Proliferative Activity of the Skin and Excelerated Hair Growth
Dr. Michael Holick, M.D, Ph.D., Professor
of Medicine, Physiology, and Dermatology at Boston University School of
Medicine, conducted a study involving a processed emu oil, and the results
were so outstanding that they quickly became a topic of conversation in
many medical and other journals.
Dr. Holick had been interested in looking
at factors that stimulate and inhibit skin and hair growth. "We depilated
some mice and we then topically applied, in a blinded fashion, (a
processed emu oil) and corn oil to two different groups of mice, and we
did this for two weeks," he explained.
"We found that there was about a 20%
increase in DNA synthesis, which means that there was a 20% increase in
the proliferative activity, or the growth activity of the skin in the
animals that received (a processed emu oil), compared to the animals that
received corn oil, " said Dr. Holick.
"We found that there was an enhancement
in the growth activity of the hair follicles. So it gives us very good
scientific indication that we were stimulating skin growth," Dr. Holick
elaborated.
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