copper and coffee
Copper peptides
During the course of my studies into the world of hair loss and hair regrowth products, I have run across quite a large number of different products and chemicals that claim to stimulate the scalp, stop hair loss and initiate regrowth. One of the recent synthetically formulated compound that has come to my attention are Copper peptides. Copper peptides as a hair loss treatment, was reportedly discovered by researchers at the University of San Francisco who were conducted a study on wound repair. The copper peptides no only made the wounds heal faster, but seemed to stimulate the follicles also. After conducting more research on this phenomenon, Dr Loren Pickart, determined that applying copper peptides was like giving your scalp a protein injection. Dr. Pickart quickly realized the commercial significance of these copper peptides and soon thereafter, several hair care products were developed that utilized this new discovery namely Filipro, Folligen and Tricomen.
What is a peptide and why is hanging out with copper?
A peptide is basically a small polymer that is formed by several linked amino acids, which are the building blocks for most living tissues. The word peptide is derived from Greek and essentially means “small digestible”. Some of these little polymer dudes apparently have a liking to to copper, bonding to the metal thus forming a “copper peptide”. Copper itself is an essential mineral that is important for our hair and scalp, so it kind of make sense that these copper peptides would have a stimulating effect on our hair.
The results
While not as effective as other hair loss products such as Provillus, Propecia, or Rogaine, Products that contain copper peptides, seem to work best in conjunction with another product such as the ones mentioned above. Tricomen, Fillipro, and Folligen all have received rather mixed reviews when it comes to dealing with hair loss, but most people seem to agree that they do seem to improve the health of both the hair and scalp.
Coffee for your hair?
Apparently my favorite drink in the world is also being looked at as a possible topical treatment for people with thinning hair. Caffeine is thought to help stimulate hair growth when applied to the scalp and various coffee derived shampoos are now hitting the market as we speak. Some scientists, curious about caffeine’s effect of hair follicles conducted an experiment in which they placed hairs into several different test tubes each containing different concentrations of caffeine. Lo and behold, the hair in the caffeinated test tubes grew by about 33 percent. There was no mention in the report however, if the hairs got cranky when they were finally deprived of the caffeine. While these knew finding are interesting and help me justify my two pots a day habit, I think I will stick with other hair loss treatments just to be on the safe side.
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