JP3307634B1 - Hair growth method for hair growth - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for stimulating the metabolism of hair root cells by securing or promoting blood flow in scalp capillaries and promoting hair growth and hair growth of the hair. A tubular pressing portion (2) having a flexible net (21) stretched inside and capable of pressing a position above the ear at the side of the head.
The hair cap C provided with the head 4 is attached to the head H of the subject. Pressurized air is sent into the hollow region 25 of the pressing portion 24 to expand the pressing portion 24, and strongly presses the position above the ear on the head side along a substantially horizontal line. At the same time, air is exhausted from the internal space S of the hair cap C to approximate a vacuum state, and the scalp is strongly pressed by the flexible net 21 based on the pressure difference from the atmospheric pressure. By repeatedly pressing and releasing the cranial side pressure, the planar pressure, and the release thereof, the blood pressure in the subcutaneous blood vessel group is repeatedly increased and decreased, and the blood flow is spread to every corner of the capillaries.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hair growth method for promoting hair growth and hair growth of hair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent No. 3160184 discloses a vacuum impregnation method for hair growth and hair growth as one of the most effective techniques for hair growth or hair growth of head hair. In this method, a hair cap is first attached to the head of a subject, and a closed chamber is formed above the scalp. Then, the air in the closed chamber is exhausted to be in a vacuum state, so that fat is sucked out from pores of the scalp, and a hair restorer is supplied into the vacuumed closed chamber to atomize the same. Thereafter, the vacuum state of the closed chamber is released, and the internal pressure is instantaneously increased, so that the mist-like hair restorer reaches (penetrates) deep into the pores to activate the hair roots. As a related invention and an improved invention based on the vacuum impregnation method of Japanese Patent No. 3160184, Japanese Patent No. 2818
No. 935, Japanese Patent No. 2988935 and Japanese Patent No. 3026
No. 085.

[0003]

In the above prior art, an air passage is secured in pores by sucking sebum from pores by vacuum decompression operation, and the secured air passage is opened by vacuum release operation immediately after decompression. The hair growth agent in the form of a mist reached the interior of the pores. In other words, the technique is based on the idea of activating the hair roots by ensuring the supply of a drug (hair restorer) to the hair roots behind the pores.

[0004] However, in order for the hair root to regain its original activity, it is not enough to ensure the supply of a drug from the outside, and an environment must be provided in which the hair root cells can perform healthy metabolism. Specifically, it is necessary that energy and nutrients be smoothly supplied to the hair root without stagnation of blood flow in capillaries close to the hair root under the head. In fact, blood vessels in the scalp of people suffering from hair loss or thinning tend to form a type of blood clot, which is a type of congestion.

[0005] In order to improve the blood circulation of the scalp, it is common practice to rub and loosen the head by hand or to hit with a tool for hitting the head. There is also a patent application that discloses the idea of putting a helmet-like device having a large number of protrusions inside the head and applying a pressure stimulus to the scalp with the protrusions. However, it is difficult to improve the blood flow of the capillaries under the head (especially, peripheral blood vessels) evenly by simply applying the stimulus using a massage or a protrusion. Because the scalp capillaries of each person are said to be equivalent to the whole circumference of the earth, the scalp capillaries are very fine and complicatedly branched, so even if you intend to make perfect use of massage, The blood flow does not reach every corner of the blood vessel. Also, simply pressing the scalp with the projections inevitably escapes the pressure in the blood vessel,
It is not even possible to pump blood into poorly blood-capped capillaries (this significance will become more apparent by an understanding of the nature of the invention described below).

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. An object of the present invention is to provide a hair growth method for hair growth that can promote the growth of hair by promoting the metabolism of hair root cells by securing or promoting blood flow in scalp capillaries. It is in.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pressing device capable of pressing a position above an ear on the side of a head of a subject along a substantially horizontal line, and a flexible net inside. Is provided and a preparation step of attaching a hair cap and a hair cap for forming a sealed space to the subject's scalp to the subject's head, and a main blood vessel group surrounding the head side of the subject
Pressing force that temporarily stops or slows blood flow
Te, by the pusher and the pressing step for pressing along a substantially horizontal line ear on position of the practitioner's head side portions, when the pressing of the head side portions by the pressing tool, and exhausting air from said enclosed space By making the enclosed space a reduced pressure or a vacuum below atmospheric pressure, the flexible net can cover a wide area of the scalp.
This releasing the decompression step of surface to compress almost along form the curved shape of the head surface, a reduced pressure or vacuum of the sealed space
With this, the surface compression of the scalp by the flexible net is released.
Decompression release step to remove , and at least the head side of the subject
Tolerate natural blood flow in major vascular groups
And a pressure releasing step of releasing the pressing of the head side by the pressing tool.

[0008]

[0009] The invention according to claim 2, wherein the pressing step, pressure reduction step, hair growth onset of the hair according to claim 1, wherein the repeating a series of steps consisting of reduced pressure release step and pressure release step at predetermined time intervals The hair method.

[0010] The invention according to claim 3 further comprises an atomization step of supplying a hair growth agent into a closed space under reduced pressure or vacuum to form a mist state after the pressure reduction step and before the pressure reduction release step. In the decompression releasing step, the internal pressure of the closed space in a reduced pressure or a vacuum state is instantaneously increased to a predetermined pressure state, thereby releasing the reduced pressure or the vacuum state in the closed space and a mist-like hair restorer. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scalp is sucked into pores of the scalp.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that a series of steps including the pressing step, the depressurizing step, the atomizing step, the depressurizing releasing step and the pressing releasing step are repeated at predetermined time intervals.
A hair growth method for hair growth according to claim 3 .

