he hair follicle cloning, or multiplication, process is not yet possible, but is an idea based on scientific theory. Cells from the hair follicle that are able to induce the growth of another hair would be replicated in the laboratory and then injected into the scalp to create new hair. This procedure would make it possible to generate multiple, virtually unlimited numbers, of hair follicles, which is why the procedure is also called hair multiplication.
Hair follicle cloning is actually a misleading term, explained Jerry Cooley, MD, of the Hair Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Cloning involves making an identical genetic copy of a living organism such as Dolly the lamb or a cell or gene.
Hair follicle cloning is really cell therapy or tissue engineering, a process that would involve taking some tissue from the scalp using a circular punch about 2 millimeters in diameter that contains hair follicle cells, and then finding a way to let these cells multiply in the laboratory using cell culture, Dr. Cooley said.
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