Empowered Doctor has an introductory article and video on hair multiplication from Ken Washenik of Aderans, a leading contender for hair multiplication technology.

“The thing that hair cloning means is that for the first time the ability to get past the limitations of the amount of donor hair you have. This will be the first time you can actually make more, if you need more,” says Dr. Ken Washenik, Medical Director of Bosley Hair Instititute.

“We can get a hair follicle to form in as little as eight days, but in the human it will probably be similar to when you move an intact follicle and it will take around twelve weeks or three months for that follicle to organize and grow up through the skin so about the same time,” says Dr. Washenik.

Aderans is closely associated with infomercial fixture Bosley, the world’s largest hair transplant company. It’s no surprise that that every mention of Aderans is trailed with a plug (sorry) to traditional hair transplants, usually suggesting that hair multiplication will be used for filler hair toward the back alongside the conventional surgery toward the hairline.

This technology will be used to augment or add to the density you can get from a conventional follicle based transplant.

It’s also revealed that Phase I trials have been underway in England and will begin soon in the US, pending FDA clearance. Aderans is famously behind schedule, having originally predicted approval and launch within 2007. If clinical trials begin now and everything goes swimmingly, we’re looking at atleast another 3 years to market in the US.