Photo: Yoo Hwa-jung, Chief Director of Modi Hair Plant
With the number of hair loss patients recently increasing among both men and women, many people are also taking an interest in its treatment. 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 with 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 shampoos, taking nutritional supplements, and scalp scaling care. If hair continues to fall out despite this, they turn to methods such as visiting a clinic, medication, laser, and radiofrequency treatment. In some cases, when hair loss gradually worsens despite care, people consider a hair transplant.
Most hair loss treatments other than medication can be seen as having limited effects. Since long-term use of medication is often difficult, there is high interest in hair transplants, which relocate hair through surgery. A hair transplant is a surgery with high satisfaction due to its good aesthetic results, but because it is a method of moving and implanting one's own hair, it cannot increase the original number of one's hairs.
Among these, hair loss treatment using hair follicle stem cells can be described as a treatment of a different concept that can increase the number of hairs by strengthening hair follicles weakened by hair loss. It is a treatment in which hair follicle stem cells, which promote hair growth through their excellent regenerative capacity, are isolated and injected 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 supports hair follicle growth to help healthy new hair form.
Methods such as stem cell treatment vary depending on how much of the effective components is injected and where. As a point of caution, the harvesting and isolation methods and the effective stem cell count should be carefully examined for this to lead to satisfactory results.
In addition, before deciding on the procedure, carefully checking whether a systematic system and technical capability, such as a stem cell research institute, are in place can help improve safety and satisfaction.
Source: Pharm News │ Published 2022.10.11