EP0133291A1 - Process to cover small bald areas with hair pieces - Google Patents

Abstract

The process comprises adding hairs to thin areas of hair growth in such a way that they integrate with the present hair growth. Individual hairs, small toupee pieces or pieces of fabric are joined to the scalp in such a way that there is virtually a permanent second scalp, i.e. the joints are non-detachable and no longer visible. The new process resembles implantation of hairs.

Description

The invention relates to a method for covering small bald spots or for filling areas with little hair growth by hair replacement parts which are attached to the scalp of the wearer.

So far, such hair replacement parts have been releasably connected to the scalp. Special efforts were made to attach the hair, regardless of whether it was natural or artificial, to the hair replacement part, but this hair replacement part could also be removed if the hair replacement parts were small.

The invention has set itself the task of treading a completely new path when covering small bald spots or when filling up areas with little hair growth. In particular, the groups of people are addressed where the hair is only thinning. Here, it is now possible to use the new method according to the invention to produce such small hair particles, even to use single hair, in order to fill up such bald or light spots. The hair is permanently attached to the scalp, or it can only be detached from the scalp through the natural scaling process. Previously, single hairs had also been attached to other hairs by weaving. Here, however, a wreath was woven, and in this wreath there was the hair that was to be used to fill up the bald spots. It was e.g. not possible to connect individual hair to the scalp.

The object of the invention is to find an additive method, ie to allow foreign hair, which may be of natural or artificial origin, to be added continuously to the natural, thinning _/ hair growth, or if small bald spots are already present, then fill them up as well. These added hairs are integrated into the natural hair growth in such a way that it is no longer recognizable what the added hair or hair replacement part is. So you are already moving towards implanting hair, but here with a bloodless method.

The solution of the object according to the invention is that the hair replacement parts are small or very small particles of a silicone film in which the natural and / or artificial hair is attached, and the hair replacement parts are insolubly attached in the area of the hair roots of the natural hair of the wearer.

Insoluble means adhesive bonds or welds with existing hair that cannot be easily removed from the scalp like a toupee plaster.

So if these hair replacement parts or individual hairs or tiny particles are connected to the scalp or existing hair by gluing or knotting, then connections are needed when knotting, which are then welded or glued, for example, which are not detachable, or if you are on the Attached to the scalp, adhesives are used that are known to be tolerated by the skin, for example from the doctor's office, that resist sweat, but are waterproof but breathable. The filling of light spots or small bald spots can be done in different ways, depending on the location of the scalp and the size of the bald spot. Several small silicone particles can be glued and / or knotted together. It can eyelash-shaped silicone particles are used to which the foreign hair is attached. Instead of a silicone film, a film made of polyurethane can also be used.

The hair replacement parts differ significantly from a previously used toupee, which is used for much larger bald spots.

According to the invention, a group of people is addressed who finds with concern that the hair is thinning, but for whom a toupee is not yet wearable because there are only a few light spots or small bald spots in the hair. This group of people can now be addressed through the special shape of the hair replacement parts of the related adhesives and the new fastening technology.

A preferred possibility is that the hair replacement parts of pieces of tissue, e.g. are made of a polyamide or polyester material (nylon material), the pieces of tissue being adapted to the skin color and the skin pattern and the natural and / or artificial hairs being fixed in the piece of fabric by gluing and / or knotting.

These tiny or tiny particles are attached within the natural hair, i.e. natural hair can still grow through this piece of tissue; a possibility that was never planned before and opens up completely new perspectives.

It is essential here that the hair replacement parts are connected to the scalp by a non-water-soluble, breathable, sweat-resistant adhesive.

The pieces of tissue can be so small that they fill the space between the punchings, resulting from hair transplants.

If you only want to fill up the hair - a possibility that you have not had at all before - then the hair part is made up of one or more artificial or real individual hairs, and this hair part is knotted in the area of the hair roots on one or more grown or implanted hairs and / or glued. A preferred way of knotting is to use a simple loop knot. Such a loop knot allows that - if the single or several hairs are connected to the grown hair - then this knot can be pulled down to the scalp and there the connection is made very close to the scalp by gluing the connection. The hair added in this way is no longer recognizable as foreign hair. In particular, you can have single and / or multiple hairs on a transparent support, e.g. attach a synthetic thread, non-detachable; this thread is then lost in the scalp and becomes invisible. The attachment of this thread with other hair is again done by knots, looping and / or welding and gluing.

The knots are not yet fixed when inserting this thread. It is therefore possible to adapt to the volume and density of the wearer. If this is done optimally, e.g. then the indissoluble connection is carried out by laser technology.

