Coffee could hold the secret to curing male baldness

By ANI
Tuesday January 23, 04:01 PM

London, Jan 23 (ANI): For all those men who would do anything to stop their hairlines from receding, it might just be time to give hair weaving, toupees and wigs the boot, for a new research has found that coffee could hold the key for making their woe disappear.

The study, carried out by a team of boffins led by Dr Tobias Fischer at the University of Jena in Germany, found that caffeine stimulates the growth tiny follicles, the tiny sacs in the scalp from which hair grows, in men who are starting to lose their hair.

The researchers noted that caffeine helps slow baldness in men by blocking the effects of a chemical known to damage hair follicles.

However, before you reach for that cup of coffee, you have to know that boffins estimate that up to 60 cups a day would be the amount needed for significant amounts to reach follicles in the scalp.

The boffins are nonetheless, optimistic that caffeine can be a "promising candidate for hair growth stimulation."

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