Month: March 2008

How much advancement do you predict will be taking place in the science of hair restoration within the next 5-6 years? Do you think that a male with a class 6 on the norwood scale would have any chance of getting the majority of his hair back? And i’m not talking about your regular hair transplant where the majority of men still look thin on top, i’m talking about the real deal thickness as on the sides and back of the head

Thanks DOC

The exciting happening from last week was the recent discovery of what may be an important genetic marker for causes of hair loss (see In the News – Hair Loss Gene Identified?). The hairs in a Norwood Class 6 pattern balding person are probably still there in some involuted state, possibly at a cellular level. With the right approach, my great hope is that there is a possibility that this hair in your bald area can be stimulated to grow. I couldn’t pinpoint a timeframe for you, though.

Many people will point and shout about how hair cloning or hair multiplication is the next big thing, and more recently people were doing the same jumping up and down for the hair lasers, and many years back there were various tonics and elixirs that were claiming to magically regrow your hair. When any new methods for regrowing hair or preventing hair loss are proven safe and effective, I’m sure you’ll learn all about them — the mainstream media will be all over it.