Epidermal stimulation to enhance hair follicle formation
AssigneeAderans Research Institute, Inc.
InventorsPaul Kemp, Jeffrey Teumer, Jerry Cooley
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Abstract
The present invention features a method for improving the efficiency of hair formation by follicular cell implantation. The method includes the use of epidermal stimulation (ES) to stimulate keratinocytes in a subject's skin in order to make them more receptive to hair inductive signals originating from implanted follicular cells (e.g. dermal papilla cells, dermal sheath cells, and/or outer root sheath cells).
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A method for enhancing hair follicle formation by follicular cells when implanted in an outer skin surface of a recipient, the method comprising removing keratinocytes from the outer skin surface of the recipient by epidermal stimulation (ES) and, prior to or after the ES, implanting the follicular cells under the outer skin surface of the recipient.
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