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Scientists at the University of Manchester say that the scent of sandalwood, used in many fragrances, could play a key role in preserving the hair that is flying away.
They say that some follicle cells have the ability to react to odors.
And when they are exposed to chemicals in certain odors, receptors trigger hair growth.
Professor Ralf Paus, who heads the research center for skin and hair, Monasterium Laboratories, led the research.
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SCENT: Baldness can be prevented from smelling sandalwood scents
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The fragrance used in the study, Sandalore, is commonly used as a cheap alternative to natural sandalwood oil.
He said: "A very short, preliminary and short-term clinical pilot study conducted by an independent research organization on 20 female volunteers with Sandalore Topical revealed a reduction in daily hair loss."
During a series of tests, researchers applied sandalwood to a sample of human scalp tissue that began to produce protein, reducing cell death and stimulating growth.
The discovery will give hope to millions of people suffering from thinning hair and could trigger a renaissance of hair loss therapies entirely based on the nose.
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SWEET SCENT: The smell of snadalwood will help prevent baldness studies
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The team believes that new products to help people with reduced mobility could visit stores within a few years.
The results, published in the Nature Communications Journal, read as follows: "Collectively, these data show that the growth … and … the production of a dynamic (mini) human organ, that is to say the scalp,
"Thus, humans can" feel "in the sense that they are recruiting the oldest and most evolutionary receptor families to regulate the essential functions of organs.
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