Instead of a nylon thread, a small hair band can also be used, which is glued and / or welded to one or more hairs in the growth direction. This also achieves the same effect of permanently filling up the light spots without an outsider recognizing which hair belongs to natural hair growth or to integrated hair growth.

The hairpieces 5 can be fastened by any known method, e.g. Gluing, welding, knotting, looping, knotting, also the combinations of knots and gluing, knots and welding and so on.

An expedient connection of what is to be added, i.e. hair to be added to natural hair can also be done with a two-component adhesive. This version is particularly suitable if single hair or very little hair can be added. One component is then on the hair replacement part and the other component either on the scalp or it is attached in the immediate vicinity of the hair roots of the natural or already implanted hair.

This two-component adhesive can then be activated, e.g. by exposure to heat, by laser beams or any other activating liquids or catalysts.

Of course, this method can also be used to apply individual hair, which already corresponds to a type of implantation, in that the other component is applied to the areas of the scalp with one adhesive component and point-wise at the end of the individual hair, and then directly at the end of the hair, so as if it were a hair root to be connected to the scalp.

It is important that you use a skin-compatible, non-allergenic adhesive. These can be made on a natural or synthetic basis. They are known from medical technology.

Embodiment of the invention are shown in the drawing. Further features of the invention emerge from the drawing and its description.

• Fig. 1 schematisch eine Seitenansicht der Kopfhaut eines Trägers mit einigen noch vorhandenen natürlichen Haaren;
• Fig. 2 ein wimpernförmiges Silikonteilchen zur Befestigung auf der Kopfhaut an einer kahlen Stelle, wie in Fig. 1 angedeutet, mit am Silikonteilchen befestigten natürlichen oder künstlichen Haaren;
• Fig. 3 zeigt die Verwendung eines besonders zweckmässigen Knotens bei der neuen Befestigungstechnik;
• Fig. 4 zeigt ein Gewebestückchen, z.B. aus Kunststoffgewebe in Anwendung bei dem neuen Verfahren;
• Fig. 5 zeigt die Verwendung eines Gewebestückchens zum Abdecken von Stanzlöchern, die bei der Implantation von Haaren entstehen;
• Fig. 6 zeigt schematisch die Verbindung von Fremdhaaren mit gewachsenen Einzelhaaren;
• Fig. 7 zeigt - ähnlich wie die Figur 6 - die Verbindung mehrerer Haare mit einem Einzelhaar;
• Fig. 8 zeigt die Möglichkeit eines Fadens, an dem mehrere Haare befestigt sind;
• Fig. 9 zeigt ein Haarband;
• Fig. 10 zeigt schematisch die Verbindung eines Fremdhaares mit der Kopfhaut durch einen Zweikomponentenkleber.

It shows:

• 1 schematically shows a side view of the scalp of a wearer with some natural hair still present;
• FIG. 2 shows an eyelash-shaped silicone particle for attachment to the scalp in a bald area, as indicated in FIG. 1, with natural or artificial hair attached to the silicone particle;
• Fig. 3 shows the use of a particularly useful knot in the new fastening technique;
• Fig. 4 shows a piece of fabric, for example made of plastic fabric used in the new method;
• Fig. 5 shows the use of a piece of tissue to cover punch holes created during the implantation of hair;
• Fig. 6 shows schematically the connection of foreign hair with grown individual hair;
• FIG. 7 shows - similar to FIG. 6 - the connection of several hairs with a single hair;
• Fig. 8 shows the possibility of a thread on which several hairs are attached;
• Fig. 9 shows a hair band;
• Fig. 10 shows schematically the connection of a foreign hair to the scalp by a two-component adhesive.

In Figure 1, the scalp is indicated at position 1. It is assumed that the wearer still has areas with natural hair 2.

To refresh bald spots, e.g. eyelash-shaped particle 3 made of silicone film in the area of the roots of the hair 2 attached to this or directly on the scalp, optionally with the interposition of a porous toupee adhesive plaster. Natural or artificial hair 4 has previously been attached to the silicone particle 3 in a suitable manner, for example by shooting in, gluing or knotting.

In the manner described, the hair can be freshened up even more by connecting the structures according to FIG. 2 to one another, as described above.

The use of silicone described above has the advantage that this material is dermatologically harmless and - even after prolonged use - is not subject to color changes. Instead, as is well known, polyurethane can also be used.

Instead of the silicone, a knot on the remaining hair can hold the hair together.

A piece of tissue 7 is shown in FIG. 4 as a hair replacement part 5. This piece of fabric is suitably formed from a nylon polyester material. The fabric is adapted to the skin color or to the skin grid.

The natural or artificial hair is attached to this tissue by knotting and / or gluing.

