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(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Chemical In McDonald’s French Fries Could Cure Baldness McDonald’s french fry grease could be used to regrow long gone follicles if you have bald spots. A stem cell research team from  Yokohama National University  regrew hair on mice by using dimethylpolysiloxane, the silicone added to  McDonald’s fries  to stop cooking oil from frothing according to Newsweek . Tests indicated that the groundbreaking method was likely to be just as successful when transferred to human skin cells. According  to the study , released in the  Biomaterials  journal last Thursday, the breakthrough came after the scientists successfully mass-produced “hair follicle germs” (HFG) which were created for the first time ever in this way. HFGs, cells that drive follicle development, are considered the holy grail in hair-loss research. The scientists said use of dimethylpolysiloxane was crucial to the advancement. “The key for the mass production of HFGs was a choice of substrate materials for the culture vessel,” Professor Junji Fukuda, of Yokohama National University, said  in the study . “We used oxygen-permeable dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of culture vessel, and it worked very well.” The study adds this fun picture of hair sprouting on the back of a balding mouse. Interesting right? Credit: Yokohama National University Now don’t go out rubbing french fry grease on your edges if their spotting. These studies happen under control circumstances and by professionals. Continue reading →