Spectral.DNC-L® Ingredients
Minoxidil. Spectral.DNC-L starts with highly effective research-grade 5% minoxidil because, as the first drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness), it remains the best-known and most widely used.
Before Rogaine® in the 1990s, minoxidil was taken orally as a vasodilator to treat Arterial hypertension high blood pressure. Then researchers discovered an interesting side effect: serious hair growth. Since then, hundreds of trials involving thousands of subjects have proven that minoxidil regrows hair on the vertex of the scalp.
According to pioneering research conducted by Pharmacia and Upjohn, 26 percent of men between 18 and 49 reported moderate to dense re-growth of normal pigmented hair after four months of treating with minoxidil. Another 33 percent had some re-growth. Almost 20 percent of women between 18 and 45 reported moderate re-growth, while another 40 percent showed some. Researchers did not count vellus hairs (peach fuzz).
Over a decade of such experience means that Spectral.DNC-L users can expect to hold off their encroaching bald spots and repopulate the vertices of their scalps. So hair today is hair tomorrow.
Arginine. Spectral.DNC-L helps to strengthen and feed hair follicles because it contains the amino acid arginine, a metabolic precursor of nitric oxide, an important vasodilator and mediator of cutaneous cell function.
Phytosterol 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. Spectral.DNC-L deploys three potent compounds that inhibit the activity of 5-alpha-reductase because that enzyme converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which damages hair follicles. These phytosterol extracts are olive (standardized with verbascoside), saw palmetto (serenoa repens), and flax seed (standardized with secoisolariciresinol diglucoside). Nanosomes deliver the 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors deep within the scalp.
Spectral.DNC-L strongly inhibits the action of 5-alpha-reductase, thus limiting DHT, sebum, and hair loss.
The best inhibitor, olive extract standardized with its active ingredient, verbascoside, blocks 5-alpha-reductase for healthy sebum regulation. Ripe olives contain biophenols, a class of molecule known for antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties. A major component of the biophenols, verbascoside inhibits 5-alpha-reductase type-2 at a rate 3.5 times greater than the second compound, serenoa repens.
Saw palmetto berries (serenoa repens) contain lipids with a mix of fatty acids, alcohols, and phytosterols (plant-based sterols). Saw palmetto supports both prostate and hair health by inhibiting 5-alpha-reductase and thus DHT. Its method of action is so similar to the anti-alopecia drug finasteride (Propecia) that saw palmetto now generates a wave of research on preventing hair loss.
A third 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, flax seed extract standardized with secoisolariciresinol diglucoside, is a nonsteroidal compound with activity similar to estrogen.
The inclusion of these three natural 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors means that Spectral.DNC-L works energetically to control damaging DHT, so hair follicles remain healthy and productive.
Procyanidins. Spectral.DNC-L contains procyanidins, flavanols derived naturally from apples, because the latest research indicates they restore the hairline nearly as effectively as minoxidil restores the vertex.
Adenosine. This nucleoside plays an important role in hair growth because it works in biochemical processes like energy transfer (adenosine triphosphate and adenosine diphosphate) and signal transduction (cyclic adenosine monophosphate).
Aminexil SP94®. The patented molecule Aminexil SP94 makes Spectral.DNC-L clearly superior to other hair-growth products because, after minoxidil, Aminexil is the medication most clearly proven to grow hair. In clinical trials, it preserves hair, protects roots, and strengthens fibers. The treatment emerged from 10 years of proprietary research by L’Oreal Laboratories.
Hair loss often results when roots become rigid, compress the blood vessels that nourish them, and cause strands to fall out. With androgenic alopecia (male pattern baldness), the problem starts at the hairline and vertex, then spreads. Hairs get finer, with a shorter life span, until they disappear altogether.
Aminexil, a real innovation in the fight against baldness, prevents this premature aging, which results technically from the rigidification of collagen. Once captured by the roots, Aminexil preserves the suppleness and elasticity of tissues that surround them. This action helps to build new fibers thicker, denser, and stronger.
Retinol. Spectral.DNC-L incorporates retinol, a fat-soluble form of vitamin A, because it improves the absorption and effectiveness of minoxidil. Often prescribed together, dermatological researchers have found that coupling retinol with minoxidil yields better results than using either alone.
Vitamin and mineral complex. Spectral.DNC-L contains a rich vitamin and mineral complex, especially biotin and mineral salts, because these chemicals support the energy transfer and metabolic functions of hair follicles.
Herbal extracts. The pure extracts of ivy, hops, and capsicum added to Spectral.DNC-L stimulate the effectiveness of minoxidil, Aminexil, and other growth agents because these compounds are known to speed circulation and deliver nutrition to affected tissues.
