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Article #2697Re: Electrostatic Field Promotes Hair Growth ???
From: J. Jonas
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:32
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:32
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>There is currently research being done at the University of British >Columbia about the ability of ELECTRIC CURRENT in stimulating hair >growth. You mean, if I stick my finger in the light bulb socket, not only will my hair stand on end, but more will grow on end too? If you look at very old Sear's catalogues, you'll find that electric belts were a popular item. The belts had several electrodes and gave a mild shock from battery power. After 100 years, little has changed! Medical quackery still lives on, it's just packaged a little slicker.
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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!krfiny!jeffj From: jeffj@krfiny.uucp (J. Jonas) Subject: Re: Electrostatic Field Promotes Hair Growth ??? Message-ID: <1992Apr10.153222.3176@krfiny.uucp> Summary: Hey Moe! Organization: Jeff's house of computer pieces References: <1992Apr8.070856.10703@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Apr8.161344.1284@athena.cs.uga.edu> <1992Apr10.065626.5871@sfu.ca> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 15:32:22 GMT