New plasma device to treat hair loss
Challenge
Current treatment options for hair-loss are expensive hair transplant surgery, laser and light-based therapies or drug medication (Rogaine and Propecia). Commonly side effects include local irritation of the scalp with scaling, redness and itching, burning or irritation of the eye and the development of allergic contact dermatitis. Furthermore, there are cases of persistent sexual, neurological, mental and physical side effects reported.
Thus, there is a high unmet need for inexpensive treatment options without the whole list of unwanted side effects.
Our Solution
Our scientists at the HAWK in Göttingen, Germany developed a brush-like low-temperature plasma device for treatment of the scalp. The device can significantly enhance microcirculation as well as oxygen saturation, which are key parameters for stimulating hair growth.
Source: HAWK
Advantages
- Plasma electrode array for effective plasma treatment (“plasma comb”).
- Promotes blood circulation in the scalp, thus addressing the issue of premature hair loss.
- No electric field is built up between the individual electrodes.
- Plasma only ignites from the electrodes to the scalp.
- Nonthermal (cold) plasma can be safely applied to skin.
- Dielectric spacer at the end of the electrodes — serves as a spacer & as scratch protection for the scalp.
- Easy to handle plasma device for simple but effective home application.
Applications
Treatment of the scalp for stimulating hair growth.
Development Status
First plasma devices are currently in the testing stage at laboratory scale.
Patent Status
Patents have been granted in DE, EP and US (DE102019128538B3, EP4048395B1, US12159769B2, Patent holder: HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Art Hildesheim, Holzminden, Göttingen).
Contact
- Dr. Stefan Uhle
- Patent Manager Life Science
- suhle@sciencebridge.de
- +49 551 30724 154
- BioC-2186-HAWK
