This week L'Oreal has introduced a new salon quality product called Kerastase Defensique, which claims to be able to reverse baldness in men and women.....Sounds good, but it ain't cheap! A 3 month supply retails for approximately $445 USD.
Scientists have isolated one of the major causes of baldness as oxygen deficiency in the scalp. Kerastase Defensique contains a molecule that increases oxygen flow to the follicles, thus stimulating growth in existing follicles, and reversing dormancy in dormant follicles.
Does it work? The research seems to suggest it does.
A clinical trial of 101 people over a 3 month period yielded on average a 4% increase in hair in the number of hairs each participant grew. About 1700 hairs.
Head researcher at L'Oreal Patricia Pineau had this to say:
‘We’ve known for 100 years that hair grows and falls out. We haven’t known what makes hair regenerate until now. It is all about hair stem cell environment. In 2000, we have published the existence of two stem cell reservoirs in the hair and, more recently, we have both identified the optimal environment and designed a molecule able to favour it.'
Very interesting. It's nice to know that there might actually be a solution to balding/thinning hair. My edges can use a boost, for real!! - YB
Read more from our friends over at the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2319137/285-cream-claims-reverse-baldness-
And for my Frenchies, check out the official promo on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Yb6MYEFhwk
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