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Researchers believe they have discovered the origin of the appearance of white hair. The results of their study could lead to a treatment that would stop the graying process.
Some assume them, others use deception to disguise them. Whether they appear in your twenties or much later, gray hairs always appear. According to a study by the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, the reason for their appearance will also be finally clarified. Published in a scientific journal on April 19 Nature , the work of the researchers focused on the mechanism of hair whitening. The scientists’ findings and their work could be the basis for the creation of treatments that reverse the aging process of hair.
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Reduced mobility
According to research, the culprits are melanocyte stem cells, the cells that produce hair pigment. When all is well, they constantly move back and forth from the hair follicle during normal hair growth, eventually taking on its natural color. With age, these cells become less and less mobile and slow down their activity. As the hair ages, falls out, and then grows back, some of these stem cells get “stuck” in the bulge of the follicle. They remain in their primitive state, do not mature and therefore do not become melanocytes on their own. They lose the ability to maintain the color of our hair.
Reverse the process
These conclusions were observed on cells taken from the skin of mice. They must now be certified on humans. “The mechanisms discovered raise the possibility that the same fixed position of melanocyte stem cells may exist in humans,” said the study’s lead researcher, Dr. Ki Sun, in a press release. And to conclude. “If that’s the case, it’s a potential way to reverse or prevent graying.” An anti-white hair elixir on our shelves soon?
Source: Le Figaro
