ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,904, issued on April 7.

"Hair drying and damage reduction system and method" was invented by Alexis Maydew (Encino, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair drying and damage reduction system is disclosed. The system includes a base, a hose, and a plurality of perforated hollow tentacles. The base has a gripper opening side and a tentacle-mounting side. The gripper opening side includes a single central opening and the tentacle-mounting side includes a plurality of apertures through which heated air passes to the plurality of perforated hollow tentacles. The hose attaches to the gripper opening side of the base at a first end and...