Can French fries treat hair loss? According to the latest research in Japan, McDonald's fries contain chemical ingredients that can help to make hair. As soon as the news came out, netizens said: is this another trick to eat golden arch? But is French fries really for hair loss? Let's have a look.
A chemical used in McDonald's chips can help treat baldness and even promote hair regeneration, according to a new Japanese study.
According to Taiwan media, the latest research of Yokohama International University in Japan has found that the addition of dimethyl polysiloxane (DMPS) in McDonald's chips can enable stem cells to successfully mass produce hair follicle germs (HFG), or help hair follicle stem cells regenerate hair. Dimethylpolysiloxane is a common chemical 'silica gel'. If it is added to food, it is used as defoamer, and it is also added to McDonald's fries, so as to prevent the cooking oil from foaming and splashing during the frying process.
In the report, Junji Fukuda, a professor at Yokohama University, said: 'the key to stimulating hair follicle development is that they used dimethylpolysiloxane to culture hair follicle stem cells, and put dimethylpolysiloxane at the bottom of the culture dish to achieve surprisingly good results. 'the team then transplanted these stem cells back into the mouse epidermis and successfully grew 5000 new hair follicles, which further grew healthy hair.
Fukuda is quite sure that this experiment will have the same effect in humans. "This method is very simple, but also very powerful. We hope that this technology can improve the treatment of male baldness and hair loss in humans. '