I heard of a man letting a cow lick his head because he swore it would grow his hair! Any truth to the story?
Would you believe this old country tale has an element of truth? Cattle saliva has been analyzed and found low levels of the cytokine epidermal growth factor. This chemical has some growth promoting potential for hair follicles affected by androgenetic alopecia. (Now all we need to do is work out how to bottle this stuff, set up a web site and we’re in business!) Ref. Kligman, Freeman. History of baldness. From magic to medicine. Clin Dermatol 1988; 6: 83-88. I think they also found a higher concentration of estrogen/progesterone in the cow saliva due to the farmers feeding them the hormones to increase milk yield. This treatment has also been used with varying success rates with androgenic hair loss (topical female hormone treatment, not cow saliva!). When Belinda (my daughter) lost her hair, a guru friend from India recommended an intervention. I followed her advise because she was a friend of mine and the herbs were provided to me free of charge. Looking back at the whole ordeal I t
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