Cow's Placenta Extract capable of treating baldness: Scientists

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Is your receding hairline giving you sleepless nights? Rest easy, for if experts are to be believed the cure for baldness has been found… in the 'goshala'.

Experts say that the extract obtained from a cow’s placenta or umbilical cord is capable of regrowing hair and treating baldness. A Korean team of scientists have been experimenting on Indian cows in goshalas and their findings are quite remarkable.

Though baldness is an irreversible process, certain hormones present in the placenta of the cow can trigger hair growth on a bald head. Cow placental extract is a natural and cheap equivalent to the chemical, minoxidil, which is used by hair experts.

“The hormones and cytokins in a cow’s placenta promote hair growth not only by elongating the hair shaft but also by increasing the number of hair follicles,” said Dr L. Mira, a part of the Korean team involved in the research.

According to Dr Mira, cow placenta extract is also useful in other cosmetic applications including whitening of the skin and enhancing tone and texture.

The discovery comes close on the heels of a finding by a team of German bacteriologists that cow dung has actually been protecting Indians from outbreaks of Escherichia coli.

The E. coli strain present in cows and buffaloes is more harmful than the strains that exist in human colon.

Originally Published at: Deccan Chronicle: Cow's umbilical cord capable of treating baldness: Scientists