Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is a DIY active ingredient that may help promote healthy hair growth. KGF utilizes the nutrients that contain prebiotics, polysaccharides and antioxidants to protect the cells that make hair. Simply add 1 tube to 4 oz of your favorite hair mask or base cream. Or add to 4 oz of our Sea Kelp Coral for a power packed hair mask, leave-in conditioner or homemade nail conditioner. Once mixed, apply nightly to scalp, nails or brows to help promote healthy hair and nail growth Looking for a pre-made product? Try one of our existing products that contain KGF, like Double Action Hair Serum or Brow and Lash Serum. For best results, make sure you let it soak into skin and hair follicles for as long as possible.
Add KGF as a DIY mixture into your hair products and create a unique formulation suited for you. This ingredient helps promote healthy hair growth and can be added into hair masks. Add one tube of KGF to your favorite hair mask, hair gel or Sea Kelp Coral.
How to use it
Beginner: Add 1 tube to 4 oz of your favorite hair mask, base cream or Sea Kelp Coral.
Advanced: This ingredient is recommended for use at about 0.00005% in formulations. Carefully add this solution during the cool down phase of formulation with gentle mixing. This ingredient is soluble in creams and water-based products, but not recommended for use in anhydrous products.
Quick Tips
Store product in fridge. Do not freeze.
Ingredients
Products with this ingredient:
Brow and Lash Serum, Gray Hair Serum, Hair Care Serum, Lip Collagen Treatment, Nail Care Serum
INCI:
sh-Polypeptide-3
Research
Beer, HD, Bittner, M, Niklaus, G, Munding, C, Max, N); Goppelt, A, Werner, S (2005) The fibroblast growth factor binding protein is a novel interaction partner of FGF-7, FGF-10 and FGF-22 and regulates FGF activity: implications for epithelial repair. Oncogene, 24: 5269-5277
Braun, Susanne, Krampert, Monika, Bodo, Enikoe, Kuemin, Angelika, Born-Berclaz, Christiane, Paus, Ralf, Werner, Sabine. (2006) Keratinocyte growth factor protects epidermis and hair follicles from cell death induced by UV irradiation, chemotherapeutic or cytotoxic agents Journal Cell Science, 119: 4841-4849
Danilenko, Dimitry M.; Ring, Brian D.; Yanagihara, Donna; Benson, William; Wiemann, Bernadette; Starnes, Charles O.; Pierce, Glenn F. (1995) Keratinocyte growth factor is an important endogenous mediator of hair follicle growth , development, and differentiation. Normalization of the nu/nu follicular differentiation defect and amelioration of chemotherapy induced alopecia. American Journal of Pathology 147: 145-54.
Guo, Lifei; Degenstein, Linda; Fuchs, Elaine (1996) Keratinocyte growth factor is required for hair development but not for wound healing. Genes & Development 10:165-75.
Jang, JH (2005) Stimulation of human hair growth by the recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor-2 (KGF-2). Biotechnology Letters, 27:749-52.
Karvinen, S; Pasonen-Seppanen, S; Hyttinen, JMT; Pienimaki, JP; Torronen, K, Jokela, TA; Tammi, MI, Tammi, R (2003) Keratinocyte growth factor stimulates migration and hyaluronan synthesis in the epidermis by activation of keratinocyte hyaluronan synthases 2 and 3. J Biol Chem, 278:49495-49504.
