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Coffee could help cure baldness
February 6th 2010 05:21
Drinking coffee could help cure baldness as caffeine blocks the effects of a chemical known to damage hair, say researchers. They took scalp biopsies from 14 men in the early stages of hair loss. They extracted hair follicles and placed them in test tubes with solutions containing different levels of caffeine. The samples were left in the laboratory for up to eight days. At the end of the length of the hair follicles mixed with testosterone showed that they grew at a much slower rate. The scientists believe caffeine affects hair cells in such a way that they are able to resist the damaging effects of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a chemical that contributes to baldness. Most baldness is caused when hair follicles are exposed to too much DHT. Hair follicles treated with caffeine showed a highly significant growth rate at 24 hours, and still showed further significant growth at eight days.
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