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- Could someone else’s hair be transplanted to another individual?
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- What are the alternatives since you cannot use another’s hair?
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Hair loss or Baldness is common problem that many people may face in their life. In many cases, could cause a lot of distress or loss of self-confident. This issue can arise from various factors such as genetic, SLE diseases, chemical and lifestyle and many more. Hair Transplantation maybe one of the options that could make this problem go away and many may ask, can we use someone else’s hair for a transplantation?
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Could someone else’s hair be transplanted to another individual?
For those who experiencing baldness and hair loss, it’s easy to envy others who have thick, beautiful hair and may wonder whether could it be possible to use another individual’s healthy hair follicle in hair transplantation instead of their own. Right now, the answer is no. The modern technologies that we currently have are unable to make it possible even if the donor is a patient’s family member or identical twin, due to the genetic differences between individuals. There are significant amount of complexities in genetic scale that the modern day technologies are unable to solve which, can consume a lot of time and there is no guarantee that the operation will be successful.
More detail…
Hair Transplantation is procedure that specifically requires patient’s hair follicle. It is using a similar principle as organ transplantation, in which hair graft from one part moved to another part and the human’s immune system will treat any foreign substance as an intruder and attempt to destroy them. We can prevent this from happening by using immunosuppressants. However, your immune system will be suppressed, increasing the risk of infection, delayed wound healing and more. It is not worth the risk as an organ transplantation which is a life-saving procedure. But in the future, we could figure out the way to solve this problem with the help of genetic engineering and other methods.
What are the alternatives since you cannot use another’s hair?
1. Medication for hair loss
There are two main types of medication that we used for treating hair loss. Typically, are oral medicines such as Minoxidil and Finasteride. These treatments are effective for hair loss from genetic or hereditary which can happen with aging. Nevertheless, there are side effects. We recommend consult with doctor and strictly follow their recommendation for safe use.
2. Non-surgical hair treatments
- Growth Factor Injection
Suitable for individuals with thin hair or thin hair strand with intact hair follicles. this method treats hair loss by isolating platelet-Rich plasmas from patient’s extracted blood and inject it back into the scalp to restore hair on the target area. From the research, this method can be combined with another non-surgical treatments and hair transplantation to improve the outcome result.
- FRM Anti-Hair Loss
Treating hair loss by using RF or radio-frequency technology. From the research, it has been shown to be more effective than using a standard growth factor injection. The treatment is usually paired with Secret Microneedle RF treatment and Premium Growth Factor injection to improve blood circulation, promote hair growth and increase the thickness of hair strand.
- ALMI Nano Fat for Hair Loss
Treatment can be done by using patient’s extracted fat which is processed into small molecules and injected back into the target area. The fat then helps stimulate hair follicles and repair damaged cells, results in increased hair growth. This treatment is really safe due to the use of patient’s fat with no chemical involved, same as the two previous treatments.
- REGENERA Micrograft Hair
The treat is using the micrograft extracted by Regenera, which injected back into the target area to repair damaged hair follicle, results in hair growth and denser hair.
3. Hair Transplant using your own hair
Using your own hair follicles is the most effective method to dealing with hair loss.
Various techniques can be use depending on patient’s preferences and a specific nature of their hair loss problem. Since we are using patient’s hair follicle there is no risk of immune rejection and the transplanted hair can grow naturally. It like change the tree’s location in your own garden.
Although, the current hair transplantations are unable to transplant hair follicle from one individual to another due to the rejection of human’s immune system. Even though, we can suppress the immune system. It is not worth the risk and side effects that the patient will be facing, using patient’s hair follicles is the way to go. However, we do not believe that there is a best technique or treatment to combat hair loss because each individual has their own factors and budget. Therefore, the method that one patient needed might not be the best option for others.
There are many possible ways to combat hair loss that are yet to be discovered but with advanced technology and innovation, new methods are constantly being developed to address hair and baldness. We can be sure the method that we have can be better over the years.
