Hair Multiplication and Hair Cloning 2009
People ask about hair multiplication, hair loss, stem cell hair regrowth, and hair cloning transplant all the time. The last annual meeting of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery (ISHRS), where all authorities in medical hair restoration get together, did not have any good news for the people who are eagerly following the progress of hair multiplication research. In fact, the newly disclosed information from Intercytex who is considered the leading group working on hair multiplication revealed that they never successfully finished phase II of their study on hair follicle multiplication.
This is contradicting with what they released previously regarding completion of phase II and the commencement of phase III. This is considered a step back in the field of hair restoration and it means a longer waiting time for people who are impatiently waiting for hair multiplication to become a reality.
When any new treatment modality is being researched, scientists need to go through several phases to establish its effectiveness and safety. Phase III of a study is when a few subjects (human) are being treated with the new modality on a longer period of time to assure the long term effect and safety of the new treatment.
The reason for the delay in completion of phase II of hair multiplication research was not fully disclosed. However, knowing this fact leads us to believe that using multiplied hair won’t be possible at least in the next 8 years. We at US Hair Restoration are collaborating with the academic center in some different stem cell hair research. Our research is still in its early stages, but we will release our findings of this hair stem cell research as soon as they are available.
Tags: hair cloning, hair multiplication, hair stem cell, intercytex, ISHRS