Is There a Cure for Baldness in 2025 or in the Future?

We’re often asked about innovations, breakthroughs, and advancements in treatments for baldness – and whether there will be a cure of baldness in 2025 or in the future. While some excellent therapies, from microscopic hair transplants to cutting-edge PRP treatments, are already on the market, some exciting studies are ongoing.

The truth is, there isn’t yet a standalone cure that can automatically fix hair loss or correct baldness. Still, there are ample ways to slow progressive, genetic balding, restore areas of hair loss, and replenish thinning.

We’ve collated information about the most promising work currently underway, looking at some of the potential solutions for baldness and when they’re expected to become more widely available.

The Most Recent Research and Studies Related to Finding a Cure for Baldness

While it’s important to reiterate that there isn’t a magic cure, some interesting projects and treatments are currently undergoing medical testing. Some would involve a surgical procedure not dissimilar in time and recovery to an FUE hair transplant, and others rely on theoretical approaches or therapies that are still in development.

Hair Cloning to Treat Hair Loss

One such study is looking at hair cloning. Using stem cells, the idea is to harvest individual cells from healthy follicles, which we utilise in current-day hair transplants, but remove those components and multiply them to grow new hair follicles that match the natural follicle exactly.

Those cloned follicles could then be inserted into areas of hair loss, either to replace damaged or lost follicles or to help promote new, healthy hair growth.

This technique hasn’t been practised on humans but has been successful in lab trials. However, from a patient perspective, the reimplantation would be remarkably similar to the FUE transplant process we’ve mentioned, with the contrast that donor hairs are extracted in full and reimplanted on the same day during a transplant.

Stem Cell Therapies to Reverse Hair Loss

Another idea revolves around using stem cells or particles taken from the scalp and follicles or potentially extracted from alternative sources such as fatty tissues. As in cloning, the cells would then be multiplied in a lab setting and reinjected back into the scalp in the areas impacted by balding.

In theory, stem cells could transform into the cells that naturally occur and support cellular activity in our follicles, helping repair damaged or weakened follicles or develop new ones in areas with complete hair loss.

Officially called autologous cell therapy, this treatment has undergone some initial human trials. These trials found that nine participants saw significant improvements in hair density within six months of the therapy. However, it hasn’t yet been designated safe or effective enough for general use.

An interesting aspect of this cell therapy is that it also mimics a currently available treatment: platelet-rich plasma therapy (PRP).

Although PRP involves the extraction of biodynamic compounds from a small blood sample rather than stem cells, it works in a comparable way. The plasma cells are injected into impacted areas to activate healing and fresh hair growth.

Collagen Treatments for Hair Regrowth

Our next possible treatment plan is based on research conducted in Japan. Scientists explored whether there could be a way to extract cell aggregates enriched with collagen, which means taking several cells of the same type that have bonded.

Those aggregates might contain some cells that are part of natural hair follicles. They could be transplanted into areas of hair loss to help regenerate the damaged cells that have contributed to hair loss.

Referred to as hair beads, the procedure’s transplantation aspect could be similar to that in a hair transplant, although the technology remains theoretical and has not yet been tested on humans.

Microneedling and Immunomodulators as a Hair Loss Treatment

Research completed just last year investigated a new treatment for alopecia areata. This study differs from any of the others we’ve referred to because it is focused on a cure for wider-spread hair loss, which is connected to immune system dysfunctions rather than genetic androgenetic alopecia.

Clinicians considered creating microneedling patches similar to those used in various cosmetic therapies and beauty products, enriching each patch with a dosage of immunomodulators.

Practitioners prescribe those medicines to regulate immune system activity, so the theory is that by adding these immunomodulators directly to areas of hair loss, it may be possible to prevent or reduce the volume of hair shedding.

Some immune-regulating medicines are already widely used to treat alopecia areata and other conditions, but the challenge is that orally administered medications like tablets can interfere with how the body responds to and prevents infections.

Although remaining under study, there is a good potential that immunomodulators administered via microneedling patches could be a way to utilise the known science behind these medicines without the negative side effects.

Gene Editing to Correct Pattern Hair Loss

Finally, a study investigated the gene patterns that make some people more predisposed to androgenetic alopecia, whereas others maintain a full head of thick, healthy hair long into their later years. It found that several corresponding genes help explain how our likelihood of developing pattern hair loss occurs.

Gene modification isn’t necessarily a realistic cure that will become available anytime soon, but research is looking at a technology that could modify the genes in the hair loss areas and target the treatment to alter their normal development pattern.

We will share more research, products, and innovations as they come onto the market. In the interim, you are welcome to book a consultation with the KSL Clinic teams to discuss the suitable solutions and therapies available now to achieve your hair restoration aspirations.