Peptides are portions of proteins, which are chains of amino acids that can vary in length. When these amino acids link together, they form an amino peptide, and when peptides link together, they form the basis of proteins.

The proteins our bodies use for skin and tissue growth are comprised of one or more of these peptide chains. By themselves, peptides are used by our bodies in some amazing ways including wound healing and skin-tissue repair.

Peptides have the ability to communicate our needs on a cellular level, stimulating growth and triggering the production of new proteins, cells and reverse the aging.

Pptides not only play a significant role in regenerating new hair growth, but they also make exsiting hair texture feel thicker by increasing the follicle strength & size.

Hair grows from the follicles; it’s the living part of the hair. The visible part, the hair shaft, is made up of dead, hard protein called keratin, so once the hair strand structure is damaged it won’t regenerate (heal back) by itself.

Eyebrow & Lash hair grows on a very short cycle compared to head hair. For eyebrows and lashes, the whole cycle is completed in around 4 months, while it takes the scalp 3–4 years to finish. This is why eyebrows & lashes have a much shorter maximum hair length than on your head.

The hair growth phase, called anagen, lasts from two to six years on your scalp, and 4 months on your brow or eyelash area. The longer the hair stays in the anagen phase, the faster and longer it will grow. While growing, the cells in one of the follicle’s parts (papilla) are dividing to produce new hair fibers. The same time follicle buries itself into the dermal layer of the skin to nourish the strand. About 85% of the hairs on one’s head are in the anagen phase at any given time, and 72% on eyebrow area.

Eyebrow & Eyelash hair grows on a very short cycle compared to head hair. The whole cycle is completed in around 4 months, while it takes the scalp 3–4 years to finish. This is why eyebrows and lashes hairs have a much shorter maximum length than on your head.

Certain drugs and medications can cause eyebrow hair to fall out. Eyebrows can begin growing about one or two months after the completion of using certain medications, but it could take up to six months for eyebrows to fully grow back. It’s also possible that the new hair will be thinner, a different color or a different texture.

Hormonal disorders or thyroid problems play a major role in hair health, including hair regrowth and hair loss. Losing the outer one-third of eyebrow hair is a distinctive symptom of hypothyroidism. Once the underlying condition is treated, and hormone levels in the body are normalized, eyebrows will begin growing back. It can take two or three months for the hairs to fully regrow after everything is re-balanced. However, eyebrows may grow in patchy or only partially.

Eyebrow hair that is plucked or threaded begins re-growing after about two or three months. Plucking involves using tweezers or waxing to remove the hair by its root from the hair follicle, which causes temporary damage. The hair follicle then needs time to reboot its interrupted growth pattern.

Over the course of a person’s life, the speed of the brow hair re-growth cycle slows down from an average of 56 days for eyebrow hair to regrow fully during early adulthood to about 73 days for a person at retirement age.

Consistent eyebrow removal can eventually lead to diminished growth, thinning eyebrows and dormant follicles, especially after the age of 42. In addition, eyebrow density varies from person to person because of the genes that gave them their follicles and dictated the length of their growth cycles.

Human hair comes in many colors and textures, and are all made with a protein called keratin.

Keratin is the same tough, water insoluble structural material that human nails are made of. Hair also contains natural oils (lipids) and water. These hair components are arranged in 3 primary structures: the cuticle (which is the outermost, shingle-like layer); the cortex (the inside of the hair consisting of bundles of protein filaments, it helps to support the hair’s strength and also makes up the biggest portion of the hair); and the medulla (a soft spongy-like core in the center of the cortex.)

About 90 percent of the total weight of hair comes from the cortex. The beauty and shine that makes healthy hair so attractive happens because of the smooth cuticle layer in continuous tightly packed scales.

The living part of the hair, called follicles, is deep in a scalp and the visible part, the hair shaft, is made up of dead, hard protein called keratin, so once the hair strand structure is damaged it will never heal back or regenerate.

Much of the shine that makes healthy hair so attractive is due to the cuticle. Cuticle is the outermost part of the hair shaft layer. The beauty and shine that makes healthy hair so attractive happens because of the smooth cuticle layer in continuous tightly packed scales, some five to twelve deep. Healthy cuticle is smooth and looks as an overlapping structure similar to roof shingles.

The hair cuticle is the first line of defense against all forms of damage; it acts as a protective barrier for the softer inner structure including the medulla and cortex. About 90 percent of the total weight of hair comes from the cortex. The cuticle is responsible for much of the mechanical strength of the hair fiber.

If the cuticle layer is damaged, the natural hair nourishment, called sebum, has to fill missing shingles and run short. Lack of sebum makes hair shaft more vulnerable to water and mechanical damage. The more damaged and kinkier the hair, the more difficulty the sebum will travel down the hair, therefore the drier or dull the hair looks.

