Product watch: the scalp camera

A new gadget allows stylists to take an in-depth look at your scalp and hair. Edel Coffey goes behind the lens.

A couple of weeks ago, I went along to Dylan Bradshaw’s salon in Dublin to check out its new gadget, the scalp camera. Sounds scary but it’s a rather discreet looking contraption.

In fact, it looks just like any ordinary digital camera — it fits in your palm and has a small colour screen on the back for flicking through the images. But these images are a little different. They are magnified pictures up to 300 times.