Asia Stem Cell Center

Hair Regeneration

It is thought that hair loss occurs because there is a decrease in hair progenitor cells, but the hair follicle stem cells remain intact and active. As a result, by reactivating these stem cells in the hair follicles and transitioning them to the growth phase (anagen), it may be possible to reverse the hair loss and promote hair regeneration. The maturation of hair depends on multiple factors for its growth to continue. A lack of any of these factors may result in hair loss and alopecia.

Currently, stem cells are being employed in an effort to determine whether hair can be regenerated by utilizing mesenchymal cells, fat cells, and bone marrow stem cells taken from patients themselves, as well as embryonic umbilical stem cells, to encourage hair growth or substitution. Other methods like using nutrient medium derived from stem cells and using exosomes derived from stem cells are also innovative techniques that could be utilized in future treatments for hair loss.

Stem cells can be administered directly into the scalp to stimulate the development of fresh hair follicles in both men and women as a remedy for alopecia. Stem cells have the potential to stimulate inactive and shrinking hair follicles, making them active and healthy once again through the use of growth factors. Different regulatory mechanisms can be implemented in order to stimulate the regrowth of hair in male pattern baldness by reactivating the dormant follicle cells. Injecting stem cells into the scalp has the potential to assist in these controlling processes.