An Accidental Hair Loss Cure
Scientists were looking for a solution to stress but stumbled upon a solution for hair loss by accident in a recent study conducted by the scientist at UCLA and the Veterans Administration.
The study was meant to examine how the functions of the digestive tract are impacted by stress that a person undergoes. In the process the researchers stumbled upon a compound; a chemical that was seen to block a hormone related to stress that was also known to trigger hair loss.
The study was conducted on mice, which found that the stress hormone called corticotrophin-releasing factor was responsible for hair loss. When a peptide called astressin-B was administered this was seen to re-grow hair among mice who had previously been bald.
Since researchers found that astressin-B was able to re-grow hair, remedies involving this chemical compound could in theory also help people with stress as well as help re grow lost hair. For this further study will of course be required.