Aside from protecting the inner layers of the hair, the cuticle also controls how much water can enter the hair. In most of the cases of hair damage, the efforts to fix the hair texture using hot tools along with oils, styling spay or any other liquids are leading to the state when the hair has to be cut off. Liquid fills the cracks and missing blocks of cuticle shingles and starts to boil under the heat of hair iron or curler. This literally rips the hair shaft apart.

Cuticle layer is often damaged by using excessive heat while styling, coloring or chemically straightening hair. So be sure to use oil-based treatments due to smooth down damaged hair surface. Oils have lots of organic similarity with sebum. Oil coats the hair by latching onto cracks and holes in the hair shaft. Damaged hair has a scaly surface which allows the oil to penetrate the hair as it slides down the hair and slips into those cracks.

The hair follicle is a structure of the skin from which hair grows. There are hair follicles all over the skin, with the exception of the lips, palms of the hands, and soles of the feet. Hair follicles grow hair by packing old cells together.

The hair follicle is supplied with one or more sebaceous glands, which provide sebum, an oily substance that helps lubricate the hair and skin. Areas that have thicker hair growth, such as the scalp, have more sebaceous glands. In addition the the sebaceous gland, the hair follicle is provided with the bundle of muscle fibers that creates goose bumps when contracted. Hair follicles also have stem cells at their base, which contribute to regular hair growth.

The base of the hair follicle is called the papilla. It consists of connective tissue and a capillary loop, or tiny blood vessel. The papilla is surrounded by the hair matrix, which consists of epithelial cells and melanocytes. The epithelial cells divide very quickly, causing regular hair growth, while the melanocytes provide pigment, and are responsible for hair color.

The hair follicle is surrounded by a protective root sheath, consisting of the external and internal root sheath. The internal root sheath, in turn, has three layers: the innermost internal cuticle, the medial Huxley’s layer, and the outermost Henle’s layer. The internal cuticle is continuous with the outermost layer of the hair fiber. The hair fiber also has three layers: the cuticle, the intermediate cortex, and the inner medulla.

Hair growth takes place in four-phase cycles. Anagen is the active growth phase, the length of which varies greatly between people and individual hair follicles. Anagen lasts for two to seven years on the human scalp, but for only months on the eyebrows. The growth phase is followed by catagen, a brief transition phase that prepares hair shaft to be detached. During this phase the pigment production stops and it is lasting for approximately two to four weeks.

After catagen, the telogen phase, a resting phase, begins. Hairs in the telogen phase are dead and are called club hairs. Many club hairs are shed from the body daily. The telogen phase lasts about three weeks for hairs on the human scalp. The final stage of the hair follicle cycle is exogen, a shedding phase in which one of many hairs that may arise from a single follicle is shed.

Hair loss after chemotherapy is a common occurrence and it happens as the chemotherapy targets not only the cancer cells but also the healthy cells of the body. However, once the chemotherapy is stopped your hair will need vital support to grow back to normal density and texture.

Our Luxe Brows Anti-Aging formula provides regeneration to affected hair follicles in a period of 4 to 8 months recovering the hair’s growth pattern. Our effective hair recovery line helps return your brow hair follicles to the growth phase encouraging stronger, thicker hair growth – both stimulating and nourishing for your scalp.

Human hair comes in many colors and textures, and are all made with a protein called keratin.

Keratin is the same tough, water insoluble structural material that human nails are made of. Hair also contains natural oils (lipids) and water. These hair components are arranged in 3 primary structures:

– The cuticle – the outermost, shingle-like layer
– The cortex – the inside of the hair consisting of bundles of protein filaments which help to support the hair’s strength. These filaments also makes up the biggest portion of the hair
– The medulla – a soft spongy-like core in the center of the cortex

About 90 percent of the total weight of hair comes from the cortex. The beauty and shine that makes healthy hair so attractive happens because of the smooth cuticle layer in continuous tightly packed scales, some five to twelve deep. A healthy cuticle is smooth and looks like an overlapping structure similar to roof shingles.

The living part of the hair, called follicles, are deep in your scalp. The visible part, the hair shaft, is made up of a dead, hard protein called keratin, so once the hair strand structure is damaged it will never heal back or regenerate.

The hair cuticle is the first line of defense against all forms of damage. It acts as a protective barrier for the softer inner structure including the medulla and cortex. The cuticle is responsible for much of the mechanical strength of the hair fiber.

If the cuticle layer is damaged, the natural hair nourishment called sebum has to fill out the missing shingles. A lack of sebum makes the hair shaft more vulnerable to water and mechanical damage. The more damaged and kinkier your hair looks, the more difficulty the sebum will have travelling down the hair shaft, therefore the drier and duller your hair looks.

