Diagnostic Equipment in Hair & Scalp Treatments

Item 7: Diagnostic Equipment

Mechanical Action Teams

They are used in CT (mechano), application of movement in the body to produce different physiological effects.

Steam Generators:

Physiological Effects:
  • Derivatives of water and its chemical composition: hydration of the skin and the hair fiber.
  • Derivatives application temperature:
  1. Increased blood flow
  2. Dilatation of the pilosebaceous follicle.
  3. Increased transepidermal penetration of the PA.
Uses:
  • Water is the chemical responsible for our degree of hydration
  • Implementing it in the form of steam causes dampening of the CC and the hair fiber, promoting hydration, improving the appearance and the physiological condition of the treated area.
  • The increased temperature causes peripheral vasodilation with increased oxygen and nutrients.
The use of steam treatment is recommended for:
  • Increase hydration of the hair fiber to improve the appearance and brightness of C
  • Stimulate your physiology by increasing nutrient
  • Maintain the integrity of the capillary area.
Contraindications:
  • In C with seborrhea
  • In areas affected by: dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, ringworm, erythema.
  • In very sensitive areas or circulatory disturbances, was controlled over time.
Application Method:

It can be done with C dry or wet

Protocol:
  • Client Installation
  • Protection lingerie customer needs (robe, towel …)
  • Facilitate the client a brief explanation of the technique to perform.
  • Check before launching the team that the amount of water in this reservoir between maximum and minimum levels.
  • Connect the cable to an electrical outlet.
  • Connect the equipment switch, and when steam starts to come to adapt the helmet to the head or direct the output arm to the treatment area at a distance of 30-40 cm.
  • Control application time (5 to 7 minutes)
  • Over time, disconnect the main switch and cable equipment.

There are teams that generate steam and ozone:

  • First connect the steam switch
  • When steam begins to leave the switch connects the ozone
  • Effects of ozone and germicidal oxygenate tissues.
  • After the application time is disconnected first and then switch the switch ozone vapor.

Compressor Equipment:

These are machines that absorb, and release compressed air pressure (suction vacunterapia)

In hair treatments controlled suction in the CC is used for negative pressure massage produces a stimulating effect

Physiological Effects:
  • Facilitates the removal of adhesion and cell debris
  • It stimulates the sebaceous gland activity
  • Increased blood supply to the area
  • Improves cellular metabolism
  • Prevents the formation of fibrosis in the capillary area
Purpose:
  • Technique designed to treat C dry, malnourished or devitalized
  • Technique to increase capillary density
  • Specific technique for treatment of alopecia
Contraindications:
  • Areas with erythema
  • Areas affected with seborrhea
  • Areas with circulatory disorders
  • Areas with wounds or skin heat injuries pilosa
  • Areas affected by infectious processes
Form of Application:

It should be dry on C and CC

Protocol:
  • Client Installation
  • Customer protection with precise lingerie
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform
  • Select the most appropriate accessory to perform vacuum
  • Connect the vacuum to the inlet of the compressor
  • Connect the network cable from the device to a power outlet
  • Connect the switch equipment and predetermine the appropriate pressure or suction to the characteristics and skin sensitivity
  • Supporting the cup gently on the skin side stopping up the hole to cause the pressure and suction
  • Move the cup gently plugging and uncovering the hole during a time of application will depend on the extent of the treatment area
  • After the application, remove the suction cup for cleaning and disinfection.
  • Disconnect the switch and network cable.

Circulatory movements, sucking and releasing.

Teams Vibrators:

They are used in massage techniques to replace or in combination with manual techniques.

Types:
  • Percussion: percussion gives the head by a shaft powered by an electro magnet
  • Translational circular vibrator head moves concentric or circular in a plane parallel to it
  • Engine: the head is powered by an electric motor (the most used)

There are teams in a glove called manovibradores

Physiological Effects:
  • Local hyperemia with increased temperature in the area
  • Increased local metabolism
  • Selación nerve endings
  • Fibrosis breakage
  • Relaxation of the muscle fiber
Purpose:
  • Increase capillary density
  • Stimulate hair growth
  • Improve the results in hair loss treatments
  • To encourage the removal of adhesions CC
Contraindications:
  • Areas with cut or wound healing processes
  • Bone fracture non-consolidated
  • Infections of any kind
  • Eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis …
  • Epileptics
Form of Application:

C can be applied wet or dry with or without the cosmetic product.

