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Caffeine Can halt hair loss, says German scientist

Caffeine has long been known as a stimulant. However, it is able to perk up more than just you after a long day of work or as you drag throughout the long afternoon hours. Many facial skin products include caffeine in order to help give that nice, natural, chemical boost to your skin and help perk it up. Shouldn't there be other elements to your body that are able to respond to the natural elements of caffeine?

According to German scientists, it can. Hair loss is mostly based on genetics, but there are ways to slow it down and even stop it. As the hair follicles begin to thin and slow down in production, what many of these follicles need is a bump of energy to boost production and to halt the slow down. If what the German researchers have to say is true, caffeine might just be the perfect, natural ingredient to do this for you.

There are a few different ingredients that are known to help stimulate the body. One is niacin. This is a B-vitamin. It is used to increase energy and to offer individuals a burst of endurance. In fact, the German researchers first looked at how athletes would use the elements found in caffeine for doping means. They believed that if the drug could be used to artificially enhance a person's body to improve athletic performances, it should be able to boost hair and its ability to grow.

The hair is a tissue/organ that has a very high energy demand. It, along with nails, requires a significant amount of energy to grow. It is why hair and nails are often the first elements of a person's body to suffer when they are not absorbing enough nutrients and energy during the day. The German researches pointed out that the roots of hair require 10 times the amount of energy to grow during the growth period than during the resting period (all hair grows in phases, as some hair follicles lay dormant for months at a time. So, the research look towards including caffeine into the root system of the head in order to add this necessary energy to the hair roots.

The growth is a long term process as it does take a while for the roots to begin to show the increased energy from the roots. This includes a continual development and connection with the caffeine, which takes around six to eight months.