A team of researchers has developed a treatment capable of stopping the appearance of gray hair. This compound could also be used by people with vitiligo.
Has the end of white hair sounded? Researchers from the universities of Arndt in Germany and Bradford in the United Kingdom indeed claim to have discovered the solution to fight against gray hair. How? ‘Or’ What ? With the development of a treatment capable of interrupting the process of hair depigmentation. Published in The Faseb Journal, the discovery may well delight many men and women.
The team of Dutch, German and English biologists conducted a study on 2,411 patients suffering from a skin disease, vitlitigo, the main symptom of which is the appearance of white marks on the body. The researchers then discovered that the appearance of gray hair, like the depigmentation of the skin, was due to an accumulation of hydrogen peroxides, a chemical compound produced naturally by humans better known as “hydrogen peroxide”. .
For our researchers, the solution was named after an enzyme: PC-KUS which is activated on contact with the sun. Thus, a large amount of this antioxidant enzyme makes it possible to stop the production of molecules responsible for the oxidation of the hair. As a result, instead of thinning, the hair follicle keeps its natural color.
But, for all those who would like to throw themselves on the product in order to avoid making gray hair, it will be necessary to be patient. “For the moment, no marketing date has been announced because clinical trials must be carried out”, specifies the author of the study. “For generations, many remedies have been concocted to hide gray hair, but today, for the first time, a treatment that addresses the problem at its root is being developed,” concludes Gerald Weissman, editor-in-chief. of the journal.
Finally, in addition to the fight against the effects of time, the researchers point out that the main objective of the future treatment is to considerably improve the quality of life of people suffering from vitiligo. An important advance, when we know that current treatments have for the most part significant side effects.
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