Hair follicles have an almost unique regenerative capacity as seen in their regular hair growth cycling. This regenerative ability is partly due to stem cells. To summarize, it is the hair follicle epithelial stem cells that divide and produce new hair follicle cells in each growth cycle.
This property of hair follicle cells is being developed as a new form of treatment for many forms of hair loss including pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia), scarring alopecia, and alopecia from burns and trauma.
The technique involves taking hair follicle cells, culturing them, and implanting them to areas of bald scalp to induce new hair follicles to form. Sometimes this procedure is mistakenly called “hair cloning” (it has nothing to do with cloning).
It is also called hair multiplication, follicular neogenesis, hair replication, and hair rejuvenation. Whatever you want to call it, HairFollicleCells.com provides information on how cells from the hair follicle can be used as a treatment for hair loss.