(Supplementary Explanation Regarding the Actions and the Like of the Present Invention) Before explaining the reason why the hair growth and growth method improves the blood circulation of the scalp capillaries, the blood vessels surrounding the human head will be briefly described. Blood is supplied from the heart to the head via the carotid artery, and blood is returned from the head to the heart via the jugular vein. The carotid artery and jugular vein extend vertically substantially along the scruff and are complexly branched in and out of the skull. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a group of blood vessels branched from the carotid artery and the jugular vein extends to both left and right sides of the head. The major blood vessels surrounding the subcutaneous tissue between the skin and the skull in each cranial region include the superficial temporal artery, the superficial temporal vein, the scalp vein, etc., which are directed from the neck to the parietal (ie, (Vertically or diagonally) around the skull. Although no particular distinction is made between arteries and veins in FIG. 1, both may be understood to extend almost in parallel along the path drawn in FIG. 1. The blood vessels surrounding these cranial parts also become more and more complicatedly branched toward the top of the head, and capillaries are connected to each of the branched arterioles and venules. Capillaries are also transitional areas between arteries and veins, and subcutaneous tissue of the scalp, which is remote from the heart, is also an area of high capillary density.

According to the hair growth method of the present invention , first, a pressing tool and a hair cap as instruments necessary for performing the method are attached to the head of the subject (preparation step). The pressing tool and the hair cap may be provided as separate devices, or the pressing tool may be integrated with the hair cap as part of the hair cap. The hair cap is attached to form an enclosed space between its inner surface and the scalp of the subject. The flexible net provided inside the hair cap prevents the inner surface of the hair cap from directly contacting the subject's head during attachment, and supports the hair cap in a state of being slightly lifted from the scalp. It is a support member. The use of a flexible net as such a support member allows the area between the net and the scalp to always communicate with the inner space of the hair cap in a later decompression step so that air on the scalp surface can be exhausted ( In other words, a flexible net is suitable as a member capable of planarly pressing the largest possible area of the scalp when the air is exhausted, in a shape substantially along the curved shape of the head surface. That is, in the present specification, “flexible net” means
It refers to a member that has a predetermined air permeability itself and can press a wide area of the scalp in a plane substantially along the curved shape of the head surface when exhausting air.

After the attachment of the pressing tool and the hair cap is completed, the position above the ear at the head side of the subject is pressed by the pressing tool along a substantially horizontal line (pressing step). The pressing force at this time is preferably such that the blood flow in the main blood vessel group around the head side of the subject is temporarily stopped or blunted. As already described with reference to FIG.
The major blood vessels surrounding the head side of the subject extend substantially vertically or obliquely from the neck toward the top of the head, so that the pressing tool moves the position above the ear of the head side of the subject substantially horizontally. Pressing along the line causes each blood vessel to be strongly pressed between the skin and the skull pressed by the pressing device at a position along the substantially horizontal line on the ear, and the main blood vessels Blood flow in the group temporarily stops or slows. Since this group of blood vessels includes both arteries and veins, the subcutaneous blood vessels consisting of arterioles, capillaries, and venules surrounding the subcutaneous tissue above its substantially horizontal line (ie, the hemostatic position) The group enters an isolated state, temporarily losing blood shelter.

[0015] In a situation where the subcutaneous blood vessel group above the hemostatic position is isolated in this manner, air is exhausted from the closed space between the scalp and the hair cap to reduce the pressure in the closed space to below atmospheric pressure. Alternatively, a vacuum state is established (decompression step). Then
A large pressure difference is created between the atmospheric pressure outside the hair cap and the internal pressure of the enclosed space, and a force acts to press the hair cap against the scalp (this force is correlated to the magnitude of the pressure difference). Based on such a force, the flexible net is strongly pressed against the head surface while deforming in a shape substantially conforming to the curved shape of the head surface, and as a result, a wide area of the scalp is compressed. Prior to the surface compression (or in synchronization with the surface compression), since the subcutaneous blood vessel group is isolated by the cranial pressing by the above-described pressing tool, the surface compression by the net is present in the subcutaneous tissue. Increases blood pressure in capillaries and capillaries. The blood in the small blood vessels and capillaries cannot escape below the substantially horizontal line (i.e., the side of the heart). Flow into capillaries (or poor blood flow), especially peripheral vessels. In other words, the major blood vessels in the cranial region fall into a substantially hemostatic state, and the blood in the small blood vessels and capillaries in the subcutaneous tissue cannot escape to the heart side. By pressing on
Blood spreads to every corner of the scalp capillaries.

Thereafter, the pressure difference between the internal pressure of the closed space and the atmospheric pressure is reduced by releasing the reduced pressure or the vacuum state of the closed space (a reduced pressure release step), and the hair cap is pressed against the scalp. Force is also reduced, and the planar pressure on the scalp by the flexible net is released. Also, by releasing the pressing of the head side by the pressing tool (press release step), natural blood flow is also restored to the main blood vessels in the head side.
In other words, in the pressing release step, it is required to release the pressing of the head side by the pressing tool to the extent that natural blood flow in at least the main blood vessel group surrounding the head side of the subject is allowed. At this time, in the previous step (pressing step and depressurizing step), blood is once passed to the scalp capillaries through which blood had not been passed before, so that natural blood flow in the main blood vessel group on the side of the head is reduced. Upon recovery, blood flow naturally renews within the newly scalp capillaries. Regarding the relationship between the pressure release step and the pressure release step, it does not matter which one comes first, and both release steps may be performed simultaneously.

