Since 2011, New England Center for Hair Restoration has been treating balding patients with stem cells under investigative protocols. The results have been promising, and now the procedure is hitting the mainstream.
Following is a list of stories on stem cells for hair loss in mainstream media:
Are you interested in stem cells for hair loss? Call 855-5-NEHAIR to schedule a free consultation with us. We will go over a proper plan for your current hair loss using stem cell protocols.
At 7 feet, 245 pounds, Andrew Bogut, center for the Golden State Warriors, has a lot to of weight to carry on his joints. So it came as no surprise when the towering Bogut suffered a knee injury in a game on December 8th — specifically due to a bone edema, which is inflammation due to fluid settling in the bones, and knee chondromalacia, which is the actual softening of knee cartilage.
Both injuries can be crippling to a world-class athlete, especially one with Bogut’s size. On December 18th, it was reported by ESPN that Bogut would be out of action “indefinitely.” To speed up his recovery, he had undergone Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP), a treatment that uses a patient’s own blood plasma — coupled with infused growth factors — to heal a variety of injuries. Warriors fan fretted as their powerhouse center missed important games during what has been one of the best seasons in the team’s history. But Bogut was not sidelined for long.
On January 7th, just a month after suffering the injury, Bogut returned to grab 8 rebounds in his team’s 117-102 win against the Indiana Pacers. And after another month of playing, he is regaining form as one of the top centers in the NBA. So how did Bogut recover so quickly? The answer could be found in PRP’s potential as an incredible regenerative treatment. How exactly does it work? Within our blood is a fluid called plasma, which carries our red and white blood cells, as well as platelets. Platelets contain natural growth factors which stimulate cells to grow and spread.
Platelet Rich Plasma is an exciting new procedure that infuses a patient’s own plasma into areas in need, promoting regeneration. Skeptics of Bogut’s recovery need only to see his explosive movement displayed in a recent game against the Orlando Magic:
PRP is currently being performed at New England Center for Hair Restoration for patients with injured joints — particularly knees and elbows. If you are in the Boston or Providence areas and are suffering from an injury, call 855-5-NEHAIR to learn more about PRP. Consultations are free.
To date, stem cells for hair loss has an extremely promising, albeit experimental, procedure. Though many patients with balding or thinning hair have experienced substantial hair growth through stem cell treatments, there has been little scientific, peer-reviewed studies to back the claim that stem cells can restore hair. But a new study by Sanford-Burnham researchers published in the scientific journal Plos One has given credence to the hard scientific data that stem cells for hair loss may be the future of hair restoration.
“We have developed a method using human pluripotent stem cells to create new cells capable of initiating human hair growth. The method is a marked improvement over current methods that rely on transplanting existing hair follicles from one part of the head to another,” said Alexey Terskikh, Ph.D., associate professor in the Development, Aging, and Regeneration Program. “Our stem cell method provides an unlimited source of cells from the patient for transplantation and isn’t limited by the availability of existing hair follicles.”
At New England Center for Hair Restoration, we have been treating balding patients with adipose-derived stem cell injections under investigative protocols since 2011. Find out more about our stem cell treatments for hair loss on our Stem Cells page.
Alteratively, you can call NE Hair at 855-5-NEHAIR to schedule a free, face-to-face consultation. We will assess your hair loss and review our stem cell procedures with you in depth.
One question we often receive at New England Center for Hair Restoration is if our patients can dye, cut, and style the new hair they receive from the transplant. A common worry men and women who are undergoing hair restoration surgery share is that their new hair will be delicate and weak — so much so that they’ll have to worry about it day in and day out.
Fortunately, these fears are completely unfounded. The hair restoration procedures performed at NE Hair give patients back their own, natural hair. That means the hair will have the same features of a patient’s hair when he or she was younger. How is this possible?
The innovative methods used at NE Hair take a patient’s hair from another area of their body — usually the back of the head — to fill in balding or thinning areas. Our Micro-FUE method uses a tiny instrument, one millimeter in diameter (or less), to make miniature circular incisions about the size of 1 millimeter or less on the skin around the follicular unit where we implant your hair. The incisions rapidly heal, usually within the next few days. And you are left with new growing hair.
So if you have balding or thinning hair and are looking to regain your youthful look, contact us now at 855-5-NEHAIR to schedule your free consultation. And be on your way to styling your hair the way you used to.
Medicine’s future is often talked about as exciting and endless, but treatments now available in 2015 are shifting the conversation to what’s already possible. And within the field, perhaps no field is being talked about as much as regenerative medicine.
What is regenerative medicine? The idea stems from today’s growing technology in the field of medicine designed to regenerate positive features of the human body. Everyone looking to recover from injuries to those involved in the anti-aging battle has been undergoing regenerative procedures. And the results so far have been incredibly promising.
Following is an overview of growing treatment options which have already shown signs of success:
Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP)
Within our blood is a fluid called plasma, which carries our red and white blood cells, as well as platelets. Platelets contain natural growth factors which stimulate cells to grow and spread. Platelet Rich Plasma is an exciting new procedure that infuses a patient’s own plasma into areas in need, promoting regeneration. The procedure is currently used at New England Center for Hair Restoration to stimulate hair growth in patients’ balding or thinning areas.
Stem Cells
All cells go through the natural cycle of division and death, a process known as Apoptosis. Stem cells are the body’s natural healing cells and can actually replenish tissue in areas of dead cells. The idea behind stem cells procedures is to adminster a patient’s own stem cells to areas in need, replenishing tissue.
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is the use of extremely cold temperatures to treat tissue damage. On a smaller scale, Cyrotherapy has been used to “freeze” warts. But now, some facilities are using Cyrotherapy chambers where patients are surrounded with liquid nitrogen around -180 °F for two-to-three mintues. The goal for this type of treatment is to increase the survival time of cells by reducing their growth and reproduction.
