Photo. Yoo Hwa-jung, Representative Director of Modi Hair Plant Clinic
Recently, due to the increasing number of hair loss patients regardless of gender, there are many people who are also interested in treating it. According to the National Health Insurance Service, the number of patients who received hair loss treatment in 2021 was 242,000, a 2.4-fold increase compared to 103,000 in 2001. As the hair loss population grows, research related to treatment is also becoming more active.
Most patients initially try methods such as changing shampoo, taking nutritional supplements, and scalp scaling care. Nevertheless, if hair continues to fall out, they choose methods such as visiting a hospital, drug treatment, laser, and high-frequency therapy. There are also cases where, despite management, hair loss gradually worsens and people consider a hair transplant.
Hair loss treatment methods other than medication can be considered to have mostly limited effects. As long-term use of drug treatment is often difficult, there is high interest in hair transplants that relocate hair through surgery. A hair transplant is a procedure with high satisfaction due to its good aesthetic effect, but since it is a method of moving and planting one's own hair, it cannot increase the original number of one's own hair.
Among these, hair loss treatment using hair follicle stem cells can be considered a treatment method of a different concept that can increase the number of hairs by strengthening hair follicles weakened by hair loss. It is a treatment method that separates hair follicle stem cells, which promote hair growth with their excellent regenerative ability, and injects them deep into the hair roots. When the injected stem cells are activated, they help regenerate scalp tissue, helping to increase hair density and thicken hair. It is a method that helps hair follicle growth so that healthy new hair can be produced.
Methods such as stem cell treatment vary depending on how much effective ingredient is injected and where. As a point of caution, the collection and separation methods and the effective level of stem cells must be carefully examined for the result to lead to a satisfactory outcome.
In addition, before deciding on a procedure, carefully examining whether a systematic system and technical capability such as a stem cell research institute are in place can help increase safety and satisfaction.
Source: Pharm News │ Published 2022.10.11