People worldwide who suffer from pattern baldness are going to be able to reverse the condition due to this noninvasive, low-cost electric technology which can stimulate hair growth
Small device called nano-generators passively gather energy from day-to-day movements and then transmit low-frequency pulses of electricity to the skin. That gentle electric stimulation causes dormant follicles to wake up. It does not
require a bulky battery pack or complicated electronics. In fact, they’re so
low-profile that they could be used discreetly underneath a cap. This makes it
a comfortable device which does not cause any pain or inconvenience associated
with the hair restoration surgeries or other treatment procedures.
Rather than causing the follicles to regenerate on smooth skin, they reactivate the dormant hair-producing structures. Therefore, it should be understood that this technology could be used as an intervention for men who are experiencing the early stages of pattern baldness and not for those who have been bald for a long time.
Tested on hairless mice, the device stimulated hair growth effectively. The
researchers have patented the concept with the Wisconsin Alumni Research
Foundation, and they hope to move forward with human testing soon.
Ref: Guang Yao, Dawei Jiang, Jun Li, Lei
Kang, Sihong Chen, Yin Long, Yizhan Wang, Peng Huang, Yuan Lin, Weibo Cai,
Xudong Wang. Self-Activated Electrical Stimulation for Effective Hair
Regeneration via a Wearable Omnidirectional Pulse Generator. ACS
Nano, 2019.
