Do you know that stem cells can cause Balding in men

Have you ever seen a bald headed person? Do you wonder what might have been the cause? Then we are on the same category. Researching on this topic I now discovered that balding may be caused by stem cell activation.


In a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team led by Dr. George Costarelis , chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of Pennysylvania School of Medicine, has found that stem cells plays an unexpected role in explaining what happens in bald scalp.

Using cell samples from men undergoing hair transplants, the team compared follicles from bald scalp and non bald scalp, and found that bald areas had the same number of stem cells as normal scalp in the same person. However, they didfind another more mature cell type called a progenitor cell was markedly depleted in the follicles of bald scalp.

The researchers surmised then that balding may arise from a problem with stem cell activation rather than the numbers of stem in follicles. In male pattern balding, hair follicles actually shrink; they don't disappear. The hairs are essentially microscopic on the bald part of the scalp compare to other spots.

Check back tomorrow for how to prevent baldness or balding from occurring.