Hair Transplant UK

In a recent article with the Daily Mirror, Wayne Rooney explains that, despite some of the negative feedback regarding his hair transplant last year, he is happy with his new hair.

A full head of hair has generally been associated with strength and virility. However a new study had suggested that bald men and men with shaved haircuts have a more masculine image.  The study by the academic Albert Mannes, of the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious Wharton business school suggests that many top executives will shave their heads rather than be seen as having thinning hair in a bid to look more powerful.

A recent study, from the University of Pennsylvania and published in Science Translational Medicine,  informs us that scientists have discovered an abnormal quantity of a protein called Prostaglandin D2 present in large quantities in the scalp of bald men. They think that this may be responsible for their baldness.

It is hoped that their research should lead to the creation of new treatments for male pattern baldness within the next two years. Male pattern baldness is present, to one degree or another, in 8 of 10 men under 70 years old.

It appears, that with a price tag of around £30,000, many men are either put off having a hair transplant or believe that other clinics, offering the same procedure for a third of the price, are offering a different procedure. A cost of £30,000 is just too expensive for most people.

A number of clinics are reporting that if a prospective client is told that the cost for the same procedure as Wayne Rooney is around £9000 they simply do not believe them and hang up.

Having gone through the procedure myself I can assure any one reading that £30,000 is the celebrity price and not the common price. Yes, Wayne Rooney had FUE treatment which is normally more than twice the price of FUT treatment, but even so, £9,000 for FUE treatment is more realistic.

Using stem cells scientists at Berlin Technical University in Germany have grown artificial Hair Follicles.

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Yale researchers have discovered the source of signals that trigger hair growth, an insight that may lead to new treatments for baldness.

The researcher team found stem cells within the skin’s fatty layer and showed that molecular signals from these cells were necessary to spur hair growth in mice, according to research published in the Sept. 2 issue of the journal Cell.