The Effect of Scalp Care Using MTS on Improvement of Alopecia in Menopausal Women

Kim, Min Gyo; Sim, Eun Kyung

Journal of the Korean Society of Cosmetology 2016;22(3):490-498.
Published online June 30, 2016.

MTS를 이용한 두피관리가 갱년기 여성의 탈모개선에 미치는 영향

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The Effect of Scalp Care Using MTS on Improvement of Alopecia in Menopausal Women

Min Gyo Kim, Eun Kyung Sim

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to verify whether scalp care using scalp tonic and MTS(Micro-needle Therapy system) is effective in improving scalp hair of middle aged women having menopausal symptoms and to provide findings of this study for establishing useful scalp program. For the purpose of this study, twenty women aged 40`s-60`s who visited H Scalp Care Center and resided in Suyeong-gu, Busan and had both menopausal symptoms and alopecia were requested to receive special care and use home care products from December 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015. Condition, density and thickness of scalp before and after experiment were analyzed by using analysor. Findings of this study are as follows. First, before experiment, scalp of both experimental group and control group was dull and their hair follicle was closed by sebum and keratin. In twelve weeks after experiment, scalp of both experimental group and control group became clean and transparent which was close to normal state and amount of sebum that secreted excessively reduced and scalp became bluish white and lots of new hair was found. Second, for a change in density of hair, Hair of experimental group is more than that of control group by 1.2 on average. Third, for a change in thickness of hair, Hair of experimental group is thicker than that of control group by 0.013mm on average. This study proved that scalp care which used MTS was effective in improving alopecia.

Key Words: Middle-aged women, Women having menopausal symptoms, MTS(Micro-needls Therapy, Alopecia