Applying a daily serum that contains extracts of a tropical plant improved hair density and strand thickness in just 56 days
A serum designed to reverse hair loss has shown promising results in less than two months. Based on plant extracts and cell-stimulating proteins, the topical treatment led to visible improvements in hair density compared with a placebo formula.
– also known as Rogaine – can be effective, but this depends on a number of factors, including genetics and how much hair has been lost.Looking for another approach, researchers at Schweitzer Biotech Company in Taiwan have developed a serum that includes caffeine – a common ingredient inTo put it to the test, a team of international researchers recruited 60 adults, aged 18 to 60, who didn’t necessarily have substantial hair loss. They were divided into five groups, with the first receiving a placebo serum with no active ingredients and the second getting a base formulation of 0.1 per cent caffeine and vitamin B5,. The remaining groups all had this base formulation, but the third also had IGF-1 and FGF-7, the fourth also hadThe participants were all told to apply 1 millilitre of the serum all over their scalp every evening for 56 days. Across most of the outcomes the team measured – such as hair density, strand thickness and reduced hair loss – things improved from group one to five. Hair density improved most significantly; by almost 25 per cent in group five – nearly double the change in the placebo group.extracts in particular may strengthen the roots of hair or improve blood flow around its follicles. “This plant has been used for anti-ageing and restorative, anti-inflammatory uses,” saysat King’s College London. “So it’s a bit of a miracle plant, supposedly. A few other things in the study have more evidence base, for example the long-acting IGF-1 and the FGF-7; they are known to have an impact on hair cycle.”The researchers and Tziotzios both caution that the study is small and larger, longer trials are needed before treatments based on this formulation become available. “That doesn’t mean it’s not a potentially interesting thing to look at, but it does need further work obviously,” says Tziotzios. “The better we get in terms of our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning hair loss in general, hair biology, the more likely we are to get closer and closer to a radical treatment.”
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