In Vitro Assessment of Biofield Energy Healing Treatment on Hair Growth by Enhanced Proliferation of Human Follicular Dermal Papilla Cells (HFDPCs)

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Patterned hair loss or androgenic alopecia is a disorder affecting millions of peoples, in which hair sheds without ad-equate regrowth. Authors propose a new approach to increase hair growth. In this study, authors examined the in vitro potential of the Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) Treated test items, Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM) on the Human Follicular Dermal Papilla Culture Cells (HFDPC) for the assessment of growth and develop-ment. The test items (DMEM) were divided into three parts. First part did not receive any sort of treatment and defined as the untreated DMEM group. The second and third parts were treated with the one-time and two-times Biofield Energy Treatment by a renowned Biofield Energy Healer, Dahryn Trivedi and coded as the one-time Biofield Energy Treated DMEM (BT-I) and two-times Biofield Energy Treated DMEM (BT-II) groups, respectively. The Biofield Energy Heal-ing Treatment was provided by a renowned Biofield Energy Healer (The Trivedi Effect®), remotely for ~5 minutes un-der standard laboratory conditions through unique energy transmission process. The experimental results showed that one-time Biofield Energy Treated DMEM showed 70.24% and two-times Biofield Energy Treated DMEM significantly (p ≤ 0.001) increased the proliferation of dermal papilla cells by 207.62% as compared to the untreated DMEM group. The overall results demonstrated that the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment significantly increased the proliferation of human hair follicle dermal papilla cells in vitro. Therefore, the Consciousness Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) Treatment might be useful as a hair growth promoter in vivo against different types of skin injuries, hair disorders, and opens new research venues.

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Growth and maintenance of healthy hair is a cyclical process. The hair cycle consists of three different stages such as an active growing phase (anagen), an intermediate regres-sive (catagen) phase and a resting phase (telogen) during which no cell proliferation oc-curs[1,2]. The growth of hair follicles is regulated by a number of factors, including sensory neurons, cytokines, growth factors, and androgens (testosterone and dihydrotestosterone) [3,4]. Change of the hair cycle and the progressive miniaturization of the regrowth leads to overall hair loss[5]. About 16% males (the age between 18 to 29 years) and 53% males (the age between 40 to 49 years) are suffering from androgenic hair loss[6]. Moreover, females are equal or oftenless affected by androgenic alopecia, but alopecia areata is observed amongst females[7] Minoxidil is a common hair re-growth product that has been shown to work via growth factor release from adipose-derived stem cells, dermal papilla, and epithelial cells[8]. Based on studies on the correlation of electric current with physiological process reported that every single process in the human body had an electrical significance[9]. Ac-cording to Rivera-Ruiz et al. 2008, that electrocardiography has been extensively used to measure the Biofield of the human body[10]. Thus, the cumula-tive effect of bio-magnetic field and electric field surrounds the human body is defined as biofield. The energy associated with this field is considered as biofield energy and it can also be mon-itored using Electro Myo Graphy (EMG) and Electro Encephalo Gram (EEG)[11]. In recent years, several scientific reports have revealed the useful effects of Biofield Energy Treatment, which have shown to enhance the immune function in patients with cervical cancer via therapeutic touch[12], and massage therapy[13]. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies are now rising as preferred models of treatment, among which Bio-field Therapy (or Healing Modalities) is one approach that has been reported to have several human benefits to enhance phys-ical, mental and emotional wellness. However, as per the data of 2017 from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), which indicated that more than 20% of Americans use dietary supplements as a complementary health approach[14]. Addition-ally, other medicines and practices are employed, such as natural products, deep breathing, yoga, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, chiropractic / osteopathic manipulation, meditation, massage, special diets, ho-meopathy, progressive relaxation, guided imagery, acupressure, acupuncture, other relaxation techniques, hypnotherapy, healing touch, movement therapy, Pilates, Rolfing structural integration, mindfulness, Ayurvedic medicine, traditional Chinese herbs / medicine, naturopathy, essential oils, aromatherapy, Reiki, and cranial sacral therapy. The National Center of Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) has recognized and accepted Biofield Energy Healing as a CAM health care approach[15]. Hu-man Biofield Energy has subtle energy that has the capacity to work in an effectively[16]. CAM therapies have been practiced worldwide with reported clinical benefits in different diseases[17]. Biofield Energy can be harnessed and transmitted by the experts into living and non-living things via the process of Biofield En-ergy Healing Transmission. The Trivedi Effect®-Consciousness Energy Healing Treatment has been reported with a significant effect on the physicochemical properties of metals, chemicals, ceramics, and polymers[18-20], improved agricultural crop yield, productivity, and quality[21,22], and transformed antimicrobial characteristics[23-25], biotechnology[26,27], improved bioavailabili-ty[28-30], skin health[31,32], nutraceuticals[33,34], cancer research[35,36], bone health[37-39], human health and wellness. Based on the litera-ture information and the importance of Biofield Energy Healing Treatment on various fields, the authors sought to evaluate the impact of the Biofield Energy Treatment (The Trivedi Effect®) on androgenic alopecia, specifically for human dermal papilla cell growth activity using a standard assay.

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