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How you could BANK your hair to fend off baldness: Scientists create new system that can be used as an 'insurance policy for later life' Cells within the follicles can be multiplied in the lab and stored for future use The cells are injected back into the scalp to produce as much hair as you want Surgeons at HairClone said it could be available soon but at a hefty price Hair follicles could in the future be 'banked', cloned and used later in life to treat balding by a British company. Millions of adults will be able to have follicles taken from their scalp and put into storage, with procedures starting within the next year, the experts hope. Cells within the follicle will be multiplied in a lab, and when the patient begin to lose hair, the cells will be injected back into their their scalp to promote hair growth. The system is believed to be the first of its kind by the British company HairClone, who have dubbed the process as an 'insurance policy for later life'. However, it is not a 'one-off fix', you would likely need several procedures taken from the banked follicles - each costing several thousands of pounds. Hair follicles are removed from the scalp and stored in cryopreservation. Later, cells that have been multiplied in the lab can be injected back into the scalp Dr Bessam Farjo, medical director of HairClone, told MailOnline: 'The point of these treatments is to rejuvenate thinning hairs and eventually to regenerate as many hairs as we need.' He explained the system would for the follicles to be accessed at any point in time, without worrying whether or not they will run out in the future. Dr Farjo added: 'The point of hair cloning is to create as many hairs as we need, at any point in time, without worrying we're going to run out in the future. 'Many may see this as an insurance policy for later life.'