International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery | 2021
Hair Sciences: Hair Follicle generation in a Mouse Model Using a Combination of Human Dermal Papilla and Follicular Epithelial Cells
Abstract
Research into hair follicle replication using cell therapy offers hope for patients with extensive hair loss. Currently, these patients have limited medical and surgical treatment options given their inadequate donor hair supply for hair transplantation. The study reviewed in this issue’s column is titled, “Hair Follicle Generation by Injection of Adult Human Follicular Epithelial and Dermal Papilla Cells into Nude Mice.” In their 2017 publication, Nilforoushzadeh and colleagues investigate which human follicular cell types are necessary to induce hair follicle growth in a mouse model.1 One of the reasons to review this article is to demonstrate that physicians should always make their own critical assessment of the data of any publication and form their own opinion about whether a study’s conclusions are backed up by appropriate research methodology.