+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 7 of 7

Thread: Problem solved?

  1. #1
    Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2013
    Posts
    44

    Default Problem solved?

    Has this been posted here, because wow.

    http://www.computerworld.com/article...nd-others.html

  2. #2
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Posts
    4,423

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by hairlessM View Post
    Has this been posted here, because wow.

    http://www.computerworld.com/article...nd-others.html
    That looks promising.... but... would the follicles get printed along with the skin, separated and then implanted onto the scalp?

  3. #3
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Posts
    876

    Default

    This is beyond interesting. Yet as is the case with so many of these innovations, they just "die in the lab". They are reported on, then tested on mice, and then nothing is done to bring them to human application.

    I always bring up this story because I find it so fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc3fPeNZooA. Yet despite all of this, burn victims are still being treated with horribly flawed and antiquated techniques like skin grafts and debridements. It really makes me sick when I see the majority of the medical community (and more specifically the hair loss industry) sticking to the status quo, despite its glaring flaws and drawbacks. On a side note, I actually e-mailed the scientist who created the skin gun, asking him if he could do the same thing with hair follicles, except he said that the stem cells of skin and the hair follicle are very different types of stem cells.

  4. #4
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Posts
    335

    Default

    Where this is a very impressive tool, I imagine for MPB like everything else it is years away

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Posts
    206

    Default

    Reminds me of the Bioreactor that Lauster's team is using.

  6. #6
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Posts
    244

    Default

    Great news for those after the millenium. They will be able to 3d print hair follicles and skin at home and inject it directly to their scalp, while we'll be old and bald haha.

  7. #7
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    May 2012
    Posts
    4,423

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by inbrugge View Post
    Great news for those after the millenium. They will be able to 3d print hair follicles and skin at home and inject it directly to their scalp, while we'll be old and bald haha.
    We won't be old and bald... we'll be dead by then.

Similar Threads

  1. Final Days: Chinese Scientists Have Solved the DP Culturing Problem! (2014)
    By Desmond84 in forum Cutting Edge / Future Treatments
    Replies: 608
    Last Post: 09-18-2014, 12:52 AM
  2. propecia dutasteride weight gain any one solved this?
    By thechamp in forum Hair Loss Treatments
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 10-08-2013, 05:48 PM
  3. I Just Solved the Baldness Problem
    By NeedHairASAP in forum Cutting Edge / Future Treatments
    Replies: 8
    Last Post: 06-18-2012, 06:55 AM
  4. Hairline - tiny "problem" that makes a huge life problem
    By Carver in forum Hair Transplant: Start Your Own Topic
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 08-05-2011, 01:41 PM
  5. Please see if you can help with my problem!!!!!!
    By Mdman in forum Introduce Yourself & Share Your Story
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 09-03-2009, 10:58 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts

» IAHRS

hair transplant surgeons

» The Bald Truth

» Recent Threads

1800 graft repair case results by Dr. Lindsey
Yesterday 08:38 AM
Last Post By Dr. Lindsey
Yesterday 08:38 AM
Navigating the German Job Market as a Kenyan Citizen
11-04-2023 06:31 AM
Last Post By Keegan212
Yesterday 03:51 AM
DR HAKAN DOGANAY/ 4500 GRAFTS / Implanter Pen+FUE
03-26-2024 04:15 PM
Last Post By Hakan Doganay, MD
03-26-2024 04:15 PM
The Mane Event for Thursday, June 15th, 2023
06-15-2023 02:59 PM
Last Post By gisecit34
03-26-2024 08:05 AM