By Eugene Yeng


The first step to understanding the biology and science of the growing hair it that hair cells are continuously reproducing. The site at which the growth happens in the dermal, or skin, papillae, or outgrowth. This site is also referred to as a follicle.

When these growth sites are destroyed or damage from second degree burns for instance, the dermal papillae makeup is changed. It does not necessarily mean that the biological growth site will stop producing. Our bodies have the ability to regenerate and repair cells. The damaged dermal papillae will produce again once regeneration is complete and the skin is normal again.

New growth will look different than the hairs it replaces. The regrowth may also be thinner, fuzzy, and sparse. People who go through chemotherapy experience this phenomenon. Even though there is no trauma to the scalp, patients experience hair loss because the treatment kills all cells. Many people will have regrowth that is not the same texture, thickness, and even color as what they had before the treatment. When people have hair transplants they can also have irregular regrowth.

Contrary to what most think, new growth comes up in groups of three strands not strand by strand. Although most new growth takes about one month for on inch, healthier scalps can often grow faster while other individuals have slower growth times.

Our hairs will naturally fall out about every five months and will be replaced with new stronger healthier strands. These new strands push out the old ones replacing them under normal conditions. Unfortunately, this does not happen with male pattern baldness, the strands that are lost are not replaced. Scientists are currently looking for ways to promote new growth.

Balding is currently treated cosmetically by covering the loss, with transplants, and treated with medicines that include topical remedies. Scientist have proved that specific vitamins and mineral are needed for healthy growth. Combining the right sulfur containing supplements, minerals, and vitamins, are important to promote healthy growth. Unfortunately, the treatments have their limitations and no one in particular will work for all individuals.

With private labs and universities currently working to find remedies for this problem, treatment options look as though they will improve. Cloning and gene therapy are two approaches that will likely succeed. There are specific genes in the follicles that have been identified as causing dysfunction in growth when mutation takes place. Several diseases that can cause balding involve some type of genetic development. While biologists focus their attention to fixing errors in genetics, cloning deals with using stem cells to grow new follicles. The cells, collected from donors, are processed in the laboratory.

When we consider the biology and science of growing hair, we can easily see that these treatment option will soon be at the forefront of the remedies for baldness. People will no longer consider the condition of baldness as something they just have to live with since current work is pointing toward a permanent cure.




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