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Can these new hair loss treatments help you? Add this page to your bookmark/favourites list, and routinely check it for new entries. The up-to-date information that you need to know about new hair loss treatments will be posted as soon as they become available. (You'll also see the date that each new treatment was detailed). Nature Genetics: gene scan to predict hair loss - 13 Oct 08 Two genetic regions substantially increase the risk of baldness. One was the androgen receptor gene (which has already been linked to male pattern baldness). The other is on chromosome 20. Until now, only the androgen gene had been identified with baldness which lies on the X chromosome and is inherited from the mother. But chromosome 20 is inherited from both parents and may explain the similarities in hair loss between father and son. Tim Spector, from Kings College London, said that these findings can provide a fairly good diagnostic tool for people who want to know whether they will lose their hair before they are 50. Professor Val Randall from the University of Bradford said it was debatable whether men would benefit from finding out about their hair loss risk, but also said that it’s always easier to prevent rather than replace hair growth with new hair loss treatments. Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a way to regenerate hair follicles in mice. Experiments have shown that when a wound heals, instead of forming scar tissue, it can be stimulated to regenerate skin (including hair follicles and oil glands). This is achieved by introducing proteins (called wnt proteins) that are involved in hair follicle development. It appears that, when the skin is returned to an embryonic state, it becomes receptive to the influence of these wnt proteins. Wound healing involving wnt proteins allows skin to heal in such a way that has less scarring and includes all the normal structures of the skin rather than just a scar. By introducing wnt proteins to a wound, the number of new hair follicles can be doubled. This research may eventually lead to a solution for male pattern baldness. And, whilst this may be a new hair loss treatment for the future, it might also be possible to apply this technology to other scalp and skin conditions such as acne and hair overgrowth.
The main benefits of these techniques are that they are natural, incur no additional or on-going expense, and can be used in the comfort of your own home. They are also perfectly suitable for men and women of any age, and could also help with other types of hair loss. Can this unique new hair loss treatment help you? The British government is to invest £1.9m of taxpayers’ money into research for baldness treatment. The science minister is backing the development of this new remedy by Intercytex (a British firm set up in Manchester) and believes Britain could be a world leader in this new hair loss treatment (earning millions of pounds). This potential method involves the extraction of a small slice of the scalp (including follicles and hair) from the back of the head. The hair follicles are then reproduced in a test tube - after 8 weeks millions of dermal papilla cells can then be injected back into the scalp to grow new hair follicles. The most daunting part of this method is that, the average bald scalp will need approximately 1000 injections to establish enough new hair follicles! (The injections would be done under local anaesthetic and penetrate 3mm into the skin). It’s unlikely that this procedure will restore a full head of hair, but the researchers say results would be more reliable than dubious lotions, and look more realistic than hair transplants or a wig. Read this article -
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