Printed skin with follicles

[Vox]

Perhaps I misunderstand something, but what about printing hair follicles on already existing and healthy skin? Would not it be more simple?

[hellouser]

http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-skin-...e-burns/20876/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc3fPeNZooA

I don't mean to bump up a thread that is almost 3 months old yet since I've been gone from the forums for like 6 months, I am reviewing many of these threads for the first time.

Both of the above links describe how skin was able to be grown. The first, albeit on mice, deals with the growth of fully functioning skin with hair follicles, and using a natural concoction that shouldn't require rigorous FDA trials. The second deals with the growth of fully functioning skin on an actual human being. Yet despite this innovative and apparently effective method, burn victims still need to endure the painful and scarring procedures of skin grafts and debridements. The status quo of traditional treatments remains, despite so many innovations that could make medicine much more effective.

Doesn't that make you wonder? What the hell is going on with the advancements NEVER being brought to practical use??

[DepressedByHairLoss]

http://www.gizmag.com/hydrogel-skin-third-degree-burns/20876/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc3fPeNZooA

I don't mean to bump up a thread that is almost 3 months old yet since I've been gone from the forums for like 6 months, I am reviewing many of these threads for the first time.

Both of the above links describe how skin was able to be grown. The first, albeit on mice, deals with the growth of fully functioning skin with hair follicles, and using a natural concoction that shouldn't require rigorous FDA trials. The second deals with the growth of fully functioning skin on an actual human being. Yet despite this innovative and apparently effective method, burn victims still need to endure the painful and scarring procedures of skin grafts and debridements. The status quo of traditional treatments remains, despite so many innovations that could make medicine much more effective.

[Alex88]

this is really interesting - please keep us informed!

[BoSox]

let me tell you doctors are very busy and lazy. Most doctors I know work like 3 or 4 days a week with every friday off. Sounds good to me plus they get paid like many times more than the average person when they are there. So its not that surprising you cant reach them
Maybe not lazy but like congress they get way more than a fair amount of time off

8 years of medical school. Ya, I'd expect every friday off too if I was a doctor.

[burtandernie]

let me tell you doctors are very busy and lazy. Most doctors I know work like 3 or 4 days a week with every friday off. Sounds good to me plus they get paid like many times more than the average person when they are there. So its not that surprising you cant reach them
Maybe not lazy but like congress they get way more than a fair amount of time off

[clarence]

Whatever process they're using to grow skin with hair why couldn't they use that same process to produce skin that contains bigger follicles?

For example, I don't know what process they're using to create the skin, but it seems like they would start with some of the patient's tissue so why can't they start out with tissue from our scalp donor area and create more skin with larger follicles like in the donor area? Then they could remove balding tissue, and replace the balding tissue with the large pieces of cloned skin that have scalp donor area sized follicles.

It sounds like an unlimited donor supply to me.

Sounds like you have a lot to say about this method you know almost nothing about.

[hellouser]

As nice as it is that healthcare in Canada is free, it's still a JOKE in many respects. I left voicemail last night for Dr. Marc Jeschke. Here's his profile page:

http://sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.asp?t=11&m=416&page=172

I also called this morning, and again it went STRAIGHT to voicemail.

[nameless]

If we could build skin and hair, we can test a ton of chemicals in one tenth the time it takes to test things today

Whatever process they're using to grow skin with hair why couldn't they use that same process to produce skin that contains bigger follicles?

For example, I don't know what process they're using to create the skin, but it seems like they would start with some of the patient's tissue so why can't they start out with tissue from our scalp donor area and create more skin with larger follicles like in the donor area? Then they could remove balding tissue, and replace the balding tissue with the large pieces of cloned skin that have scalp donor area sized follicles.

It sounds like an unlimited donor supply to me.

[Slam1523]

Hell I have nothing but the utmost respect for your drive to find a solution to Hairloss! I'm sure you're a fairly successful person cause you do not quit! Kudos!

[Kudu]

I don't spend too much time here in the cutting edge section, but this guy gets shit done! Great value to the hair loss community.

Definitely a key member, there's about 10 of you whose posts I really pay attention to and value. This is one of the few online forums I know of that are really trying to make things happen and solve problems.

[Notcoolanymore]

The big question:

Do the follicles grow terminal hair? If not, I don't care.

This team is from Toronto! Close to home. I've already called the doctor but his clinic/office is closed. I've left voicemail. I'll try and get some more answers from him tomorrow.

I don't spend too much time here in the cutting edge section, but this guy gets shit done! Great value to the hair loss community.

[burtandernie]

Its nifty for people with burns, but I dont think it has much to do with MPB. The hair is just normal vellus body hair probably that is normally part of skin. Growing skin though is a feat its not a simple thing to do, but not much use for MPB although advances like this indirectly and slowly take us toward growing real hair

[cichlidfort]

The big question:

Do the follicles grow terminal hair? If not, I don't care.

This team is from Toronto! Close to home. I've already called the doctor but his clinic/office is closed. I've left voicemail. I'll try and get some more answers from him tomorrow.

Let us know HELL.

[NeedHairASAP]

The big question:

Do the follicles grow terminal hair? If not, I don't care.

If we could build skin and hair, we can test a ton of chemicals in one tenth the time it takes to test things today