My interest in this subject doesn’t have much to do with Vitiligo, some mild form of which I had as a kid. My main interest is in the potential for mac nut oil to re-start melanin production in hair folicles…..also known as reversing grey hair.
This study demonstrated success on skin melanin production. Need human studies on hair folicle melanin production. Already have studies on mac nut oil induced increase in hair production.
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“Fatty acids have shown to regulate melanogenesis…..”
“We investigated the in vitro melanogenic activity of subfractions enriched in fatty acids obtained from the oil of Macadamia integrifolia.”
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“…..a randomized, placebo-controlled trial was carried out to evaluate whether a pharmaceutical formulation containing the macadamia oil was capable of re-establishing pigmentation in patients with vitiligo.”
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“The formulation caused an improvement in the patients’ depigmented patches.”
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“In conclusion, these findings indicate that macadamia oil could be used as an active compound of the pharmaceutical formulation for vitiligo treatment.”
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C.H.Okuma, et al
In Vitro Melanogenic Activity of Macadamia integrifolia Oil and Clinical Pilot Study of a Pharmaceutical Formulation in Patients with Vitiligo
Latin American Journal Of Pharmacy — Volume 30 #7 — September 2011 — page 1336