User:Aujax/Hair cloning

Hair cloning is an emerging technology in the field of hair restoration. Hair restoration via FUE or FUT techniques inevitably encounter the obstacle of a limited number of donor follicles available to fill in the transplant area. However, if hairs from the donor's head can be cloned in a laboratory, they can potentially produce an unlimited supply of follicles for implantation into the patient's scalp. This would allow for potentially complete restoration of the patient's former head of hair.

Companies such as Acell, a Maryland-based biotechnology company, have discovered techniques that may accomplish this. Acell recently announced that it had cloned human hairs using its patented Matristem Micromatrix wound-healing powder.