i have alot of grey hairs popping up randomly (not from age) and i want to know if there is any Skinbio product that can help get rid of them. its not my entire head, they are scattered randomly throughout. if so, which product is it and how does it help the grey hairs?

Hair color is produced from the amino acid tyrosine. An copper containing enzyme, tyrosinase, converts tyrosine into hair pigments.

The extra copper supplied by the copper peptides does often restore hair color. Without sufficient copper in the skin, no pigments are produced.

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Hair color is produced from the amino acid tyrosine. An copper containing enzyme, tyrosinase, converts tyrosine into hair pigments.

The extra copper supplied by the copper peptides does often restore hair color. Without sufficient copper in the skin, no pigments are produced.

so again, which product would i use and how would i apply it?

Folligen Solution can be applied to the scalp at night. You only need a small amount.

Folligen often bring back hair color. On totally white hair, it often brings back a blond hair.

My grandmother takes seaweed (which is high in iodine) to keep her hair as dark as possible.

Is copper, like iodine, an oxidant, and therefore you shouldn't take it at the same time as vit. C or any other antioxidant? Just wondering.

Copper peptides are anti-oxidants. But free ionic copper is an oxidant.

GHK-Cu, the SRCP in your blood has a huge number of anti-inflammatory actions.

GHK-Cu stops the inflammatory condition by increasing the antioxidant proteins superoxide dismutase and decorin. It increases vascular vasodilation by binding to angiotensin II and inhibiting thromboxane formation. It suppresses damage by oxygen radicals and reactive carbonyl species, the release of oxidizing iron from ferritin, TGF-beta-1, TNF-alpha, and protein glycation. It blocks ultraviolet damage to skin keratinocytes and the oxidation of low-density lipoproteins. It improves fibroblast recovery after X-ray treatments.

As for vitamin C and copper peptides. I once suggested people use them at different times but some women say they use a copper peptides and vitamin C products at the same time and their skin is beautiful.

OK; thank you...

OK, so whether nutritionally combined or, as you've said regarding the topical use of it, copper as an oxidant is okay to combine with antioxidants.

Got it.

The oxidant type of copper is free ionic copper.

But you will rarely use anything like this and it would be very irritating.

The copper peptides are very powerful anti-oxidants.

Dr. Pickart. I always wanted to know why the hair on our heads turns gray sometimes as early as our late 20's, whereas our eyebrows/eyelashes/body hair doesn't, until we are much older ie..like 70 yrs old (I'm thinking of my mom) ?

thanks Flicka

I have thought about why some young people have gray hair so soon.

One possibility is that many people take too much zinc and this drives out the copper. We need both metals but they need to be in a balance of about 7 parts zinc and 1 part copper.

Copper is the metal in tyrosinase that creates hair pigments. Without enough copper, hair will lose its color.

Thanks Dr. Pickart. I have read testimonials that taking a copper colloidal solution has helped people regain their natural colour back. I was also told this by a lady in a health food store years ago who sweared by it. Even though I didn't try it because of the fear of toxicity, I did note that she was in her 50's and her hair was completely black. Still, you didn't say why the hair on our bodies doesn't get gray nearly way as fast.. I wonder if the pigments are different ?

I found this excerpt from reading at http://www.purestcolloids.com/history-copper.htm It seems to resonate what you are saying and that a copper deficiency also impacts our health, but yet, without any testing how much copper is safe for each individual?

'The 1973 work by Dr. L.M. Klevay at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Human Nutrition Research Center pointed to a relationship between copper and cholesterol. In subsequent work, published in 1975, Dr. Klevay theorized that a metabolic imbalance between zinc and copper -- with more emphasis on copper deficiency than zinc excess - is a major contributing factor in coronary heart disease.'

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In high mountain areas, people often drink water generated from glacial debris. This has a very high mineral content. A friend of mine was studying aging in such high mountain areas. He said the water was turbid and almost undrinkable but old people were very healthy and usually had pigmented, dark hair.

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Dr. Pickart. I always wanted to know why the hair on our heads turns gray sometimes as early as our late 20's, whereas our eyebrows/eyelashes/body hair doesn't, until we are much older ie..like 70 yrs old (I'm thinking of my mom) ?

thanks Flicka

I think the hair on our heads has the fastest Anagen (growth) Phase,on the other side the hair of the body has much slower growth phase. It's also observed very often that men with very coarse dense chest hair their hair on that area turn gray sooner than men with finer hair on the chest. It is all because the timing of each hair falls and regrows. This is my opinion, better ask Dr.Pickart.

I am amazed that the use of Folligen spray has started to revert my grey hair back to the dark brown it was! Thank you so much Dr Pickart - I am looking forward to not having to use harsh dyes on my hair in the future! This was a brilliant side effect that I never expected!

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Dr. Pickard,

I noticed discussion on this 2 years ago (on an old forum here?), then nothing for 2 years. (Or did I miss something?)

Do you have more data over that time indicating how common it is for color to be restored with copper peptides?

I started using the Folligen spray on my crown and temples 6 weeks ago. I have just a little bit of gray there. No change in color yet.

I just had my hair highlighted a week ago, so it will be easy to see if the new growth comes in with the color restored. I will post again...

Wish me luck!

I hope the spray is good enough. I have long hair (below my shoulders) and it was too hard to work with the cream.