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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: Cincinnatus on May 05, 2013, 08:57:49 pm

Title: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Cincinnatus on May 05, 2013, 08:57:49 pm: Not that I need this, mind you, but it's nice to know the boys in the lab are coming up with some actually useful stuff.

What has become ubiquitous with age - gray hair - may soon become a thing of the past. Forget about trips to the hair salon, or buying box dye to cover up those roots, a team of European researchers say.

In a new research report published online in The FASEB Journal people who go gray develop massive oxidative stress via accumulation of hydrogen peroxide in the hair follicle, which causes hair to bleach itself from the inside out.

The report notes that the enormous accumulation of hydrogen peroxide can be cured with a proprietary treatment developed by the researchers described as a topical, ultraviolet B-activated -- sunlight -- compound PC-KUS, a modified pseudocatalase.

Darn pesky hydrogen peroxide, thank heaven for pseudocatalase, something I have always liked.

In addition to the cosmetic results, which I don't need btw, the really good news is that this product also works to cure vitiligo, an embarrassing condition that causes de-pigmentation of sections of skin.

Unfortunately for those unlike me, The researchers did not specify when the treatment would become available for retail.

A bonus: go to the link and there is a swell picture of George Clooney, who apparently has lots of gray hair adopt very little brain.

http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/1745/20130503/bye-gray-hair-researchers-find-way-reverse.htm
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Oceander on May 05, 2013, 11:40:14 pm: Gray hair is like campaign bars on a soldier's uniform - a sign of experience that should command respect.
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: mountaineer on May 05, 2013, 11:59:39 pm: Quote from: Oceander on May 05, 2013, 11:40:14 pm
Gray hair is like campaign bars on a soldier's uniform - a sign of experience that should command respect.
Only in men, alas (or so it seems).
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Atomic Cow on May 06, 2013, 12:05:11 am: Quote from: mountaineer on May 05, 2013, 11:59:39 pm
Only in men, alas (or so it seems).

Except when it comes to trying to meet women. They just see it as a sign of being old and not worth it.
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Rapunzel on May 06, 2013, 12:06:51 am: Quote from: Atomic Cow on May 06, 2013, 12:05:11 am
Except when it comes to trying to meet women. They just see it as a sign of being old and not worth it.

Not if you are handsome or rich ~LOL~
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Oceander on May 06, 2013, 02:57:33 am: Quote from: mountaineer on May 05, 2013, 11:59:39 pm
Only in men, alas (or so it seems).

It all depends on how you carry yourself. If you carry yourself like the grizzled veteran you are, you'll command more respect. And respect - for those who care - can also be an aphrodisiac.
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: truth_seeker on May 06, 2013, 03:23:24 am: I already said bye-bye to my gray hair.
Title: Re: Say Bye-Bye to Gray Hair, Researchers Find Way to Reverse The Process
Post by: Oceander on May 06, 2013, 11:27:11 pm: Quote from: truth_seeker on May 06, 2013, 03:23:24 am
I already said bye-bye to my gray hair.

Goin' nekkid? Bald is even cooler.