05 May

Histogen Treatment for Female Hair Loss Cleared for Clinical Testing

Histogen images (used with permission) show temporal hair loss in woman with alopecia (left) and (right) following treatment with Hair Stimulation Complex in physician-sponsored study of 10 patients.

San Diego’s Histogen, a regenerative medicine company with technology for using nascent skin cells to produce “cosmeceutical” products, says the FDA has given a green light to its application for an initial safety study of its hair stimulation product in women.

In the United States, Histogen says hair loss affects over 40 million men and 21 million women. According to the company, less than 7 percent of them seek treatment, “largely due to the ineffectiveness of currently available options,” and a general reluctance to undergo hair transplant surgery.

Histogen is trying to provide a new option with a product known as… Read more »

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