Asian J Beauty Cosmetol. 2014; 12(1): 119-125.
The Study about the Scalp Scaling Effect of Solar Salt and Indigo Pulverata Levis
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of solar salt, which is effective in removing dead skin and waste matters, infection, and inflammation, and of Indigo pulverata levis, which has antimicrobial activities and does diverse medicinal actions, in scalp scaling. With Scaling Agent A containing a mix of Indigo pulverata levis and solar salt and Scaling Agent B containing solar salt alone, the experiments were performed in 99 participants in a total of 8 sessions for four weeks. The sebum content in the scalp following scalp scaling was 58.89 ug/㎠ in the group using A and 56.67 ug/㎠ in the group using B, and 52.67 ug/㎠ and 50.94 ug/㎠, respectively, after the eighth session. The moisture content in the scalp following scalp scaling was 48.72 ug/㎠ in the group using A and 49.72 ug/㎠ in the group using B, and 55.11 ug/㎠ and 55.78 ug/㎠, respectively, after the eighth session. As for the visible changes in the scalp state, the scalp was unclean or reddish in the session 0 (before experiments); then, dead skin decreased and reddishness weakened in both groups after the fourth session. The entire scalp became clean and clear after the eighth session. A half of the scalp was treated with Scaling Agent A and the other with Scaling Agent B; as a result, the number of bacteria decreased from 9327.22 before treatment to 2667.26 after treatment with A, and from 9559.38 before treatment to 4126.58 after treatment with B. To put the results together, while solar salt alone is effective in scalp scaling, a mix of solar salt and Indigo pulverata levis is expected to be more effective in scalp scaling.
Keywords :
Scalp scaling, Solar salt, Indigo pulverata levis, Persicaria tinctoria
