Hair Multiplication, sounds like a simple term but is it really a simple procedure and as popular as FUE? What does hair multiplication mean to the thousands suffering from baldness? Is it painless and stitch less as touted by other techniques that promise a healthy crop of tresses? Can hair multiplication rally be better than hair weaving, hair cloning, FUE and even prove feasible in terms of cost?
According to expert opinion, multiplied hair grows as thick as normal hair and also provides new hair follicles from the activated stem cells. These cells then activate dormant hair and the cells can also be used to heal or regenerate skin. To elaborate further, a newborn has vellus hair where stem cells are gradually activated, making hair thicker. When these cells get deactivated, hair begins to thin again.
The process of hair multiplication involves donor hair which can be referred to as plucked hair, or hair fragments, namely, the cut hair follicles, which are directly implanted into the scalp, to regenerate hair. Hair Multiplication has a success rate of 50% excellent results, 30% average and a minimal 20% which cannot be salvaged. However, it needs to be known that hair multiplication is not a procedure by itself and can only be used as a complementary hair restoration process. In fact hair multiplication as a hair restoration technique has spawned a lot of research. As stem cells are abundant in fat tissue, speculation revolves around injecting fat tissue from the abdomen to the bald area, stimulating dormant hair follicles, in that bald patch to eventually yield hair. As this procedure is still in the experimental stage, it cannot indicate an overall price. Hair transplant cost in India is much less than in European countries. Which brings us to an important question: vanity at what price? How much is too much for a healthy mane? The equation is different for a person living under constant threat of becoming bald and who daily grapples with severe hair fall.
Darwins Origin of Evolution points out to our descent from apes. Our habitat in times of yore was the jungle, where hair was an important necessity, especially for protection. But in todays world do we need hair as some protective extension or does it serve a more important purpose, that of being accepted in ones peer group, of adding to ones looks and attracting the right person in a relationship? This dimension of looking breathtakingly beautiful or handsome is even more important for those whose livelihood mainly depends on their persona, like film stars and celebrities in the entertainment business. It is for high income earners like these that hair transplant cost is not a deterrent. Would these icons then opt for FUE (Follecular Unit Extraction) which requires individual grafts to be extracted with minimal scarring and bruising? Or would hair cloning, perceived as the big hope for future, be their answer?
According to expert opinion, multiplied hair grows as thick as normal hair and also provides new hair follicles from the activated stem cells. These cells then activate dormant hair and the cells can also be used to heal or regenerate skin. To elaborate further, a newborn has vellus hair where stem cells are gradually activated, making hair thicker. When these cells get deactivated, hair begins to thin again.
The process of hair multiplication involves donor hair which can be referred to as plucked hair, or hair fragments, namely, the cut hair follicles, which are directly implanted into the scalp, to regenerate hair. Hair Multiplication has a success rate of 50% excellent results, 30% average and a minimal 20% which cannot be salvaged. However, it needs to be known that hair multiplication is not a procedure by itself and can only be used as a complementary hair restoration process. In fact hair multiplication as a hair restoration technique has spawned a lot of research. As stem cells are abundant in fat tissue, speculation revolves around injecting fat tissue from the abdomen to the bald area, stimulating dormant hair follicles, in that bald patch to eventually yield hair. As this procedure is still in the experimental stage, it cannot indicate an overall price. Hair transplant cost in India is much less than in European countries. Which brings us to an important question: vanity at what price? How much is too much for a healthy mane? The equation is different for a person living under constant threat of becoming bald and who daily grapples with severe hair fall.
Darwins Origin of Evolution points out to our descent from apes. Our habitat in times of yore was the jungle, where hair was an important necessity, especially for protection. But in todays world do we need hair as some protective extension or does it serve a more important purpose, that of being accepted in ones peer group, of adding to ones looks and attracting the right person in a relationship? This dimension of looking breathtakingly beautiful or handsome is even more important for those whose livelihood mainly depends on their persona, like film stars and celebrities in the entertainment business. It is for high income earners like these that hair transplant cost is not a deterrent. Would these icons then opt for FUE (Follecular Unit Extraction) which requires individual grafts to be extracted with minimal scarring and bruising? Or would hair cloning, perceived as the big hope for future, be their answer?
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