A Method for Culturing Human Hair Follicle Cells

    January 1981 in “ British Journal of Dermatology ”
    P.J.J.M. Weterings, A.J.M. Vermorken, H. Bloemendal
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    Studysummary This study describes a new method for culturing human hair follicle cells, achieving 70% successful growth of keratinocyte colonies using a bovine eye lens capsule substrate. Our plain-language summary of this paper — not a Tressless recommendation.
    The document described a pioneering method for culturing human hair follicle cells using the bovine eye lens capsule as a substrate. This approach allowed for the formation of growing colonies of diploid keratinocytes in a culture medium supplemented with hydrocortisone and insulin, with approximately 70% of the original follicles successfully forming these colonies.
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