As described above, by performing a series of steps including the pressing step, the depressurizing step, the depressurizing releasing step, and the depressing releasing step, the blood flow reaches all corners of the capillaries under the head and the hair root cells are removed. An environment for healthy metabolism is established. Therefore, the energy supply to the existing hair root cells is facilitated, and hair growth is promoted. In addition, new hair buds are generated in places where there was no hair, and hair growth is promoted.

It is extremely preferable to repeat a series of steps including the pressing step, the depressurizing step, the depressurizing releasing step, and the pressing releasing step at predetermined time intervals (see claim 2 ).
By repeating this series of steps, the blood pressure in the capillaries and capillaries under the head is repeatedly increased and decreased, thereby producing a kind of pumping effect on the blood in the blood vessels. When a pulsating flow of blood occurs due to the pumping effect, the blood easily enters the capillaries or peripheral blood vessels through which the blood has not passed. In addition, due to this pumping effect, for example, the thrombus (or the corresponding intravascular obstacle substance) that has blocked a part of the small blood vessel is gradually scraped off by the pulsating blood and becomes small enough. Where it is washed away by the momentum of blood flow. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to reduce or substantially eliminate a thrombus that inhibits a smooth blood flow in a subcutaneous blood vessel.

In the process of repeating the series of steps described in claim 2 at predetermined time intervals, it is preferable that the degree of decompression in each depressurization step is gradually increased each time the depressurization step is repeated. The degree of decompression in each decompression step gradually increases (ie,
As the internal pressure of the enclosed space gradually decreases), the force with which the net presses the scalp gradually increases over time. In this way, the scalp of the subject can be gradually adapted to the compression on the net, and the subject feels the scalp as compared to a case where the enclosed space is suddenly set to a high decompression or vacuum state. Can relieve pain.

Further, in the hair growth method of the present invention, claim 3 is provided.
As described in the above, after the decompression step and before the decompression release step, further comprises an atomization step of supplying a hair growth agent into a closed space in a reduced pressure or vacuum state to make a mist state, the reduced pressure In the releasing step, it is preferable that the internal pressure of the closed space in a reduced or vacuum state is instantaneously increased to a predetermined pressure state. The third aspect clarifies that the hair growth method according to the first aspect can be simultaneously performed in combination with the vacuum impregnation method for hair growth and hair growth described in the related art.

In other words, the first purpose of the decompression step of the present method is to compress the scalp two-dimensionally with a net, but the air is exhausted from the closed space in the hair cap to enlarge the closed space. One of the key points of the vacuum impregnation method is that a lipid is sucked out of pores of the scalp by a vacuum depressurization operation to secure a ventilation path in the pores, because a method of reducing the pressure to a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure or a vacuum state is adopted. Is also performed at the same time. In other words, on the premise that the atomization step described in claim 3 is performed, the decompression step of the present method means not only the step of pressing the scalp two-dimensionally with a net but also the pores of the scalp. It has two meanings: it is also a process of sucking lipids and securing a ventilation path in the pores. Then, after the decompression step, while generating a mist hair growth agent in the enclosed space, the decompression mode in the closed space in the decompression release step is a mode in which the pressure is instantaneously increased to a predetermined pressure state. Thereby, the mist-like hair restorer can be sucked into the pores of the scalp and can reach deep inside the pores. From this point of view, the decompression releasing step includes:
In addition to the process of releasing the surface compression of the scalp by the net, it also has the two meanings of being a pressure feeding process for sending a mist-like hair restorer deep into the pores.

The "predetermined pressure state" described in claim 3 may be an atmospheric pressure state before starting to exhaust air from the closed space, a low pressure state slightly lower than the atmospheric pressure, or a high pressure state higher than the atmospheric pressure. In any of the pressurized states. In other words, the absolute level does not matter as long as the pressure state is sufficient to cause the instantaneous pressure difference to be sufficient to cause the mist scalp to be sucked into the pores of the scalp by releasing the pressure reduction.

In the process of repeating the series of steps (pressing step, depressurizing step, atomizing step, depressurizing releasing step and depressing releasing step) referred to in claim 4 at predetermined time intervals, each time the depressurizing step is repeated, It is preferable to gradually increase the degree of pressure reduction in the pressure reduction step. The reason is the same as in claim 2 .

[0024]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a hair-growing apparatus used for carrying out the hair-growing method of the present invention and first and second embodiments of a hair-growing method using the apparatus will be described.

(Hair-growing device) As shown in FIG. 2, the hair-growing device is composed of a hair cap C to be attached to the head of a subject, and various peripheral mechanisms and control devices attached thereto. . As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the hair cap C is attached to the hemispherical hair cap body 10 by a net 2.
1 and a substantially cylindrical shielding member 22 are fixed by using a metal band 23.

As shown in FIG. 3, the hair cap body 10
Is formed in a hemispherical helmet shape with a metal or a hard resin material, and maintains sufficient rigidity (mechanical strength) even during a decompression operation. A joint 14 is provided at the top of the hair cap body 10, and a suction port 15, an injection port 16, and a deaeration port 17 are formed in the joint 14. The hoses 31 to 33 described below are connected to these ports 15 to 17, respectively. At the tip (lower end) of the inlet 16 is attached a plate-shaped spray nozzle 18 having a large number of fine holes formed therethrough.