The whole particle or piece of tissue 7 is then glued to the scalp 1 and remains there. It is glued with a non-water-soluble adhesive. This new process has the following advantage. There is no longer any visual interruption due to the glue points. The tissue is visually lost in the skin, making the entire system invisible. The adhesive used is fully breathable, but not water-soluble. These particles are quite small in proportion. They serve e.g. also to cover scars, i.e. rabbits on the nose, eyebrow injuries, injuries in the tamp area. However, the particles are not about the size of an entire toupee. The size of these particles is only limited by the fact that the user is able to tolerate larger parts.

You now practically have a permanent, second scalp. Hair that grows individually grows through this tissue. The new tissue restores the thermal function of the skin. The individual pieces of tissue are also used in hair transplants, i.e. the holes on the scalp created during the punching are filled, i.e. these pieces of tissue are sized to fill the spaces between these die cuts. This training is shown in Figures 4 and 5. Both the hair can be attached to the tissue pieces, but in particular to the scalp, according to FIG. 3 with a simple loop knot 12.

FIG. 4 also shows schematically that the piece of tissue 7 is adapted to the skin grid 8. FIG. 5 shows, for example, punched-out sections 9 on the scalp 1, it being possible for the pieces of tissue 7 to be designed such that they only cover the Cover the gap 7 between the cutouts 9, the implanted material being introduced into the cutouts 9.

FIG. 3 shows how in the area of the hair root 6 individual hairs 10, which can be artificial or natural, are expediently connected to the grown individual hair 11, which can also be implanted. A simple looping knot 12 allows the individual hairs 10 to be connected to the individual hairs 11 in such a way that they are moved in the direction of the arrow 18 towards the scalp 1 immediately before the knot is tightened, in order then to be tightened there in the immediate vicinity of the scalp. FIGS. 6 and 7 show schematically the filling of light spots on the scalp by a method as shown in FIG. 3. In Figure 8, a synthetic thread 13 is provided on which individual hairs 10, e.g. are also fastened again by simple loop knots 12. This transparent support is lost in the scalp and is therefore visually invisible. The individual knots 12 of the hair 10 connected to this carrier have not yet been fixed. This makes it possible to adapt the hair volume to the hair density of the wearer. Once this has been done, these knots can then be fixed by gluing or welding.

FIG. 9 shows a small hair band 14 as a hair replacement part 5. This hair band also has more or less hair 10, which are non-detachably connected to the hair band 14 in terms of manufacture or by hand. This hair band is then glued or welded to one or more hairs 11 in the growth direction 15. At the moment when gluing or welding, the hair volume is fixed and then no longer movable. This hair integration creates a new bond between the scalp with the hair replacement parts. In the truest sense of the word, a second scalp is created. These small hair pieces are firmly glued to the skin. In contrast to the toupee, which can be removed daily or the woven toupee, which is then loose on the skin, this entire tissue is firmly adhered to the skin. So there is hair integration. The great advantage of this new technique is that the same swing technique is available as that of the individual hairs. If you use the loop knot 12, this loop is invisible and a new volume of hair is added to your own hair without it being visible from the outside.

A further possibility of achieving use with two-component adhesives, in which case individual hair, several hairs, pieces of tissue and the like can be glued, is shown in FIG. 10. There is one component 16 on the single hair, e.g. applied by a small thickening, while the other component 17 of the adhesive is applied as a spot on the scalp. The connection or activation takes place by means known per se, e.g. by heat, high-frequency vibrations, by catalysts or other known activators.

• 1. Das einzelne Haar wird auf die Haut geklebt:
  • Das Haar wird angeklebt. Der Kleber sollte biodegrabel sein, damit er von der Haut bzw. dem Körper absorbiert wird. Das Haar wird in die Kopfhaut etwas eingestochen. Stichtiefe nur in Epidermis, damit das Immunsystem nicht alarmiert wird. Die Erfindung: Nach Einstich wird das Haar im Einstichkanal verklebt.
• 2. Dieses Verkleben wird in regelmässigen Zeitabständen wiederholt.
  • Jedes einzelne Haar zu verkleben, ist sehr zeitaufwendig. Darum wird ein ionisationsfähiger, biodegrabler und vollatumungsaktiver Kleber auf die Kopfhaut aufgetragen, das Haar wird auf Potential "minus" eingestellt und der Kleber auf Potential "positiv". Durch anschließende Ionisation wandert der Kleber zum Haar ähnlich wie bei der elektrostatischen Beflockung. Resultat: Die Kopfhaut ist frei, kann atmen und nur das Haar ist versiegelt bzw. verklebt. Die Epicrinen bleiben frei und damit funktionstüchtig.

