Hair Orientation

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What Happened with Joe Biden’s “Pluggy” Hair Transplant and What Repair Strategy Do You Suggest?

October 28th, 2008

Q: What’s the story with Joe Biden’s hair?
A: Joe Biden — former Senator from Delaware and now the Vice President of the United States — apparently had a hair transplant many years ago using the older hair restoration techniques. This included not only transplanting hair in large plugs (corn rows), but using them to create [...]

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Can Hair Transplant Repair a Scar from Scalp Reduction Surgery?

September 29th, 2008

Q: What’s the best way to camouflage a scar left behind from a scalp reduction that I had in 2001? I am currently wearing DermMatch to cover the area, but the hair parts like the “Red Sea” on top around the scar so the makeup does not look so good. I would like to fill [...]

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What Makes Eyebrow Transplant Different From Other Hair Transplants?

May 9th, 2007

Q: I have had thinning eyebrows since my early twenties (I am now 32) and they have gotten to the point that I can’t make them look good with mascara anymore. I am considering an eyebrow hair transplant, how is it different from other hair transplants?
A: Eyebrow hair restoration procedures are similar to hair transplants [...]

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How Does Hair Cloning Grow "Normal" Hair from Cultured Cells?

February 21st, 2007

Q: Considering cell cultivation is made possible how could their injection create a normal formation of hair on the scalp and can they induce hair growth also in scarred areas where previously hair stopped growing?
A: That is the question. It is not known if these induced follicles will resemble normal hairs, and be cosmetically acceptable [...]

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What are Obstacles to Hair Cloning Techniques?

November 16th, 2006

Q: What are the major obstacles for scientists to cloning hair?
A: The main problem is that the cultured cells may lose their phenotype with multiple passages, i.e. lose their ability to differentiate into hair follicles after they have been multiplied.
Another problem of hair cloning is that the orientation of hair direction must be controlled. With [...]

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