The net 21 provided at the lower opening end of the hair cap body 10 is a flexible mesh made of a soft resin. More specifically, the net 21 is formed by forming a large number of square communication holes (for example, 5 to 25 mm square) in a soft resin disk. This net 21
The hair cap body 10 is disposed so as to cover the entire lower opening end thereof, and the periphery thereof is
The metal band 2 is bent over the outer peripheral surface at the lower end of the
3 is pressed and fixed. That is, the flexible net 21
Is provided in a state where it is stretched while covering the lower opening end of the hair cap body 10.

The flexible net 21 has at least two roles. The first role is to prevent the head H of the subject from directly contacting the suction port or the like when the subject wears the hair cap C, and to prevent the head H of the subject from being in contact with the hair cap. While securing a predetermined internal space S with the inner wall surface of the main body 10, the hair cap main body 1
This is a role as a head support member for supporting 0 in a floating state. The second role of the flexible net 21 is to allow a region (or gap) between the net 21 and the scalp of the subject to communicate with the internal space S when the internal pressure of the internal space S is manipulated. This also serves as a scalp compression member that compresses the scalp of the subject in accordance with the degree of decompression.

The shielding member 22 is disposed between the lower opening end of the hair cap body 10 and the head H of the subject, and surrounds the periphery of the hair cap body 10 and the head H to be stretched. This is a substantially cylindrical member for isolating and shielding a region (or a gap) between the installed net 21 and the scalp of the subject from the outside. The shielding member 22 is made of a flexible material (for example, silicon rubber). The upper end of the shielding member 22 is fitted around the lower end of the hair cap body 10 and is firmly fixed by a metal band 23 surrounding the periphery.

At the lower end of the shielding member 22, a tubular pressing portion 24 is formed integrally with the shielding member 22. When the hair cap C is attached to the head H of the subject, the pressing portion 24 is provided as an annular portion that goes around the head around both sides of the forehead and the position above the ear and the back of the head. Inside the pressing portion 24, an annular hollow region 25 forming a closed ring along the circumference of the head is secured, whereby the pressing portion 24 has a tube shape. As shown in FIG. 2, the hollow region 25 of the pressing portion 24 is provided with an air compression mechanism AC.
Is connected to Therefore, by filling the hollow region 25 with pressurized air from the air compression mechanism AC, the pressing portion 24
Exerts a tightening force on the periphery of the subject's head.
Note that the pressing portion 24 is also made of the same flexible material as the shielding member 22 and has high elasticity in the radial direction.
Is set to substantially match the average Japanese male head size (i.e., circumferential length) when the hollow area 25 is not filled with pressurized air (non-inflated state).

The pressing portion 24 provided at the lower end of the shielding member 22 has at least two roles. The first role is to form a small gap between the periphery of the subject's head and the inner peripheral surface of the pressing portion 24 when the hair cap C is attached to the subject's head H in the form of a tube. Pressing part 2
4 is completely filled by inflating it, and also functions as a sealing member for ensuring the airtightness of the inner space of the hair cap C in close contact with the periphery of the head. The second role of the pressing portion 24 is to press the above-ear position of the head side of the subject along a substantially horizontal line with the supply of pressurized air to the tubular pressing portion 24. It is a role as a tool (or head side pressing means).

As shown in FIG. 3, when the hair cap C is used, the filter F is appropriately used as an optional accessory (or disposable consumable) which is not an essential component of the hair cap C. Is preferred. Filter F
Is made of, for example, nonwoven fabric made of paper pulp or fiber having excellent oil absorbency. When the hair cap C is worn, the filter F is interposed between the scalp of the subject and the net 21, and first absorbs waste products such as sebum sucked out of pores by the decompression operation. That is, the filter F is a capturing member for capturing the object to be removed (mainly oil) sucked out of the pores during the decompression operation. The object to be removed that could not be completely captured by the filter F is captured by the net 21 located above the filter F. Thus, the filter F
The object to be removed sucked from the pores by the
The situation that reaches the peripheral mechanism via the above-mentioned is avoided, and the contamination and failure of the peripheral mechanism are prevented beforehand.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hair-growing device includes an exhaust pump mechanism P, a chemical reservoir M, an air compression mechanism AC, and at least four hoses 31 to 34 as peripheral mechanisms attached to the hair cap C. It has. Out of the four hoses 31 to 34, the exhaust hose 31, the chemical supply hose 3
2 and the suction hose 33 are connected to the suction port 1 of the hair cap body.
5. The pressure adjusting hose 34 is connected to the injection port 16 and the deaeration port 17, respectively.
5 is connected.

The exhaust hose 31 connects the internal space S of the hair cap to the exhaust pump mechanism P. This exhaust hose 31
Has a pressure gauge 35 for measuring the internal pressure of the internal space S.
And a switching valve 36 for switching between the exhaust state of the internal space S and the vacuum holding state. The internal space S of the hair cap selectively communicates with the exhaust pump mechanism P according to the operation of the switching valve 36. The exhaust pump mechanism P may be constituted by a single vacuum pump, or may be constituted by two vacuum pumps for low vacuum and high vacuum.

The chemical supply hose 32 connects the chemical reservoir M to the internal space S. The chemical supply hose 32 includes
A chemical solution valve 37 is provided. A chemical solution such as a hair growth agent is stored in the chemical solution reservoir M, and the chemical solution in the reservoir M is supplied to the internal space S via the hose 32 and the spray nozzle 18 according to the opening / closing operation of the chemical solution valve 37. .

The intake hose 33 is an intake passage for introducing outside air into the internal space S of the hair cap, and a vacuum release valve 38 is provided in the middle thereof.

