Snippet from the article:
Cloning will represent a major advance in hair transplantation when it is ready for prime time. It remains elusive for now, but new clinical therapies — along with older standbys — are helping hair loss patients in the meantime, according to a leading specialist in hair transplantation.
One of the factors limiting hair transplantation is donor density. Individuals without good donor density can be less-than-ideal candidates for hair transplantation, notes Nicole Rogers, M.D., F.A.A.D., dermatologist and hair transplant surgeon and clinical professor, Tulane University, New Orleans. The potential for cloning leaves physicians hopeful for now.
“That would be the Holy Grail,” Dr. Rogers says. “It would be great if we could harvest a single hair from the back (of the head) and create thousands of copycat hairs from that. There is significant research ongoing in that area, but we are not there yet. It’s still going to be a while before it is ready for Food and Drug Administration approval.”
Read the full text at Dermatology Times
I just wanted to post this to show that I’m not just some curmudgeon when it comes to advancements in hair cloning. I still get emails from some readers with an accusatory tone when it comes to my opinion on hair cloning, and I suppose they’d rather me post false hope instead of the actual truth. The article points out the same things I’ve been saying for years — hair cloning is not ready for prime time and although there are companies working on it, there’s no chance this will be ready for the public soon.
When hair cloning finally does become a reality, you can be sure that we’ll be writing about it here. Right now though, it’s still far too early to get overly excited.
Wow dude “Dr True”, you must have a real problem reading. The paper you linked to is a study done on a whopping FIVE people. If you’re really a doctor you must’ve went to the same school as Dr Pepper.
Talk about posting crap, thats what your comment is. “practically every hair loss sufferer is able to get back a full head of hair again” YEAH RIGHT! keep on dreaming sucker
I didnt see anything wrong with Dr Rassman’s answer. He clearly said that because the study wasnt published and reviewed it cant be taken as scientific fact.
You on the other hand are so ready to eat whatever is spoon fed to you. Good luck with that!!