Anyone here know about Hair Stem Cell transplantation?

[Mrsmith434]

Hi all

Hair stem cell transplantation sounds like the "holy grail" as it creates new hair.   As described here https://hasci.co.uk/treatment/hair-stem-cell-transplantation/

Anyone have any experience with this?   Does it work?   I know it's expensive but it's an interesting development.

[Al - Moderator]

I think this was first tried by Dr Gho about 20 years ago It never panned out. They attempt to cut the follicle in half, leaving part of it still in the donor area of your scalp and the other half they transplant. The theory is that if done right both damaged halves will heal themselves and both will grow hair, thus you still have the donor hair growing and you also have a new hair growing in the recipient site. I think he tried it on a number of patients and the results were poor with low growth rates and weak, damaged hair that may not last more than a few years if it did grow.

Could results have improved since then? Possibly, but I'd think it would be much bigger news if it did.

 

[Mrsmith434]

I've seen a lot crop upabout this "revelation" such as this:-

https://www.apexprofoundbeauty.com/en/treatment/breakthrough-stem-cell-treatment-for-hair-loss/

https://emrahcinik.com/blog/stem-cells-hair-transplant-turkey/

https://www.healthline.com/health/stem-cell-hair-transplant