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has anybody had any success as far as regrowth with copper peptides? or more specifically, tricomin?
JesusFreak said:One of the lesser know facts about CU ions is their ability to inhibit 5-AR type l & ll by 50%.
http://www.anagen.net/rame1.htm
JesusFreak said:Cu peptides account for the big three reasons for hair loss: DHT, Inflammation and shortened hair growth phase.
JesusFreak said:You have three choices: Folligen, Crew Cu Peptides, or Tricomin
I wouldn't take that too seriously, if I were you. I have never seen ANY trial that demonstrated topical copper peptides to have significant 5a-reductase-inhibiting ability! (BTW, the copper atoms in copper peptides are NOT in the ionic form.)
Where (not why) do you purchase your Crew Copper Peptides from?
JesusFreak said:Why wouldn't you take the study seriously? It's only the abstract, but there is no reason to question the findings.
JesusFreak said:According to dr. Pickart, who probably knows more about the science of Cu peptides than anyone in the world, copper peptides are metabolized and disassociate into free Cu ions in the scalp.
I question it for the reason I stated above: there's no study I'm aware of that showed any kind of antiandrogenic effect from the topical application of copper peptides. BTW, Dr. Proctor was once asked if there was anything in Prox-N (which contains copper peptides, among numerous other things) which acts as an antiandrogen or 5a-reductase inhibitor, and his answer was "Not to my knowledge".
JesusFreak said:Dr. Proctor doesn't seem to have knowlege of many things, judging by how many times I've heard him use that phrase.
JesusFreak said:Obviously, more research is needed on this subject. What we know by the trials and by the trial photos is that Cu peptides are effective in male pattern baldness. The complete mechanism of action is not understood. I've read nothing excluding an anti-androgen mechanism. Dr. Pickart has only hinted at a partial anti-androgen mechanism.
JesusFreak said:BTW, Cu ions are not particularly toxic at the kind of concentrations we are talking about, unless you are a fish.