Will It Be Possible Anytime Soon to Revive Dead Follicles by Transplanting Bulge Cells into Them?

It seems that this would be the ideal way of dealing with unwanted hair loss. In my case an electrologist destroyed many of my eyebrow follicles without my permission, so the combination of heat and lye must have killed all the bulge cells along with other structures in the follicles. Would transplanted bulge cells be able to regenerate the entire follicle in a case like this? How soon would the technology be available?

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Can Transplantation of Bulge Cells Revive Dead Hair Follicles?

Although there is research done in this area no one is even close to applying this clinically in your situation. You have two options. Some people have gotten satisfactory results tattooing, but you have to find someone in this area. The other option is to get a transplant from hair from the lower back of the head. However, in many individuals this is not a good match.

Reviving Dead Follicles with Bulge Cells

That is certainly a research line worth pursuing and likely being pursued at this time. However, this procedure is not currently available.

Reviving transected hair

Recent case reports have suggested that Acell (Tm), an Extracellular matrix filled with growth factors, can revive transected hair to regenerate the hair shaft. This means that hair hairs that do not have the entire follicles in place, we can regenerate the follicles using this product. Although Acell is FDA approved for use in other fields of medicine, its introduction in hair transplantation is relatively. We are currently conducting research with acell and hair transplantation. In one of... more

Bulge Cells in Treatment of Hair Loss

Research on the use of bulge cells continues, but in today's world there is no practical application of these cells in the treatment of hair loss in humans. Your best alternative to replace lost eyebrow hair is hair transplanation with micrografts, which is a reliable procedure with consistent, excellent results.