The pressure adjusting hose 34 connects the air compression mechanism AC to the hollow area 25 of the tubular pressing portion 24. The pressure regulating hose 34 is provided with a pressure gauge 39 for measuring the internal pressure of the hollow region 25 and a three-way valve 40. In response to the switching operation of the three-way valve 40, the compressed air from the air compression mechanism AC is guided to the hollow area 25, and the pressurized air in the hollow area 25 is released to the atmosphere.

Further, as shown in FIG.
A controller 41 and a condition setting device 42 are provided. The controller 41 is a computer-like control unit including a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, a data storage device (for example, a hard disk drive) and an input / output interface, and includes the pressure gauges 35 and 39 and the valves 36 to 39.
38, 40, and are electrically connected to the exhaust pump mechanism P and the air compression mechanism AC. The controller 41 controls the driving of actuators such as the valves and various mechanisms while referring to various information provided from sensors such as the pressure gauges 35 and 39. The condition setting device 42 is a man-machine interface composed of, for example, a display monitor, a keyboard, or a touch panel. The condition setting device 42 displays the operation status of the hair growth device on the monitor, and operates the hair growth device (e.g., reduced pressure). It is an input / output device for setting or instructing the controller 41 such as the degree of pressure reduction in operation. That is, in this hair growth device, the operation of each actuator can be controlled semi-automatically or fully automatically by the controller 41 by the operator (operator) setting or instructing the operating conditions via the condition setting device 42. .

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment of a hair growth method using the above hair growth device will be described.

Step 1. First, a shampoo containing an abrasive, for example, is applied to the head H of the subject and massaged, and the scalp to be removed (waste and the like) is washed off to some extent. After washing, wipe off moisture from the scalp with a towel or the like.

Step 2. Next, as shown in FIG. 3, the filter F is placed on the head of the subject, and the hair cap C is attached to the head H of the subject. Then, the net 21 hits the upper surface of the filter F, the hair cap body 10 is supported over the head in a floating state via the net 21, and the pressing portion 24 at the lower end of the shielding member 22 is moved to the right and left ear positions. Surround your head. At this time, the tubular pressing portions 24 are arranged along at least the left and right sides of the head along a substantially horizontal line L (see FIG. 1) at the position above the ears, and have the appearance of sandwiching the head H from the left and right. At the stage where the temporary attachment of the hair cap C to the subject's head H has been completed, the condition setting device 42 is instructed to “seal the head”.
Then, a small amount of air is pressure-fed from the air compression mechanism AC to the hollow region 25 in the pressing portion 24 via the three-way valve 40, and the pressing portion 24 expands slightly. Due to this small expansion, the gap that has been slightly generated between the inner peripheral surface of the pressing portion 24 and the head H is filled up, and the hair cap inner space between the scalp and the hair cap body 10 is sealed.

Step 3. Subsequently, after inputting the operating conditions such as “target decompression degree” and “the number of repetitions of decompression suction / opening to the atmosphere” in the condition setting device 42, the start of the pretreatment process for removing waste such as sebum is set. To the unit 42. Then, the exhaust pump mechanism P operates to start exhausting air from the hair cap C, and the target pressure reduction degree (for example, 30 to 60T)
orr (about 4.0 to 8.0 kPa)), the switching valve 36 is closed, and a few seconds later, the vacuum release valve 38 is opened to open the internal space of the hair cap C to the atmosphere. Thereafter, the vacuum release valve 38 is closed and the switching valve 36 is opened, and the reduced pressure suction and the release to the atmosphere are repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, 10 times). By this preliminary treatment (repetition of reduced pressure suction and opening to the atmosphere), waste products such as sebum are gradually sucked out from pores of the scalp, and are attached to and absorbed by the filter F. This makes it possible to almost completely remove waste products that could not be sufficiently washed away with shampoo and oil clogged in pores.

Step 4. When a command is issued to the condition setting device 42 to “release the head seal”, the three-way valve 40 is switched, and the hollow region 25 of the pressing portion 24 is opened to the atmosphere. Then, the hair cap C is temporarily removed from the head H of the subject, and the filter F to which wastes or the like are attached is removed. Thereafter, as preparation for entering the main processing step (Step 5 described later), the above-described step 2 is performed.
Similarly to the above, the hair cap C is reattached to the head H of the subject. At this time, whether or not the new filter F is to be placed on the head of the subject is determined by using the filter F used in the above step 3.
Will be determined for each individual case according to the degree of dirt. In other words, if it is expected that a large amount of waste products will still be sucked out when the suction process is performed with the degree of decompression further increased, the filter F should be re-filtered from the viewpoint of avoiding device failure.
It is safe to place a new filter F when it is determined that there is no worry. In the first embodiment, a case where a new filter F is not mounted will be described.

Step 5. After the re-attachment of the hair cap C and the securing of the sealing property of the head are completed, the operating conditions such as “target decompression degree” and “the number of repetitions of decompression suction / opening to the atmosphere” are input to the condition setting device 42 again. The start of the processing step is instructed to the condition setting unit 42. The target pressure reduction degree set in this step 5 is
It is assumed that the target pressure reduction degree is higher than the target pressure reduction degree set in the step 3. When the controller 42 starts control of this processing step, first, a large amount of pressurized air is sent from the air compression mechanism AC to the pressing section 24 via the three-way valve 40, and the tubular pressing section 24 expands greatly. Due to this large expansion, the periphery of the head is strongly tightened, and at least the position above the ear of the head side of the subject is strongly pressed inward along the substantially horizontal line L (see FIG. 4). The pressing force on the head side by the pressing portion 24 at this time is not enough to simply ensure the sealing performance, and the blood flow in the main blood vessel group (see FIG. 1) over the head side of the subject. Can be temporarily stopped or slowed down.

