Mix of encouraging and discouraging news for people experiencing hair loss. Since 1997, no drug treatments have gained FDA approval and the most therapy, a hair transplant is expensive. But increasingly satisfying results to improved surgical techniques, and recent biotechnology discoveries may led to less invasive treatments, reports the August 2008 issue of the Harvard Health Letter.

The FDA has approved two drugs such as minoxidil and finasteride. Minoxidil (Rogaine) and Finasteride (Propecia) to slow hair loss or regrow hair. Even Propecia is more effective than Rogaine but it’s more expensive.

Hair transplants involve removing hair follicles from part of the head and implanting them in bald or thinning areas. The main obstacle is money problem is cost money surgery $8,000 to $12,000. Transplants improved over the years, making for more natural hairline.

Pipeline that preserve the health of hair follicles. We hope companies to find ways to create new hair follicles from scratch. Method involves using an abrasive gel to gently damage the skin then topical cream to switch on follicle generating genes. Another technique in which hair forming cells are multiplied, extracted, and replanted in to the scalp.