Baldies Putting Their Locks in ‘Hairogenic’ Storage

Baldies Putting Their Locks in ‘Hairogenic’ Storage



SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) – Scientists haven’t figured out a foolproof way to regrow hair – but when they do, some chrome domes will be prepared. Around 100 baldies have stowed away samples of their hair in a vault beneath a hair salon in Portland, Oregon, waiting for the day it can be regenerated on their heads. Each tuft is treated to prevent disintegration before it’s vacuum- sealed into a plastic pack that’s stored in the fireproof, flood-proof facility. The company behind the strand storage service, San Francisco-based Hairogenics, Inc., is run by a former hairdresser who’s losing his own hair. Mike Blaylock says he prefers storing hair to using Rogaine because it won’t give him dandruff or ruin his sex drive. He expects the $10-a-year service will be “bigger than Viagra” and hopes to work with biotechnology companies so his clients are first in line for hair regrowth trials.

Mon 04-29-02