Achieving hair growth
from copper peptide and glycogen applications
Copper peptides and
tripeptides for hair growth
Copper peptide
has been found to stimulate healing of wounds and also
increased the size of hair follicles. Peptides are short
polymers formed from the linking of a-amino acids. A
tripeptide is a peptide consisting of three amino acids
joined by peptide bonds. Some peptides have an affinity
for bonding with copper, thus creating a “copper
peptide” or a “copper tripeptide”.
Researchers
have determined that the copper peptide solutions applied
to the scalp:
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increase follicle size
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rebuild the blood supply to damaged follicles
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increase melanin synthesis, necessary to keep hair
from turning white
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increase subcutaneous fat below the scalp which seems
to support function for the hair follicle
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prolong the hair growth phase
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inhibit the formation of DHT, hence reducing hair
loss from male pattern balding in both men and women
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repair scalp damage
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reduce inflammation
References:
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Perez-Meza et al. Int. Journal of Cosmetic Surgery
Vol 6 1998, pp 80-4
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H Uno, et als. 1995. Journal of Invest. dermatology.
101; 143-147.
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Patt, Duncan and Kalis (University of Reims, France)
Dermatological Research Techniques, (CRC Press), pp-217-226,
1996
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Sugimoto et al. Cations inhibit specifically 5 alpha
reductase found in human skin. J Invest Dermatol 1995
May: 104(5), 775-8
A considerable
body of work has been done by Loren Pickart, which can
be found on his website - http://www.skinbiology.com/copperpeptideregeneration.html#hair.
Hair &
Glycogen
The growth
rate of anagen (growth phase) hair is dependent on the
proliferation rate of the hair producing cells; the
growth rate of these cells depends on the nutrition
and energy supply available. Glycogen comes in huge
quantity in the cells of the external epithelial sheath
of the anagen follicle. The glycogen ensures the intense
energy needs of the follicle in active growth. In the
same way, an increase of the oxygen consumption comes
before the mitotic (cell division) activity of cells
in the hair bulb.
Glycogen
as a cellular energy reservoir provides the intense
energy needs of the follicle in active growth.
I
speak for the above ingredients because they are the
key ingredients in the topical applications that I use
- my "hair growth
enforcer" from Tricoaid.
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