Researchers say they may have treatment for gray hair [View all]
Source: UPI
One of the classic signs of aging -- gray hair -- and covering it with chemical pigments -- hair dye -- may be a thing of the past, European researchers say.
The researchers say 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.
This massive accumulation of hydrogen peroxide can be remedied with a treatment developed by the researchers described as a topical, ultraviolet B-activated -- sunlight -- compound PC-KUS, a modified pseudocatalase. Their study also showed the same treatment works for the skin condition, vitiligo.
Dr. Karin U. Schallreuter of the Centre for Skin Sciences at the University of Bradford in England and colleagues at the Institute for Pigmentary Disorders in association with E.M. Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany, developed a patented cream called pseudocatalase. In combination with calcium, they said, it achieved very high success rates in treating vitiligo.
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