Holding Out for the Cure?

Like buying the latest electronics gadget only to watch the new “improved” model come to market and render your recent purchase obsolete.  New technology is constantly emerging making that old working gadget no longer desirable and training society to hold out for the latest and greatest. When likening this to the hair replacement industry, one could make the same comparison.  Many men and women with hair loss are “Holding out” for future advancements in science.

Throughout history, hair replacement has improved immensely!  In the past a hairpiece might have been a balding person’s only option. Hannibal, the great Carthaginian military leader, wore one into battle in 200 B.C!  Today there are surgical procedures as well as a myriad of topical lotions, medications and camouflaging products for hair loss. Though some options are more viable than others depending on the hair loss sufferer, none of them offer a “perfect” means of hair restoration.   Hair loss medication MIGHT restore some hair but is generally better at combating future hair loss.   Hair Transplantation has come a long way since its inception but ongoing advancements/ improvements continue to shape the future of these procedures. Today, there are more options than there were in the past and it’s a safe assumption to say that there will be scientific breakthroughs giving us better options in the future then are currently available today.

Hair Transplantation timelines

Hair plugs
During the 60’s and 70’s hair transplants grew in popularity. However, the standard of care involved the use of larger (Pluggy) grafts that were removed by round punches and often contained many hairs that left a doll like un-natural result.

Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT)
From a few large grafts to many small grafts.

In the 80’s hair restoration surgery evolved dramatically with follicular unit transplantation (FUT). As the large punch grafts were gradually replaced with a more refined combination of mini and micrografts.

Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) & Body Hair Transplant (BHT)

The 2000’s saw the gradual introduction of a very refined surgical procedure now known as FUE. Follicular unit extraction generally has a quicker patient recovery time and significantly lower post-operative discomfort than follicular unit transplantation (FUT). FUE provides an alternative to FUT when the scalp is too tight for a strip. Unlike the linear strip scar from FUT,FUE  produces tiny “pit” scars small, round, and typically white scars; in the patient’s donor area where the grafts have been removed.

What about the future of hair restoration?  Will there ever be a hair loss cure?

Hair loss is being researched from two different perspectives;
The first perspective is finding and curing the cause of hair loss by attacking it at the core. WNTs proteins and the signaling pathway is one such possibility in discovering the root “cause” of hair loss in order to find a cure.
The second perspective is hair regeneration or hair multiplication. This is a process in which dermal papilla (DP) cells (the cells responsible for the formation of new hair) are extracted from the donor “safe zone”, are multiplied and then injected into the balding areas of a hair loss sufferer.

ICX-TRC hair regeneration is being researched and is said to be in development.   It is currently in Phase II clinical trials in the UK.  Preliminary results were expected the first half of 2007 But haven’t been publicly released as of yet.
In a nutshell, this is how ICX-TRC hair regeneration therapy should work if it becomes approved for safety and efficacy…
Hair follicles and dermal papilla cells will be extracted from a patient’s scalp. These cells will then be sent to a lab and separated from the follicle. The lab will disassociate the DP cells from the follicle and will multiply them over a 3 week process.
The patient will return to the clinic in which time these cloned DP cells will then be injected into the recipient area and eventually grow on a similar timeline as a traditional hair transplant.   Unlike a traditional hair transplant however, there will be no recipient sites made with a cutting instrument, and therefore no scar left from the procedure.

But life is happening now! I don’t want to wait! How does Cosmetic Transdermal Hair Replication help me with this dilemma??

In and of itself, CTHR is a permanent solution and will give you back the hairline you once had, as well as restore the density in your thinning areas, uniformly resulting in the look of a full head of hair. The results are completed in approximately 6 hrs and done in one day!

This answers the issue of not having to wait any longer to get the look I want, but how does this address wanting to wait for future scientific breakthroughs to come to market?

Cosmetic Transdermal Hair Replication compliments any of the other hair replacement options available on the market today. Such as hair transplant surgery, hair systems, camouflaging products, and drugs/medications. Likewise, a client that has the CTHR process done today will live life as a man with a full head of hair now!  And never be concerned with maintenance or hair loss again.  If in the future, there’s a magic hair pill, or improved transplantation options/medications, he can seamlessly benefit from the new technology without any explanation other than he is now choosing to grow his hair out longer! The CTHR pigment will only add to the dense appearance that the new hair or transplanted hair will produce.

Living life to its fullest requires a person to be in the now.

It’s like playing in a sport, being on the field or a court (not watching from the sidelines) and playing it fully, without holding back.  Doing the things that you have always wanted to do now!  Like for example how fully expressed young kids are.  They are not afraid of anything; they are just doing their thing and having fun. Taking mom’s lipstick and drawing on the wall for example or tearing the pages of your story book to pieces. As we grow older, we tend to be resigned, shrinking our world smaller and smaller. Like oh no, I can’t get that kind of job because of …Or I have to be a doctor even though I don’t want to because my parents want me to. Or, I can’t open up that business or approach that woman etc..The list goes on and on.
Feeling inasequate, or fear of failure is one of the many things that resign people to merely watch life go by, while  some people ‘play certain areas of the game of life’ and others choose to just ignore it altogether, due to fear, and they say to themselves, “that how life is.”

Many people feel the same way about their hair loss, but when it prevents a person from living life to its fullest, that’s when it goes beyond a vanity issue and becomes much bigger than that. Some people believe that putting emphasis on ones appearance is shallow, while other believes that looking good is not a contradiction to being authentic to one self, any more than getting ones teeth fixed or keeping in shape. . Looking good on a shallow level can be what you drive, what house you have, what job you have, or it can be about what people will say about you if you do or not do a certain thing, like getting married, having kids or finding that job, school, or buying that house, having friends etc..just so other people won’t think badly of you.