[2 Mar 2008 | No Comment | 16,877 views]
Regrowing hair with self-mutilation, Jackalopes and stem cells

50 years ago, the late cancer researcher Charles Breedis was taking a scalpel to the backs of rabbits at a University of Pennsylvania lab. Under a grant by the National Cancer Institute, he was investigating the link between healing and the Shope papilloma virus, a carcinogenic pathogen similar to HPV in humans .. Dr. Breedis had observed the first recorded instance of follicular neogenesis, a phenomenon in which new, fully functioning hair organs develop as a biproduct of trauma to the body.

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[8 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 1,218 views]
Platelet Rich Plasma - Industry magazine excerpts

Joseph Greco has been sending out some scans from a hair transplant industry magazine regarding Platelet Rich Plasma as used in hair transplant surgeries.

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[6 Aug 2008 | One Comment | 1,219 views]

Acell, a Jessup, Maryland-based company, has begun providing hair transplant doctors with its skin-regenerating powder. This may possibly provide an unlimited source of donor hair.

Dr. Robert Jones now has access to Acell’s Extracellular Matrix (ECM) products for wound healing. Anyone interested in signing up as a test patient, please email hairsite@aol.com immediately for details.

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[17 Mar 2008 | 36 Comments | 27,183 views]

He only looks sad still; he died while waiting for hair
Intercytex, the UK-based biotechnology company and hair multiplication darlings of the moment, have released the final results from their Phase II trials for their flagship hair product, ICX-TRC.
The last results were in September, leaving us with extremely promising results and the impression that they were [...]

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[20 Nov 2007 | No Comment | 2,815 views]

A patent dug up from 2001 outlines a method to reduce or reverse hair loss by injecting the scalp with Botox.
Two Toronto, Canada-based doctors named Marvin Schwartz and Brian Freund claim the following:
Injection of (Botox) improves the tissue environment surrounding the hair follicles by reducing scalp tension and, by doing so, improves bloodflow through [...]

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[13 Oct 2007 | No Comment | 1,102 views]

The Business Shrink has a funny post on full scalp transplants:
The most shocking method being discussed by none other than Maria Siemionow and her team, is a full human scalp transplant. The first swing at this idea is not for the cosmetically challenged individuals that need a better head of hair to go with their [...]