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McDonald’s Fries Chemical May Cure Baldness, Study Says
- gus_massa 9y agoFrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane#Foods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polydimethylsiloxane#Foods > PDMS is added to many cooking oils (as an antifoaming agent) to prevent oil splatter during the cooking process. As a result of this, PDMS can be found in trace quantities in many fast food items such as McDonald's Chicken McNuggets and french fries,[25] and Wendy's french fries.
- oxymoran 9y agoRonald McDonald isn’t just the president...he’s a client.
- dang 9y agoCould you please not post unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- stochastic_monk 9y agoTrump’s master plan. Also, a case study demonstrating its inefficacy as delivered by daily oral consumption in fry-like dosages. (Edit: this is a joke. I have nothing of substance to offer here.)
- dang 9y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments here.
- alkonaut 9y agoIn a small but thorough study of mine (N=1) results are so far negative. If anything the subject gets balder over time despite exposure to McDonald’s fries.
- madebysquares 9y agoI was going to say the exact same thing... it probably hastened my ride to baldness.
- ardit33 9y agoYou don't eat it, but apply it. Cheap to try. Any takers? https://www.amazon.com/MicroLubrol-Silicone-Polydimethylsiloxane-centistokes-viscosity/dp/B00ZM36ER8 https://www.amazon.com/MicroLubrol-Silicone-Polydimethylsilo... "Skin PDMS is used variously in the cosmetic and consumer product industry as well. For example, PDMS can be used in the treatment of head lice on the scalp[19] and dimethicone is used widely in skin-moisturizing lotions where it is listed as an active ingredient whose purpose is "skin protection." Some cosmetic formulations use dimethicone and related siloxane polymers in concentrations of use up to 15%. The Cosmetic Ingredient Review's (CIR) Expert Panel, has concluded that dimethicone and related polymers are "safe as used in cosmetic formulations."[20]"
- DrScump 9y agoIf I were to try to buy PDMS by itself, would I then be asked, "do you want fries with that?"
- lev99 9y agoI would rather go bald then eat McDonald's fries often.
- electricslpnsld 9y agoYou wouldn't have to eat them you would just regularly rub them on your head
- dozzie 9y ago> I would rather go bald then eat McDonald's fries often. So instead of being treated by what article describes, you prefer to get bald and then eat fries at McDonald? Did I got that right?
- justaman 9y agoYou know what else might cure baldness? A healthy diet and exercise. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- shenanigoat 9y agoNope.
- lev99 9y agoAlmost completely no. Stress can accelerate baldness, and a healthy diet and exercise can reduce stress, but I've read no scientific literature shows diet and exercise prevents male pattern baldness.
- ryandvm 9y agoThat is dumbest fucking thing I've read this morning. [Disclosure: I'm bald.]
- gamechangr 9y agoPretend it's a fact.... Would you rather eat Mcdonalds fries or be bald?
- Turing_Machine 9y agoWow, what a horrible article. First off, the chemical is used as a substrate for growing "hair follicle germs", not as a direct treatment. If the hair follicle germs had been grown in glass Petri dishes, would the headline be "Chemical Used in Baby Food Jars May Cure Baldness"? No, of course not. (BTW, I suspect "hair follicle germs" is a bad translation from Japanese -- "stem cells" is probably nearer the mark). Secondly, this stuff is used for all sorts of purposes (see the Wikipedia article that someone else linked), so drawing a connection to McDonalds is...questionable. Ethanol is used as a disinfectant, and is also found in Jack Daniels, but you don't see articles like "Chemical Found in Jack Daniels may Prevent Infection, Study Says". It's atrociously bad science journalism, even by the lousy standards that exist in that field.