On the other hand, the exhaust pump mechanism P is activated substantially in synchronization with the pressing of the both heads by the pressing portion 24, and is aimed at a target pressure reduction degree (for example, a pseudo vacuum state of 10 Torr (1.3 kPa) or less). Air exhaust from the hair cap C is started. As the pressure in the hair cap C increases, the pressure difference with the outside air (atmospheric pressure) increases, and the force by which the hair cap C pushes the head in the vertical direction gradually increases. As a result, as shown in FIG. 4, the flexible net 21 compresses the entire scalp of the parietal region while bending and deforming according to the shape of the head. At this time, a pressing force acting on the curved surface of the scalp in a normal direction (perpendicular direction) acts on each part of the scalp, so that the entire scalp is effectively pressed in a planar manner.

When the internal pressure of the hair cap C reaches the target pressure reduction degree, the switching valve 36 is closed. After a lapse of a predetermined time (for example, several seconds) therefrom, the vacuum release valve 38 is opened to open the internal space of the hair cap C to the atmosphere, and the three-way valve 40 is switched, so that the pressure in the hollow area 25 of the pressing portion 24 is changed. Most of the pressurized air is released into the atmosphere, and the pressing of both side portions by the tubular pressing portion 24 is released. When the pressurized air is released from the pressing portion 24 into the atmosphere, it is not necessary to return the internal pressure of the hollow region 25 to the atmospheric pressure, but may simply return the internal pressure to the minimum necessary pressure for maintaining the sealing performance. That is, it is sufficient that the pressure is released to such an extent that natural blood flow in the main blood vessel group surrounding the head side of the subject is allowed, and between the head side and the tube-shaped pressing portion 24. It is not required that a gap is formed and the sealing property is broken.

Thereafter, the vacuum release valve 38 is closed and the switching valve 36 is opened. A predetermined number of times (for example, 10 to 30), the decompression suction and the decompression release, and the pressing and releasing of the head side by the pressing portion 24 almost synchronously with the decompression suction
Times) is repeated. By this processing of step 5, the blood pressure in the scalp capillary group is repeatedly increased and decreased, and the blood flow reaches all corners of the peripheral blood vessels.

Step 6. After the end of the above step 5, when the condition setting device 42 is instructed to “release the head seal”, the three-way valve 40
Is switched, and the air in the hollow region 25 of the pressing portion 24 is released to the atmosphere. By removing the hair cap C from the head H of the subject, the hair growth method according to the first embodiment ends.

According to the first embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. Under the condition that the left and right both sides of the subject are strongly pressed by the pressing portion 24, the hair cap C
By reducing the internal pressure of the scalp and compressing the scalp two-dimensionally with the flexible net 21, the blood pressure in the scalp capillary group rises, and blood flows to all corners of the peripheral blood vessels. As a result, the supply of energy and nutrients to hair root cells is activated and hair growth is promoted, and blood flow in the scalp capillary group is improved, so that new hair buds are generated and hair growth is promoted. You. In addition, dandruff and itching of the head are reduced. By making the scalp healthy, many of the concerns about the hair and the scalp are solved, and the cosmetic effect is also enhanced.

In step 5, the pressing and releasing of the head side by the pressing portion 24 and the depressurizing suction and the releasing of the depressurizing are repeatedly executed a predetermined number of times in synchronization with each other, so that the blood vessels constituting the scalp capillary group are repeated. A kind of pumping effect occurs on the blood inside. When the pulsatile flow of blood is activated by this pumping effect, not only does blood spread to the end of the capillaries that had not passed blood until then, the thrombus that blocks part of the blood vessels is gradually scraped off and disappears Head in the direction you want. In this sense, according to this embodiment, the blood circulation of the scalp is improved, and a metabolic environment advantageous for hair growth and hair growth is prepared.

According to the first embodiment, the target pressure reduction degree can be set (changed) each time in the preliminary processing step in the step 3 and the main processing step in the step 5;
It is possible to perform a treatment according to the circumstances of the individual to be treated (customer). That is, according to an empirical rule from an experimental example in which this method was attempted, the poorer the health of the scalp, the more often the patient suddenly suffers from scalp pain when performing a treatment at a high decompression degree. Conversely, even with such a person, as the health condition of the scalp is improved by the treatment with this method, there is a tendency that pain is not felt even for the treatment at a high degree of decompression. In this regard, according to the present embodiment, since the setting of the target decompression degree and the like can be changed as appropriate, the effect of stimulation by the surface compression of the scalp is maximized while avoiding the patient from feeling unbearable pain. can do.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of a hair growth method using the above hair growth apparatus will be described. In the second embodiment, a procedure for supplying the hair growth agent in an atomized state and sucking the atomized hair growth agent into the pores is added to the procedure of the first embodiment. In other words, the second embodiment is an example of a hair growth method in which the hair growth method of the present invention and the vacuum impregnation method described in the related art are simultaneously performed (or used in combination).

Specifically, the following procedure is taken. First, scalp washing is performed in the same manner as in Step 1 described above. Next, the hair cap C is applied to the head H of the subject in the same manner as in the step 2.
Attach. Preliminary treatment for removing wastes such as sebum is performed in the same manner as in Step 3. Then, similarly to the step 4, after removing the dirty filter F, the head H of the subject is removed.
The hair cap C is attached again. In the second embodiment, it is preferable that a new filter F is interposed between the scalp and the net 21 when the hair cap C is reattached. After that, the same operation as in the above step 5 is performed, but a slight additional operation is added.
Will be described below.