Aside from protecting the inner layers of your hair, the cuticle also controls how much water can enter your hair. In most cases of hair damage, efforts to fix the hair’s texture using hot tools along with oils, styling spay , or any other liquids eventually lead to just having to cut the hair to restore its health.

Liquid fills the cracks and missing blocks of cuticle shingles and starts to boil under the heat of a hair iron or hair curler. This literally rips the hair shaft apart.

The cuticle layer is often damaged by using excessive heat while styling, coloring, or chemically straightening your hair. Be sure to use oil-based treatments that can help to smooth a damaged hair surface. Essentials oils share organic similarity with natural sebum. These oils coat your hair by latching onto cracks and holes in the hair shaft. Damaged hair has a scaly surface which allows the oil to penetrate the hair as it slides down the hair and slips into those cracks.

The average scalp has 100,000 to 150,000 hairs. Each follicle produces a single hair that grows at the rate of approximately one half inch per month. After growing for two to six years, hair rests a while before falling out. It’s soon replaced with a new hair, and the cycle begins again. At any given time, 85 to 90% of your hair is growing. The remainder is resting. Because resting hairs regularly fall out, most people shed about 40 to 100 strands every day. Many of the causes of less than desirable tresses are out of our control, but there are many things we can do to beautify our hair and promote a healthy scalp:

DIET
Crash diets don’t provide sufficient nutrition to you or your hair. People will naturally have better hair when consuming foods and supplements that provide balanced nutrition. You need plenty of vitamins, trace minerals and amino acids for good health and good hair.

Amino Acids are vital for cell production in your body, and can be described as the protein “building blocks” of your hair. Unlike fat, amino acids can’t be stored in the body for later use, so a lack of them can mean serious danger for the immune system. Also, hair thinning can be a sign of insufficient Vitamins A, C, B complex, iron, iodine, and copper.

POOR SCALP CIRCULATION
Poor scalp blood circulation can cause serious hair loss. If the hair follicle does not get a constant and nutrient-dense supply of blood, lymph, and oxygen, it will shrink and the hair strand will fall out. Scalp stimulation promotes blood circulation, which stimulates hair follicles to produce thicker, more lustrous hair growth. Essential-oils based treatments are the best way to encourage a healthy scalp and lustrous hair.

SCALP HEALTH
The condition of your scalp establishes the health of your hair. A healthy scalp has clean, open pores with good blood flow. A healthy scalp is characterized as being loose and thick. An unhealthy scalp can be characterized by a dry and itchy scalp, flaking, or tenderness. An unhealthy scalp is either too dry or too oily. An oily scalp puts the sebaceous glands in overdrive, meaning the glands in the hair follicle are producing too much oil. This creates a haven for bacteria to breed. Dandruff, which is a characteristic of dry scalp, is also caused by an over- growth of yeast. Dry scalp can be caused by products leaving a buildup on the scalp as well.

HORMONAL IMBALANCE
Hair loss or hair thinning is most commonly associated with aging and hormonal imbalance. The miniaturization of hair follicles shortens the hair growth cycle and might be the result of hereditary or hormonal-related hair loss in both men and women. As the growth phase shortens (anagen), the hair becomes thinner and shorter, to the point where there is no growth at all.

MECHANICAL DAMAGE:
Please note that hair follicle can be easily damaged by additional weight put on your hair’s roots. Any hair extensions applied with glue or thread are designed to be worn for a few months. If there is any irreversible damage done to the hair follicles, there is nothing you can do to restore it. Hair has to be treated gently. If you style your hair often using hot tools and styling brushes that means you’re adding weight on the hair during the process. Even wearing a ponytail too tight can cause hair loss.

BRUSHING & HAIR STYLING:
Pulling hair when brushing your hair when wet is a common issue which causes excess hair fall. Because of the added weight of water, your hair is very vulnerable at this time and the additional water weight along with brushing can cause hair to be pulled out easily. Anything that puts tension on the follicles in the scalp can cause hair loss as a result. The best option will be to reduce the amount of mechanical damage by going for less follicle health threatening styles.

Hair loss after chemotherapy is a common occurrence and it happens as the chemotherapy targets not only the cancer cells but also the healthy cells of the body. However, once the chemotherapy is stopped your hair will need vital support to grow back to normal density and texture.

Our botanical scalp stimulating formulas provide regeneration to affected hair follicles in a period of 12 to 18 months recovering the hair’s growth pattern. Our effective hair recovery line helps return your hair follicles to the growth phase encouraging stronger, thicker hair growth – both stimulating and nourishing for your scalp.