Caffeine: A Cure for Baldness?

bald.jpgNew research in the International Journal of Dermatology concludes that caffeine is “a stimulator of human hair growth” (see journal abstract).

I knew all that caffeine was good for something. Unfortunately a few extra cups of coffee aren’t going to do much.

Scientists estimate up to 60 cups a day would be needed for significant amounts to reach follicles in the scalp (via Daily Mail)

Instead of drinking it – it seems you need to rub a caffeine-rich solution into the scalp.

To test the idea, Dr Fischer took scalp biopsies from 14 men in the early stages of hair loss.

He extracted hair follicles and placed them in test tubes with solutions containing different levels of caffeine.

The samples were left in the laboratory for up to eight days to monitor growth. At the end of the experiment, caffeine had boosted the length of the hairs by between 33 per cent and 40 per cent.

Bring on the caffeine!

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Posted in Caffeine, Fun Stuff, Health Issues · January 22nd, 2007

10 Comments

ppTheMart July 26th, 2010 7:18 am

Hey Laura, so is being a bitch.

samusa20 March 27th, 2010 1:54 pm

bring 400 ml shampoo and nescafe red mug with caffeine open the shampoo and add 1 teaspoon of coffee dont add more you will be anxiety

shake the bottle well

use it

to use it put it on your hair for 2 minutes

you can also bring little shampoo and add little coffee 1 teaspoon or less and store in bottle

Susan January 24th, 2010 8:38 pm

I rubbed some caffeine hair growth promoter into my hair this afternoon and I think I put too much in. It is 3.40 in the morning and I am still wide awake. I drink decaffeinated coffee and tea so am not used to it. Beware!

James August 22nd, 2007 9:55 pm

We are lagging behind on so many serious health issues that range from lethal diseases to alopecia while we waste previous time and resources waging wars. How pathetic!!!

Matt February 12th, 2007 12:17 pm

Thanks for like the encouragement i’m like so like doing this like yah. arrrg

wampus February 6th, 2007 6:20 pm

Awww too late for me. Some scientist needs to say that caffeine makes your hair grow back…he would get rich and i would…ummm…probably still be bald.

Laura January 31st, 2007 3:01 pm

Bald heads are just ew. Take if from a girl. Thankyou

Dr.Nuke January 24th, 2007 1:49 pm

I was just being ironic…

Heck with eating the shampoo…usuing those caffeinated soaps is probably enough. According to the information available, you might be able to caffeine suicide on those. There was about 1.2 grams or so of caffeine per bar, so it would only take….

ICanholdMyCaffeineCanYou? January 23rd, 2007 1:05 am

Dr nuke; some people dont like to admit that theyre aging or such.

lol i wonder what happens if ur kid accidentally eat your caffeine shampoo

Dr.Nuke January 23rd, 2007 12:12 am

What’s wrong with being bald? I shave my head with a razor quite frequently.

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