There are a number of reasons why hair loss occurs, including nutrient excesses and deficiencies, impaired circulation and hormonal imbalances.
Researchers determined that the copper solutions applied to the scalp increased follicle size, rebuilt the blood supply to damaged follicles, increased melanin synthesis needed to keep hair from turning white.
It also increased subcutaneous fat below the scalp that is needed to produce thick healthy hair, lengthened the hair growth phase, and inhibited the formation of DHT. Furthermore, copper solutions repaired scalp damage, healed inflammation, caused the scalp to thicken. This all leads to a healthy head of hair.
Sources of copper are sea foods like oysters, crabs, bluefish, perch, lobster, meats such as calf, duck, lamb, pork, beef liver and kidneys, nuts/seeds like almonds, pecans, walnuts, filberts, Brazil nuts, sesame, sunflower, pistachio, vegetables such as soybeans, and grains like wheat germ and bran. Yeast, gelatin, bone meal, corn oil, margarine, mushrooms, and chocolate also contain copper.
Copper peptide solutions convert fine hair into thicker, fuller, pigmented hair. The copper peptide has the added benefit of reducing the inflammation and itching caused by minoxidil.
Copper peptide treatments are also beneficial after hair transplants. They speed up healing and cut the growth time of new hair in half. They can prevent hair loss due to chemotherapy if used in advance or cause it to regrow faster if used after.
Lysyl oxidase is a copper-dependent enzyme involved in connective tissue synthesis. Copper imbalance often leads to lackluster hair and hair loss. Excessive copper, by interfering with the sulfide bonds in the hair, literally causes dissolution of the hair structure, hence, hair loss.
Copper is also required for tyrosinase, an enzyme required for melanin production. Melanin is a pigment substance which gives color to the hair.
Through a deeper understanding of the role of nutrients and metabolic balance in hair growth, it is often possible to prevent and even reverse the troubling symptom of hair loss.
