Fabric of Hair Investigates:🧐 Powerful Peptides
What Are Peptides?
Peptides are amino acids that are the building blocks of certain proteins needed by the skin, like collagen and elastine. More specifically, collagen is made of three polypeptide chains, so adding peptides can stimulate your skin to make collagen. More collagen can lead to firmer, younger-looking skin.
For hair, copper peptides are purported to help hair growth. Peptides are the building blocks for collagen, so this can help hair as well.
As compounds composed of amino acids bound together by a ‘peptide’ bond, think of peptides as the building blocks of essentials such as protein and collagen.
Note: Peptides are small in size.
The name of a peptide corresponds to its size. For example, a dipeptide has two amino acids, a tripeptide has three amino acids and so on.
How Peptides Work
Peptides are most often formed when protein breaks down. Peptides act like little messengers that signal different things in the body and trigger various important mechanisms.
The Power of Peptides for Hair
You've likely seen — or maybe even used — peptides in skincare serums. Peptides are used in skincare for their healing properties, as protective skin barrier proteins with anti inflammatory properties, minimizing free radical damage. So, how exactly does this translate to your hair?
Peptides are used to fight inflammation — which when it occurs in the scalp can impact the growth phase of your hair, which is known as the anagen phase. This autoimmune reaction of inflammation in the scalp may enlarge hair follicle size, impacting the various cycles of hair growth.
Other stages in the hair growth cycle include:
- Catagen, the transition phase.
- Telogen, the resting phase.
- Exogen, the shedding phase.
Androgenetic alopecia, also known as male pattern baldness, is one common type of hair loss. Female hair loss can also be related to this condition; however, when the hair thins in women, it's typically more noticeable from where the hair parts, rather than from the hairline as seen in men.
When used as a topical treatment, peptide powered products may boost the healing process by acting as cell-signaling agents, supporting the protein production that is influential in growing hair. They can also help reduce inflammation and irritation in the scalp that can be harmful to healthy hair growth.🤩💛🤩💛