The vibrator should slide smoothly and slowly

Protocol:
  • Client installation and protection with precise lingerie
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform
  • Connect the computer’s network cable to a power outlet
  • Select and attach the appropriate accessory equipment for the technique to apply
  • Select the speed of vibration as the desired effect
  • Connect the equipment switch
  • Slide the transmitter accessory vibrations throughout the area to be slowly and without pressure
  • Controlling the time of application
  • Turn off the power and network cable
  • Remove the accessory of vibration and disinfected

Electrical Power Equipment:

The ability of electrical current to move through the human body using organic fabrics, allows treating disorders of hair aesthetics that originate beyond the dermal surface.

High Frequency Equipment:

Physiological Effects: Types:
  • Derivatives of the passage of current through the body:
  • Thermal
  • Vasodilator, increasing the temperature
  • Antilogístico: Decreased edema
  • Wound healing and regenerating tissues on
  • Increase the speed of cellular metabolic reactions

Those caused by ozone generated by the electric field surrounding the electrode application or bactericide and antiseptic

Purpose:

It is used in hair treatments designed to:

  • Improve the overall appearance of the C
  • Remove pityriasis
  • Increased capillary density
  • Improve alopecia
  • Encouraging the growth of the hair bulb
Contraindications:
  • Severe circulatory disorders
  • People carrying a cardiac pacemaker
  • Pure metal implants
  • On dermatological disorders known (Negus, warts …)
  • In combination with flammable products (alcohol, ether …)
Form of Application:
Protocol:
  • Installing the client and necessary protective underwear
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform.
  • Connect the computer’s network cable to a power outlet
  • Select the comb-shaped electrode for general applications
  • Connect the electrode to the high frequency coil
  • Connect the switch equipment and select the current intensity
  • Place the electrode on the surface to be treated, press the button to allow the passage of current and slowly and gently slide in front of temples, neck and behind the zone
  • Remove the electrode after lowering the intensity and disconnect the appliance
  • Disinfect with alcohol pad electrode
Types:
  • Direct: by glass electrode
  • Hint: using the electrode that holds the customer metabolic

Equipment Supply:

Those who maintain the intensity and direction of the constant electric current along its route and time of application.

He used to enter the body shaped ion PA

This technique is known under the name: iontophoresis or ionization

Physiological Effects:
  • Increasing the concentration of oxygen and nutrients
  • Stimulates blood circulation and static
  • Reabsorption of edema
  • Increased glandular secretions
  • Improves the permeability of cell membrane
  • Increase of ionic motion of intra-and extracellular media
  • Analgesia on the nervous system
  • Alkalinizer the treatment area
Purpose:
  • Improves Alopecia
  • It stimulates the growth of the hair bulb
  • Qualitative and quantitative improvement in the general state of C
  • Promotes the regeneration of the hair fiber
Contraindications:
  • In carriers of cardiac pacemakers
  • Areas with pure metal implants
  • Severe disturbances of the circulatory system
  • Anesthetic areas or lacking sensitivity
  • Hemorrhagic areas
  • Infectious processes
  • Malignant tumors
  • Acute Inflammatory
Form of Application:
Protocol:
  • Client Installation
  • Customer protection with precise lingerie
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform
  • Connect the computer’s network cable to a power outlet
  • Select the appropriate electrode
  • Connect the equipment switch
  • Select the current intensity
  • Apply the cosmetic product on the treatment area
  • If the cosmetic is in the form of gel, dissolved in distilled water and applied with a gauze pad soaked in the solution
  • Connect the electrode and place it in an area near the treatment area
  • Moving the electrode gently and slowly

It’s called active electrode which contains the cosmetic and liabilities subject to which the client

