Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) have developed a device for stimulating hair growth, which generates electricity from the movements of the user's body. The gadget is so compact that it can fit under a baseball cap.

The treatment of baldness with electrotrichogenesis (stimulation of weakened and “sleeping” hair follicles using an electric field) is not innovative. Its main drawback is the presence of bulky devices and limited battery capacity.

So far, the effectiveness of the new device has been tested only on mice. The next step is to test its ability to interact with human cells. At the same time, researchers clarify that the device they created is intended more likely to prevent baldness - that is, it will be effective at the earliest stage of hair loss. Technology, unfortunately, is not able to reproduce new hair follicles in the structure of completely lost skin.

The commercial prospects of the new device can only be discussed in a few years, since the patented technology has yet to be tested in humans.

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