Scientists at Yokohama National University in Japan said that adding a chemical to the oil used to cook McDonald’s French fries can help cure human baldness.

The chemical found to be a link between the treatment of baldness and fast food French fries is dimethyl polysiloxane, which is reported to be present in the silicone added to the oil that McDonald’s cooks its famous French fries . Silicone helps prevent oil from bubbling and splitting, according to night standards. 

In the study published in the journal Biomaterials, researchers at the university discovered a way to produce hair follicle bacteria, "which may lead to a new treatment for hair loss." According to this study, those participants produced approximately 5,000 hair follicle bacteria at the same time, which is "one of the more challenging obstacles."

The scientists were able to help the black hair on the back and scalp of the mice to grow.

"The key to mass production of HFG (hair follicle germ) is to select the substrate material for the culture vessel," Junji Fukuda, one of the authors of the study, said at a press conference.

"We used oxygen permeable dimethyl polysiloxane (PDMS) at the bottom of the culture vessel, and the effect was very good."

In order to stimulate hair growth in nude mice, scientists in Yokohama created a "300-micropore array" called "HFG chip." Fukuda added in the press release, “This simple method is very robust and promising.”

Newsweek reported that these preliminary tests made researchers feel that it might be equally successful when applied to humans. McDonald's did not respond to the store's request for comment on Monday, February 5.

"Cultivation container used to prepare large amounts of hair follicle bacteria (above). Hair is generated on the back of mice."

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