The treatment time varies from 5 to 20 min., According to the manufacturer’s

Cleaning and Maintenance
  • The electrodes must be washed and disinfected after each use
  • The equipment is cleaned with an appropriate

Electromagnetic Radiation Equipment

Infrared Emitters:

It is used in hair treatments by thermal stimulation: increase in temperature produced in the irradiated area

Physiological Effects:
  • Increased metabolism in the area
  • Peripheral vasodilation
  • Stimulation of chemical reactions in the techniques of perm, color changes.
  • Sedation of the nerve endings
  • Neuromuscular relaxation
  • Improving the transepidermal penetration of substances
Purpose:
  • Improves quality and quantity of C in state general
  • Treatment of alopecia
  • Stimulates the growth of the bulge
  • Favors the regeneration of the hair fiber
  • Improves the appearance of C
Contraindications:
  • Surface areas with metal implants
  • Severe disturbances of the circulatory system
  • Anesthetic areas or lacking sensitivity
  • Hemorrhagic areas
  • Infectious processes
  • Malignant tumors
  • Acute Inflammatory
  • Heritematosas areas (redness)
  • Skin disorders (psoriasis, dermatitis, …)
Form of Application:
Protocol:
  • Client Installation
  • Customer Protection with proper underwear
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform
  • Connect the computer’s network cable to a power outlet
  • Connect the infrared lamp minutes before your application because you need 5 to 10 minutes to reach its true power Issue
  • Applying the right cosmetic treatment and placed after the lamp about 15 inches
  • The application time varies from 10 to 30 minutes
  • It can be applied to wet or dry hair, and can be used with a plastic cap to facilitate uniform heat distribution.

Equipment Emitting Laser

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (LASER)

Hair treatments are used in low power (soft-laser)

  • Teams that do not generate heat in equipment (athermal)
  • The most used:
  • laser diode
  • laser helium – neon
Physiological Effects:

Thermal stimuli but does not cause radiation absorbed by tissue chromophores generates various biological effects of stimulation or simulated imbibition

Types:
  • Biochemical effect: stimulated by cell mitosis and increases synthesis and enzymatic protaica
  • Bioelectric Effect: improves intra-and extracellular diffusion
  • Bioenergetic effect: normalizes the energy level of the cell.

Of the 3 types of basic effects derive the general effects:

  • Regeneration of hair bulb
  • Stimulating circulation
  • Analgesic concentrations of beta endorphins
  • Improving the tropism (nutrition) cell
  • It regenerates the dermal fibers and epithelized (the surface of the skin) tissue that increases the rate of cell mitosis
Purpose:
  • The low power for their regeneration capacity and acceleration of cell division is most suitable for treatment of alopecia.
  • Recommended for:
  • Improve the look of the hair fiber
  • stimulate the growth of the hair bulb
  • foster the regeneration of the hair fiber
  • Accelerates healing or hair implants
  • In general appearance of the hair is better
Contraindications:
  • Acute or severe
  • On superficial glands (thyroid, gondolas, …)
  • In combination with goods or photosensitizing drugs
  • People with epilepsy or cardiac pacemaker
  • Anthological processes (tumors and cancers)
  • Irradiation in the eye area can damage the eye’s structure: Always protect the eye
Form of Application:
  • CC is applied to clean, dry and free of cosmetics.
  • Clean the area to be treated with alcohol and are logged after verification that the alcohol has evaporated
Protocol:
  • Client Installation
  • Customer protection with precise lingerie
  • Implement security measures required by regulations
  • Providing the customer with a brief explanation of the technique to perform
  • Connect the computer’s network cable to a power outlet
  • Regulating equipment (power to apply, timing, intensity, …)
  • Connect the output switch of radiation and shift the probe on the CC application slowly and maintaining direct contact with the treatment area
  • Out of time, energy dose, the computer automatically disconnects
Cleaning and Disinfection:
  • Clean and disinfect the electrodes, preferably with a disinfectant soap to alcohol (flammable)
  • The verification of the laser emission parameters makes the technical