People who have turned gray due to illness, age, or extreme stress have hope as scientists have figured out a way to reverse the process of hair color loss. Human hair begins to turn gray from the fact that the activity of melanocytes, the cells that produce the necessary pigment, significantly decreases. Ralf Paus’s team has created a hormonal drug (so far known as K (D) PT) that restores the natural color of human hair.
In the laboratory, scientists were able to force gray and even white hair to return to its original color (samples were taken from women aged 46 to 65 years old, doing a facelift). However, according to the researchers, it doesn’t matter from what the person will start “treatment”.
Upon exposure to the K (D) PT molecule, the amount of melanin in the hair taken for research increased. According to one expert, the stimulation of melanin will presumably bring back the pigmentation of the hair. However, the research is in its early stages, and scientists do not yet know for sure whether it will be possible to completely restore hair color or only partially.
In case of a successful outcome of the case in the future, dermatologists hope to translate it into shape , which, along with hair dyes, could compete with the color of growing roots. However, according to scientists, the final product is still very far away.
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