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Homeopathy
Dr Batra's Clinic to Promote Hair Cloning in India
Thy claim that the success rate of cloning would double
that of the standard treatments available nowadays
Dr Batra's Clinic, India's largest chain of homeopathy clinics
in India, is in process of working with Prof Dr Rolf Hoffmann, eminent dermatologist
and the President of the European Hair Research Society (EHRS).
"The process of hair cloning will bring an answer for hair growth to
millions if balding people across the world, particularly women, who have no
effective answer to their balding as on date," said Dr Hoffman, known worldwide
for inventing the Trichoscan—the world's first ever tool to monitor hair
density and measure treatment efficacy. He said that close to 40 per cent of
women in their 40's and 50 per cent of women in their 50's experience hair loss.
The procedure of cloning is unique since it's the only one to use the cup cells
of the hair to clone and grow new hair. A very small area of hair is taken from
the patients scalp. The cells are taken from the cup of these hair follicles,
multiplied in a laboratory for three months and then injected onto the balding
areas of the patient's scalp.
Prof Dr Hoffmann added that this procedure has so far no potential side effects
and that it can re-grow large amounts of hair in a period of two years for people
with diffuse hair loss. He estimates the success rate of cloning to double that
of the standard treatments available nowadays.
The process of hair cloning is estimated to become a reality for patients in
a few years.
Prof Dr Hoffmann indicated his interest in bringing the process to India. He
said "The good reputation, number of clinics and the large patient base
held by Dr Batra's Clinic makes it a potential partner to bring cloning into
India."
Dr Mukesh Batra, Chairman and MD Dr Batra's Clinic, said, "Bringing cloning
to India would be an ideal extension of our brand and would be a very good answer
for all hair patients in India."
Prof Dr Hoffmann said that the estimated hair care market worldwide is pegged
at 150 billion USD. The hair transplant business is estimated to at 1.2 billion
USD with an estimated 7,00,000 patients per year visiting a hair transplant
surgeon. Prof Dr Hoffmann emphasised the dream of growing multiple hairs from
a few donor hair follicles or hair follicle cloning.
EH News Bureau
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