Want Curly Hair? Skip The Iron and Pop A Pill

December 10, 2009 3:00 pm     Posted in Beauty, Cool Stuff, Style  Brianna-Fordham University g+ page

A pill that can do that? Sign us up!

Last week we found out about a pill made of alcohol. Our excitement over the potential to skip the calories and the burning sensation in the back of our throats were almost too much to bear. We thought, “This is the best thing to ever happen to us college girls.” Which was true.


By Brianna

Until now.

It seems like geniuses everywhere are coming out of the woodwork and shoving all sorts of awesome into teeny, tiny pills. The newest venture we are freaking out over?

A pill that can take your hair from straight to curly (or vice-versa!).

That’s right; scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research have found out that the trichohyalin gene is responsible for creating curls. Now that they know this, treatments can be developed to make hair curlier or straighter, and the scientists are in talks with a major cosmetic company in Paris to bring them to the masses.

The fact that these people claim it very well could be possible to create a pill to alter one’s hair texture is music to my ears. When it comes to hair, the grass is greener on the other side. Curly-haired girls envy those who just wash and go with their perfectly straight locks. And those with thin, straight hair covet the ringlets on their curly haired biffers across the fence.

And now there is the possibility a little pill can propel you right on over that fence to frolic in the green meadows, then hop back over again when you’re done?

Heaven. to. my. ears.

How many hours of going over wavy hair with a flat iron would this save us? How many months of hair rehab could we avoid after a season of curling, teasing and hair spraying for holiday parties? How much anguish would we avoid over those annoying broken hairs that stick up on top of our heads no matter how much we (inconspicuously) lick our hands to smooth them out?

It seems almost too good to be true, but at one point so did taking a pill to prevent pregnancy and look at us now!

Just imagine the future: baby free and with perfect hair? Science has never been so fabulous.

18 Comments on "Want Curly Hair? Skip The Iron and Pop A Pill"

  1. H says:
    Thu, 10th Dec 200911:11 am 

    BEST INVENTION EVER if it works

  2. Cassi says:
    Thu, 10th Dec 20091:49 pm 

    Ummm, pretty sure Beyonce doesn't need a pill to make her hair curly.

  3. A says:
    Thu, 10th Dec 20096:29 pm 

    uhm…wow, there are people who are actually willing to ingest a pill that essentially contains chemicals that change your body to get a different hair texture?! i'm pretty sure this pill will have some serious side effects, seeing as they are targeting a gene in our DNA…a curling iron is so much safer than taking a pill

    this can be said for any treatment that changes the way your body is supposed to work naturally

  4. D says:
    Thu, 10th Dec 20098:22 pm 

    I agree with A, targeting a gene in our DNA means its causing a mutation.

    Carcinogens, or things that cause cancer, does exactly this.

    Interesting developments, I'll agree, but I'll stick with my Thermasilk heat protectant and Hot Tools Curling Iron tyvm!

  5. Riko says:
    Fri, 11th Dec 20091:20 am 

    LOL at the beyonce comment. yeah, it's probably easier than you think for her…

  6. Sydney says:
    Mon, 14th Dec 200911:08 am 

    Haha. No, no, hon, a pill can NOT do that to you. Beyonce is BLACK, she doesn't HAVE natural stick straight hair. I bet if you met me, you'd marvel over my hair and ask over and over if I do your version of a 'perm' to get it like that, or if I just have a really cool curling iron.

  7. mollination says:
    Thu, 17th Dec 200910:06 am 

    Great news, cute article!

  8. Plastic Surgery Foru says:
    Sun, 27th Dec 20093:19 pm 

    Found this post very useful, thanks

  9. aner says:
    Sun, 10th Jan 201011:28 pm 

    Haha. No, no, hon, a pill can NOT do that to you. Beyonce is BLACK, she doesn’t HAVE natural stick straight hair. I bet if you met me, you’d marvel over my hair and ask over and over if I do your version of a ‘perm’ to get it like that, or if I just have a really cool curling iron

  10. nessa says:
    Mon, 11th Jan 20101:01 pm 

    yeah it's a mutation, but that doesn't mean it's a carcinogenic. Researchers for YEARS have been able to isolate genes and have been successful with it. In gene therapy they can alter the genes in a zygote to make sure the child will grow up with out the disease the parents passed on.

    I don't plan on taking the pill, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was a huge hit.

  11. malina says:
    Tue, 9th Feb 20104:03 am 

    i will definitely take it.you didn't get the joke on the beyonce picture,people.

  12. Beth says:
    Mon, 8th Mar 201011:55 pm 

    For a scientific explanation of how this potential pill may work:

    This pill is NOT going to alter your genes. It will simply block or activate them, depending on what type of hair you want. Genes are not being read by our bodies 24/7. Think of it this way: you don't have the lights in your house switched on all the time, they're only on when you need them at night. This pill is basically just going to act as the on/off switch for the gene that cause you hair follicles to make curly textured hair.

    The only problem I can see with this is that its not going to work right away. I would think you'd have to re-grow it whilst taking the pill, since your follicles can't change the structure of the hair you've already grown.

  13. alex says:
    Sat, 27th Mar 201011:18 am 

    nice post, thanks for the fantastic info, cant wait to read more from you.

  14. no name says:
    Sat, 10th Mar 20129:29 pm 

    Seriously guys.. beyonces hair is a WEAVE everybody knows that

  15. Jana Androxan says:
    Thu, 6th Sep 20121:44 pm 

    Amazing what is possible today – I need to get such a pill myself too, love curly hair…

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