article_snippet: At the end of each hair cycle, some pigment-producing melanocytes become damaged and die.
article_snippet: A group of French scientists have identified a new series of agents that protect hair follicle melanocytes from damage at the end of the hair cycle.
article_snippet: The agents work by mimicking the action of an enzyme called DOPAchrome tautomerase.
article_snippet: an enzyme called DOPAchrome tautomerase is the naturally occurring antioxidant in the hair bulb that protects melanocytes from oxidative damage.
article_snippet: By duplicating the effects of DOPAchrome tautomerase, melanocyte metabolism and survival improves.
article_snippet: The agents are being formulated into a product that can be applied as a spray-on serum or shampoo.
article_snippet: Instead, The agents protect your melanocytes.
highlights_snippet: Rodney Sinclair is a Professor of Dermatology at University of Melbourne .
  