There may be some very good news for balding men and women who have been hoping for a "miracle cure for baldness". New research has unveiled a discovery of a special protein which actually dictates the formation and growth of new hair follicles, specifically, in the human body.

In other words, the key to causing new hair growth and making baldness "extinct" may be closer than we think. It's pretty exciting stuff, and it's really part of a larger body of research that has demonstrated we may have more power over cellular growth and manipulation than we thought.

You see, our genes produce proteins that go and "communicate" to our body as to where certain bodily attributes will grow, or originate, such as hair follicles. Scientists have identified one of the three proteins that tells the body to produce more hair follicles, making the manipulation of hair growth much closer than it ever was before, scientifically and realistically speaking.

Unfortunately, we all know how long new technology usually takes to actually morph into something that can be used by the general public.

This new technology, while promising, has not been manipulated in such a way that it can be used by people yet. It's only been tested on mice so far, and has proven successful in creating "furrier" mice.

We don't know how long it will be before this new technology makes it to market for human use, or if it is even safe for long term use, consumption, or topical application, whichever the method may be.

It will need to go through a lot more testing, as well as be approved for public human use by the FDA, the Food and Drug Administration, before it can be sold as either an over the counter hair loss and balding medication or treatment, or even a prescription treatment or medication for balding men and women.

Right now, we are still seeing a lot of natural hair loss remedies that can help you regrow your hair, mostly through nutritional additions to your diet that may be lacking, and can cause or contribute to hair loss in men and women.

There are also popular over the counter hair loss treatments with an ingredient called Rogaine, which is supposed to help promote the growth of healthy new hair and help repair damaged or unproductive hair follicles.

Until this new technology comes to fruition, those are our options, and some of them work very well on the people who try them!

Copyright 2006 Danna Schneider