Study Finds Hope to Restore Hair Color
Doll with gray hair I. G. (Sirenita's) photostream
A new study opens the door to the possibility of reversing the hair whitening process in people whose hair has turned white because of stress or illness, BBC News reported:
Delilah against myselfThe scientists, from England's Manchester University and Germany's Lubeck University, recreated a molecule responsible for stimulating the hair pigment melanin. Using the hair follicles of six women, they mimicked two conditions that can turn hair white — a skin disease called alopecia areata and the stress-related disorder telogen effluvium.Ralf Paus, the lead researcher, said the discovery could possibly lead to an "anti-graying" technique but that it was still too early to tell for sure.Nina Goad of the British Association of Dermatologists agreed. "These findings could potentially pave the way for new therapies that restore color to white hair," she said. "At the moment, this research only applies to people whose hair has turned white following illness, but this is an important step for such patients."
Originally published in The Green Tricycle
Annette Marie Hyder
I want to wrap around you as tightly
as that spiral curl of mine
you've wrapped around your finger.
I want to cling as softly,
stretch as far, grow as much,
but stay as wild.
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I want to wrap around you as tightly
as that spiral curl of mine
you've wrapped around your finger.
I want to cling as softly,
stretch as far, grow as much,
but stay as wild.
You say Don't ever cut it,
as your fingers lose their way in it
and you start to brush my hair,
as if I am
Delilah against myself.
You mean Don't ever change.
But you should know that I will,
just like my hair that kinks
along its genetically
predetermined course
twirling like strands of DNA
but which can be straightened,
colored,
cut and styled
any way I wish;
held up
for the part of me that's looking out
to see herself within,
whether haute coifed or uncombed.
You say I'll still love it when it's gray.
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That doll picture is so adorable
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It sounds like that's the direction they hope to take this. Wouldn't that be great?
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This is quite intriguing indeed. Hmmmm....makes me wonder since I found my first gray strand recently....LOL.
As always, your poem was wonderful. It was very playful. I loved it.
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Great timing on their part then, right?
Thanks, Rebeca!
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Enjoyed the poem, Annette. Great closing stanzas. Thanks for the post.
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Thanks Sam!
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Yes, eventually we're all headed along the same course of disease & death, no matter what - there's no changing that.
The secret is to enjoy the here & now - without trying to hold on to it or keep it the way it is. What a dichotomy.
check my poetry too @ http://joyleftowsblog.blogspot.com
we can be blogging buddies!
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