Photo. Modi Hair Plant Clinic Representative Director Yoo Hwa-jeong
Recently, due to the increasing number of hair loss patients regardless of gender, there are quite a few people who are also interested in treatment for 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.
In the early stages, most patients mainly try changing shampoo, taking nutritional supplements, and scalp scaling care. Even so, if hair continues to fall out, they choose methods such as visiting a hospital, drug treatment, laser, and high-frequency treatment. There are also cases where hair loss becomes increasingly severe even with care, leading people to consider a hair transplant.
Hair loss treatment methods other than medication can be seen as mostly having limited effects. Since long-term use of drug treatment is often difficult, there is high interest in hair transplants, which reposition hair through surgery. A hair transplant is a surgery with high satisfaction due to its good aesthetic effect, but because it is a method of moving and implanting one's own hair, it cannot increase the original number of one's hair.
Among these, hair loss treatment using hair follicle stem cells can be said to be a different type of treatment that can increase the number of hairs by strengthening hair follicles weakened by hair loss. It is a treatment method in which hair follicle stem cells, which promote hair growth with excellent regenerative ability, are separated and injected deep into the hair roots. When the injected stem cells are activated, they help regenerate scalp tissue, thereby helping to increase hair density and make hair thicker. 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 component is injected and where it is injected. As a point of caution, satisfactory results can only be achieved by carefully examining the collection and separation method and the effective count of stem cells.
In addition, before deciding on a procedure, carefully checking whether systematic systems and technical capabilities such as a stem cell research institute are in place can help increase safety and satisfaction.
Source: Pharm News │ Published 2022.10.11