Medical Breakthrough on Baldness

Baldness is one of the biggest dilemmas of people today. Those suffering from it can now heave a sigh of relief as University of Pennsylvania has come out with a key to cure hair loss.

It was most common notion up until now that the dormant hair follicles cannot generate hair, but now it has been found that by genetic based remedy it is now possible to regenerate hair from those hair follicles. Every hair follicle has the potential to produce one hair and there are around 10,000 hair follicles on a human head.

According to the study, during the wound healing process stimulation can result in restoration of the skin along with the hair follicles and oil glands. This change can be brought on by the Wnt proteins, which play a major role in follicle development. This breakthrough has been successful when tested on mice and now this technique may bring smile to the face of millions. Dermatologist George Cotsarelis gave a much more info on this subject explaining that the Wnt proteins have the capacity to reduce the scarring resulting in repletion of normal skin with all its components. He further added that with the introduction of this protein, scientists would be able to double the growth of hair follicles.

Dr Vera Price, scientific advisory board member of Follica and director of San Francisco Hair Research Centre said, "This is an extremely exciting discovery and shows promise for treatment of follicular disorders such as hair loss and unwanted excess hair."

Another plus point of this research is that along with eradicating the baldness problem it will also prove to be a treatment for acne, overgrowth, and scalp conditions.

This medical breakthrough may definitely prove to be boon for all those who are suffering from hair and scalp ailments. Various hair restoration methods like painful hair implantation and flap surgery are money and time consuming and the results are also skewed, so this technique is looked upon with a lot a hope and belief that ultimately this would turn out to be the solution for hair loss.