Q: I had a hair transplant 10 days ago and I lost some hair that looks like the hair fell out at the root.

A: When there is shedding after a hair transplant, it is the hair that is lost, not the follicle that contains the growth center (the follicle eventually produces the new hair).

Since the “hair” usually consists of a hair shaft and the inner and outer root sheaths, which creates a little bulb at the end of the hair, it looks like the hair is “falling out at the root.” Do not be concerned as this is not the growth center.

Q: I have not seen any research in the medical literature that indicates to me that cloning is close at hand. Am I missing something? A: Possibly the most interesting work related to cloning hair was done by Colon Jahoda in England. Jahoda’s work is significant because he identified an inducer cell — i.e. fibroblasts [...]