Step 5 '. After the re-attachment of the hair cap C and the securing of the sealing property of the head are completed, the operating conditions such as “target decompression degree” and “the number of repetitions of decompression suction / opening to the atmosphere” are input to the condition setting device 42 again. The start of the processing step is instructed to the condition setting unit 42. The target pressure reduction degree set in this step 5 ′ is higher than the target pressure reduction degree set in the above step 3. When the controller 42 starts control of this processing step, first, a large amount of pressurized air is sent from the air compression mechanism AC to the pressing section 24 via the three-way valve 40, and the tubular pressing section 24 expands greatly. Due to this large expansion, the circumference of the head is strongly tightened, and at least the position above the ear of the head side of the subject is strongly pressed inward along the substantially horizontal line L. The pressing force on the head side by the pressing portion 24 at this time is not enough to simply ensure the sealing performance, and the blood flow in the main blood vessel group (see FIG. 1) over the head side of the subject. Can be temporarily stopped or slowed down.

On the other hand, the exhaust pump mechanism P is activated substantially in synchronization with the pressing of the both heads by the pressing portion 24, and is aimed at a target pressure reduction degree (for example, a pseudo vacuum state of 10 Torr (1.3 kPa) or less). Air exhaust from the hair cap C is started. As the pressure in the hair cap C increases, the pressure difference with the outside air (atmospheric pressure) increases, and the force by which the hair cap C pushes the head in the vertical direction gradually increases. As a result, the flexible net 21 compresses the entire scalp in the parietal region while bending and deforming in accordance with the shape of the head. At this time, a pressing force acting on the curved surface of the scalp in a normal direction (perpendicular direction) acts on each part of the scalp, so that the entire scalp is effectively pressed in a planar manner. Further, as the inside of the hair cap C approaches a vacuum state, the sebum component at the bottom of the pore is almost completely sucked out.

When the internal pressure of the hair cap C reaches the target pressure reduction degree, the switching valve 36 is closed and then the chemical liquid valve 37 is opened momentarily. Then, a predetermined amount of the hair restorer stored in the drug solution reservoir M is sucked into the interior space S of the hair cap, instantaneously turns into fine particles and is atomized and diffused. Thereafter, the vacuum release valve 38 is opened to release the internal space of the hair cap C to the atmosphere, and the internal pressure is instantaneously returned to the atmospheric pressure.
Part of the hair restorer that has diffused into the internal space S is sucked into the pores together with air, and as a result, the hair restorer penetrates into the hair roots deep inside the pores.

The three-way valve 40 is switched almost simultaneously with or slightly after the opening of the vacuum release valve 38, so that much of the pressurized air in the hollow area 25 of the pressing portion 24 is released to the atmosphere, Pressing of both side portions by the pressing portion 24 is released. When the pressurized air is released from the pressing portion 24 into the atmosphere, it is not necessary to return the internal pressure of the hollow region 25 to the atmospheric pressure, but may simply return the internal pressure to the minimum necessary pressure for maintaining the sealing performance. That is, it is sufficient that the pressure is released to such an extent that natural blood flow in the main blood vessel group surrounding the head side of the subject is allowed, and between the head side and the tube-shaped pressing portion 24. It is not required that a gap is formed and the sealing property is broken.

Thereafter, the vacuum release valve 38 is closed and the switching valve 36 is opened. Then, the pressing portion 24
A predetermined number of times (e.g., 10 to 30 times) of pressing the head side, depressurizing suction in the hair cap C, atomizing the hair growth agent, releasing the depressurizing suction, and releasing the pressing of the head side by the pressing unit 24. )Repeated.

Thereafter, similarly to the above-mentioned step 6, when the condition setting device 42 is instructed to “release the head seal”, the three-way valve 40 is released.
Is switched, and the air in the hollow region 25 of the pressing portion 24 is released to the atmosphere. By removing the hair cap C from the head H of the subject, the hair growth method according to the second embodiment ends.

As the above-mentioned hair restorer, those obtained by mixing an active ingredient with water, alcohol or the like can be used. In this case, the active ingredients include vitamins (eg, calcium pantothenate), amino acids (eg, methionine), vasodilators (eg, α-tocopherol acetate), stimulants (eg, chili tincture), hormones ( Examples: female hormone), pentadecanoic acid glyceride and the like.

According to the second embodiment, the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained. In particular, according to the second embodiment, a conventional vacuum impregnation method can be incorporated into the hair growth method of the present invention, and both methods can be performed simultaneously. Therefore, the blood pressure in the scalp capillary group is repeatedly increased and decreased to distribute blood flow to all corners of peripheral blood vessels, thereby improving blood circulation in the subcutaneous tissue, and effectively removing waste products such as sebum peroxide from pores. The hair growth and hair growth of the hair can be further promoted by the synergistic effect with the vacuum impregnation effect of the agent, which effectively removes the hair growth agent into the hair root deep in the pores.

FIGS. 5A and 5B show how the scalp of the subject (people) who has undergone the procedure according to the second embodiment changes as the procedure is repeated.

