with a "magic" compound assists in the production of new hair follicles.
Furthermore, the trials that have been conducted up to now have shown this discovery of hair growth to work consistently.
So how soon can the product of this nature be made available? Well there will be the initial need for human trials over the course of a year or two and it won't be surprising to see a product available on the markets within 3 to 4years.
So keep a look out for further stem cell research associated with finding a cure for permanent hair loss.
Until now most of the treatments that are available on the market actually focus on preventing loss of any more hair.
There are no solutions on the market that attempt to grow new hair from new hair follicles.
But that all may change due to a fluke discovery by scientists.
Bald may be beautiful to some people but not to all otherwise combating hair loss would not be a massive $1billion revenue generating industry.
It has been thought that we are born with the hair follicles that we will ever have throughout our lifetime.
These hair follicles reduce over time.
Treatments can try and preserve what you already have or try to cover up the hair that you lose.
But recently at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre something extraordinary happened.
While doctors at the research centre were studying the role of stem cells in wounds of mice, they noticed growth of white hair.
They noticed new hair follicles forming with the help of a "special" compound and these were not old follicles re-growing hair.
The hair forming as if they were developing for the first time.
This discovery startled and excited the doctors who now believe that this could be the start of a possible hair re-growth solution.
Human trials for the possible may not be too far away.
A company has already licensed the technology discovered by the Doctors and that makes it possible that we may see a permanent treatment in a couple of years to come.
This is quite a big deal considering we a lot of the claims to grow back hair in such circumstances do not work.
The commonly available products on the market grow hair back by stimulating the existing hair follicles.
But the big deal here is that an actual hair follicle is grown to generate new hair.
The stem cell technology, combined with a "magic" compound assists in the production of new hair follicles.
Furthermore, the trials that have been conducted up to now have shown this discovery of hair growth to work consistently.
So how soon can the product of this nature be made available? Well there will be the initial need for human trials over the course of a year or two and it won't be surprising to see a product available on the markets within 3 to 4years.
So keep a look out for further stem cell research associated with finding a cure for permanent hair loss.
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