Hair Cloning: A New Method for Combating Hair Loss

Cloning of hair is a new progressive method of combating alopecia (alopecia). Scientists in New York have proven that transplanting healthy follicles will help cope with the disease within 1-2 years.

Scientific developments

According to statistics, more than half of women and men after 50 years suffer from hair loss. Because of this, many form complexes, people feel less attractive. To remain without hair a person can as a result of getting burns. In this case, it is also necessary to transplant living cells into the area of alopecia.

Scientists at the University of California isolated healthy hair from volunteers and placed them in a nutrient medium. A few days later it was noticed that the cells began to be intensively divided.

Thus, the researchers came to the conclusion that healthy follicles transferred to the scalp can take root, and hair, respectively, will begin to grow.

When will the research be over?

First, cloning of hair on animals was carried out. In the experiment, laboratory rats were used. Scientists were convinced that the survival of follicles is not bad. Next, it is necessary to conduct research on people. This will take at least 5-10 years.

During this time, researchers need to make sure that the follicles get well. In addition, part of the experiment is to monitor the growth and structure of the transplanted hair, which will also take several years. Also, the time of the research depends on the financing of the project. If the investment of money is suspended, then the end of the study can be expected soon.

The cycle of hair growth has several periods and these processes have not yet been thoroughly studied by physicians and researchers. To start the process of cloning, you need to consistently solve the problems that arise on each growth cycle.

Even if scientists quickly understand all the nuances of hair growth, it is still necessary first to reproduce the processes in the laboratory. Here the time for research increases, because with errors at each new stage it is necessary to start growing cells artificially first. It is likely that the study will last for 10 years.

Cons of the project

Unfortunately, the research is not going so smoothly. Scientists have not yet decided on the depth to which the implant should be placed, so that the percentage of survival rate will increase. Also, the method of transplantation has not yet been approved.

Cloning hair (photo) on dark hair has been carried out for several dozen times. The results, unfortunately, are not always positive. Sometimes, during the division of cells, the color changes somewhat and in humans the hair on the transplanted areas changes the shade.

This problem can be solved mechanically by means of hair dyeing. But this option is not always suitable for male representatives. Now the scientists are actively working on the solution.

Cloning for short hair occurs in the same way. People with short haircut to take quality material for implantation is more problematic. Therefore, before the procedure, patients are recommended to grow a little hair.

Who will not be able to hold cloning hair?

There are situations in which this procedure does not help to cope with alopecia. For example, cloning does not help if a patient develops alopecia as a result of impaired immunological processes in the body. With this type of disease, unfortunately, the implant survival rate will be very low.

Also, scientists noted that in time even those hair that successfully could take root and began to grow after transplantation, eventually fall out. This process will be associated with an immunological reaction. If the doctor is unable to cure the underlying disease, then cloning hair can not save the patient from baldness.

It is difficult to cope with alopecia in women who lose hair as a result of hormonal changes in the body that occur against the background of menopause. Help them will be possible only after the completion of this process. In this case, the hormonal background will be established, and the survival rate of the implants will increase.

Now hair transplantation has been successfully used. This process is similar to cloning, but it does not grow a healthy hair in a test tube, but do material sampling from donors. At the moment this is a good way to cope with hair loss in humans.