FIG. 5A is a sketch of a state in which the scalp after the first treatment is observed with a microscope (magnification: 200 times). In the case of this test subject, spots like red eczema are popping up near the surface of the scalp. These spots are observed because blood in the capillaries collects locally near the surface of the scalp due to the effect of the treatment, but the situation where such red spots are scattered is due to the blood flow between the capillaries. Can be said to prove that it is not smooth. By giving the stimulus by the reduced pressure suction to such an extent that such spots appear, it is certain that the blood circulation is improved as compared to before the application of the stimulus, but it is still insufficient. It should be noted that some test subjects have severe blood circulation disorders in which such spots do not appear unless the treatment is repeated a few times a day.

FIG. 5 (B) is a sketch of the same subject as in FIG. 5 (A) observed with a microscope (magnification: 200 ×) on the scalp after the 10th treatment from the first treatment. . At this time, the red spots observed in FIG. 5 (A) were no longer seen, and a situation was observed in which a dark pink line (or band) was connected in a mesh on the scalp. This can be said to be a proof that much of the thrombus that has blocked the capillaries has been eliminated and the blood flow between the capillaries has been greatly improved. By the way, for this same subject, new hair buds were found on the scalp in the fifteenth treatment after the first treatment, and it was confirmed that the hair growth was promoted from a mere hair growth stage. It should be noted that the number of hair bud occurrences after the treatment according to the present method varies greatly between individuals, and in the shortest case, some subjects reached hair buds the third time from the start of the treatment.

(Modification) The embodiment of the present invention may be modified as follows. -In the hair cap C shown in FIGS.
The tubular pressing part 24 is integrally formed at the lower end of the
A shielding member 22 and a tubular pressing portion 24 as a pressing tool
May be configured as separate members. Also,
In each of the above embodiments, the role of the sealing member and the role of the pressing member for the head side portion are given to the tubular pressing portion 24 at the same time. You may comprise as another member.

In the hair cap C shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, a hard band-like member (for example, a metal band) surrounding the pressing portion 24 in a ring shape may be arranged outside the tubular pressing portion 24. According to this configuration, when the pressurized air is supplied to the pressing portion 24, the outward expansion is suppressed and the inward expansion pressure increases, so that the pressing force of the head side portion can be further increased. .

After the hair cap C is removed from the head H after the step 5 of the first embodiment or after the step 5 'of the second embodiment, the scalp is dried with a warm air steamer. It may be. Alternatively, before the hair cap C is attached to the head H, steam may be sprayed on the scalp to improve blood circulation or open pores in advance by the steam stimulation.

[0068]

As described above in detail, according to the hair growth method according to the first and second aspects, the scalp is pressed in a plane under the pressing condition of the position above the ear of the subject, This causes an increase in blood pressure in the subcutaneous blood vessel group, thereby allowing blood flow to spread to every corner of the subcutaneous capillary blood vessel group. Then, the blood flow in the scalp capillaries is secured or promoted to activate the metabolism of hair root cells, thereby promoting hair growth and hair growth of the hair. In addition, according to the hair growth method according to claims 3 and 4 , the synergistic effect of the combined use of the method according to claims 1 and 2 and the method for vacuum impregnation of the hair growth agent,
In addition, the effects of hair growth and hair growth (and, consequently, beauty effects) of the hair can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a human head side showing an outline of a blood vessel group surrounding a human head.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing an outline of a hair growth device.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the inside of the hair cap when worn on a human head.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the inside of the hair cap at the time of suction under reduced pressure.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the scalp of the subject of the present method is observed with a microscope, (A) is a sketch of the scalp after the first treatment, and (B) is a sketch of the scalp 10 times after the first treatment. Figure.

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Hair cap body, 21: Flexible net, 22
... Shielding member, 24 ... Tube-shaped pressing part (pressing tool), C
... Hair cap, H ... Head of the subject, L ... A substantially horizontal line at the position above the ear on the side of the head, S ... Inner space (closed space).

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pressing device capable of pressing a position above an ear on a side of a head of a subject along a substantially horizontal line, and a flexible net provided inside and a scalp of the subject. A preparation step of attaching a hair cap to the head of the subject to form a closed space between the subject and the blood flow in the main blood vessels surrounding the head side of the subject.
A pressing step of pressing the position above the ear of the head side of the subject along the substantially horizontal line by the pressing tool with a pressing force of such a degree as to temporarily stop or blunt the head side portion by the pressing tool; At the time of pressing, the air is exhausted from the closed space to make the closed space a reduced pressure or a vacuum state lower than the atmospheric pressure, so that the scalp of the flexible net is
A decompression step of compressing a wide area two-dimensionally in a shape almost along the curved shape of the head surface, and releasing the decompression or vacuum state of the closed space .
Releasing the planar pressure on the scalp by the flexible net. <br/> Decompression releasing step, and applying at least the main blood vessels surrounding the head side of the subject.
And a pressure release step of releasing the pressing of the head side by the pressing tool to an extent to allow natural blood flow to occur . 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said pressing step, depressurizing step, depressurizing releasing step and
A series of steps consisting of
The method for growing hair according to claim 1, wherein the hair is grown again. 3. The pressure reducing step after the pressure reducing step.
Before the process, supply the hair restorer in a closed space under reduced pressure or vacuum.
The method further comprises an atomizing step of supplying the liquid to a mist state.
The internal pressure of the closed space is instantaneously increased to the specified pressure state.
To release the reduced pressure or vacuum in the enclosed space
Together with the mist scalp into the pores of the scalp
The hair growth method for hair growth according to claim 1, characterized in that : 4. The pressure step, the pressure reduction step, the atomization step, and the pressure reduction
A series of steps consisting of a release step and a pressure release step
The method of growing hair according to claim 3, wherein the method is repeated at intervals .