This question, from a member of our Hair Loss Social Community and Discussion Forums, was answered by Dr. Jerry Cooley of Charlotte, NC who is a member of the Coalition of Independent Hair Restoration Physicians. Dr. Cooley, I’d be very interested to hear your thoughts on platelet rich plasma (PRP) in general. Do you find […]
Aderans Research Institute (ARI) – a sub-division of the Aderans organization – began researching hair multiplication/hair cloning in 2002. After a variety of different approaches and applications, ARI began to work exclusively with what they called the “Ji Gami” process. During the Ji Gami procedure, a small strip of scalp containing follicular units is removed […]
Earlier this month, Follica, the biotechnology organization headed by University of Pennsylvania hair loss researcher Dr. George Cotsarelis, made two new important announcements. First, they announced the discovery of a new growth factor protein, known as “fibroblast growth factor 9” or “fgf9,” which may prove to be an important factor in the growth of new […]
Hair multiplication, or the act of removing hair follicles and hair follicle stem cells, cloning the follicles/cells, and implanting the cloned follicles/cells into areas of balding scalp, is one of the most anticipated futuristic hair loss treatments. Though several methods of hair multiplication have been proposed, researchers still believe isolation, cloning, and multiplying dermal papilla […]