How close are we to implanting other people's hair into our own?

[hairlossnewbie]

Is that an unrealistic hope? A hope to where we can get as thick of a head of hair as we want, if we have the money to pay for it...

 

Is the hair restoration research moving quickly and making progress?

 

Thanks

[hairlossnewbie]

Is that an unrealistic hope? A hope to where we can get as thick of a head of hair as we want, if we have the money to pay for it...

 

Is the hair restoration research moving quickly and making progress?

 

Thanks

[flyby]

Hi HLNewB,

 

This will never happen! You can do a search here and you'll find this question has been asked at least several other times. There are many problems with this

 

- Your body rejects foreign tissue. Taking Anti rejection drugs and their many side affects may be acceptable for a life saving operation such as kidney, liver and heart transplants but not for a cosmetic procedure such as HT

 

- If the body didn't reject the foreign tissues who in the hell would want to have a strip removed from their own head so someone else could have hair.

 

- other peoples hair isn't going to look natural (color, texture etc.) with your own hair.

 

- Cost would be extremely high

 

- No respectible doctor would do it, Medical malpractice insurance would cover it, etc, etc, etc,

 

As for restoring a completely full head of hair I'm sure things such as tissue regeneration science, hair cloning etc are much more likely but I wouldn't keep my fingers crossed for the near future.

 

If you still think implanting other peoples hair into your own sounds like a good idea I'm sure you could pull something off is some third world country. Just make sure you report back to us on the results

[Rambler]

 

- If the body didn't reject the foreign tissues who in the hell would want to have a strip removed from their own head so someone else could have hair.

If it were possible I bet there would be no shortage of donors. Everyone on skid row would have an ear to ear scar.

[Abby]

I think you put it in a nut shell there Rambler