Copper Peptide Hair growth
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Just purchased a copper peptide product to see how it can help for my hair growth. The product is called called Fleava and it has GHK-CU as the main ingredient.
I currently take oral minoxidil (3mg daily), topical minoxidil with micro-needling and have taken some topical stem cell product called calecim.
I have seen some progress with just topical minoxidil and microneedling but then it regressed quite a bit.
Been on the oral minoxidil for 45 days. I also just started some topical t3/t4 on the scalp.
Will keep this thread updated with any progress. Anyone else ever try copper peptide for hair growth?
There are a few studies done on it for hair growth that look promising but I don't think many have tried it.
I can see why it might be beneficial as lots of people are low in copper and high in iron and copper is important for melanin which is important for hair growth.
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Here are links to the studies i could find,
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17703734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10643103/
This article from hairguard.com (i do not endorse this website it has some cheap Chinese products that they charge a fortune for) but they do have some good analysis.
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@Verdad I made a homemade serum with GHK-CU and vegetable glycerin as a skincare product I applied twice daily to my face and neck. I can't speak to hair growth as I have thick hair, but the few white hairs I had disappeared over the course of a few months.
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Interesting I have heard a lot of talk on the ray peat forum about copper reversing grey hair.
How did it effect your skin?
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@Verdad We'll see in 10 years. I'm young and have pretty good skin. Trying to prevent aging more than anything.