Other options for connecting hair directly to the scalp are:

• 1. The individual hair is glued to the skin:
  • The hair is glued on. The adhesive should be biodegradable so that it is absorbed by the skin or body. The hair is slightly stabbed into the scalp. Sting depth only in the epidermis so that the immune system is not alarmed. The invention: After the puncture, the hair is glued in the puncture channel.
• 2. This gluing is repeated at regular intervals.
  • Gluing every single hair is very time consuming. That is why an ionizable, biodegradable and fully active pumice adhesive is applied to the scalp, the hair is set to potential "minus" and the adhesive to potential "positive". Subsequent ionization causes the glue to migrate to the hair in a similar way to electrostatic flocking. Result: The scalp is free, can breathe and only the hair is sealed or glued. The epicrins remain free and therefore functional.

These measures have been very successful. Approx. 30% of all hair implantations lead to clinical cases.

Reason: Through the implantation, which goes down into the subcutis, microorganisms get into the blood, alarm the immune system and overemploy the excretory organs (liver, etc.). After about 6 months, a third of all patients become pathological. With the measure of 2. implanted hair can be sealed successfully. The microorganisms can then no longer enter the blood through the implantation channel. This would protect the best hair supplement method from infection if the implant channel is sealed at regular intervals.

• 1. durch Ionisation
• 2. durch individuelle Applikation
• 3. Verkleben
• 4. Kleber könnte sein: Silikone, Cynoacrylate, Polyurethane, Epoxydharze, Versiegler.

To seal:

• 1. by ionization
• 2. through individual application
• 3. Glue
• 4. Glue could be: silicones, cynoacrylates, polyurethanes, epoxy resins, sealers.

Claims (27)

1. A method for covering small bald spots or for filling up areas with less hair growth by hair replacement parts which are attached to the scalp of the wearer, characterized in that the hair replacement parts (5) are small or very small particles (3) of a silicone film , in which the natural and / or artificial hair (10) are fastened, the hair replacement parts (5) being fastened in the region of the hair roots (6) of the natural hair (2, 11) of the wearer. 2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment of the hairpieces (5.3) is carried out by gluing. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment of the hairpieces (5.3) is carried out by knotting. 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that several of the small silicone particles (3) as hair pieces (5) glued together and / or knotted. 5. The method according to claim 2 to 4, characterized in that eyelash-shaped silicone particles (3) are used as hairpieces (5). 6. Modification of the method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that instead of the silicone film, a film made of polyurethane is used. 7. The method according to claim 1-5, characterized in that the hair replacement parts (5) of pieces of tissue (7), e.g. are formed from a polyamide or polyester material, the tissue pieces (7) being adapted to the skin color and the skin raster (8), and the natural and / or artificial hair (10) by gluing and / or knotting in the tissue piece (7) are attached. 8. The method according to claim 1-6, characterized in that the hair replacement parts are connected to the scalp (1) by a non-water-soluble, breathable, sweat-resistant adhesive. 9. The method according to claim 1-8, characterized in that the hair replacement parts (5) as tissue pieces (7) fill the space between the punched-out areas (9) originating from hair transplants. 10. The method according to claim 7-9, characterized in that the skin grid (8) of the tissue pieces (7) allows the natural hair (11) to grow through. 11. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the hair part (5) is formed by one or more artificial and / or natural individual hair (10) that in the region of the hair roots (6) on one and / or more grown or implanted hair (11) is knotted and / or glued. 12. The method according to claim 1 to 11, characterized in that the hair part (5) is connected by knotting with the scalp (1) of the wearer. 13. The method according to claim 1 and 12, characterized in that the knotting is carried out by a simple loop knot (12). 14. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that single and / or more hair (10) on a transparent carrier, e.g. a synthetic thread (13) are attached, for example by a simple loop knot, which is lost in the scalp and thus becomes optically invisible. 15. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that individual or more hair (10) to a grown hair (11) are welded (laser technology). 16. The method according to claim 1 and 14, characterized in that a single hair (10) around a single hair (11) looped or knotted and then glued. 17. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a single hair (10) with one or more individual hairs (11) is knotted, e.g. with a simple loop (12). 18. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that a small hair band (14) formed as a hair replacement part (5) in the growth direction (15) is glued or welded to one or more hairs (11). 19. The method according to claim _1-18, characterized in that the attachment of the hair pieces (5) is carried out by per se known methods such as gluing, welding, knots, entwining, knotting, as well as combinations of nodes and bonding, as well as nodes and welding. 20. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment of the hair part (5) or the individual hair (10) is carried out by a two-component adhesive, the one component (16) in one part, e.g. the hair replacement part (5) and the other component (17) in the other part, e.g. the scalp (6) or on the surrounding hair (10). 21. The method according to claim 1 and 20, characterized in that the hair replacement part (5) is formed by individual hair, which with two-component adhesive (16, 17) provided at the moment of contact of the two components, e.g. under the influence of heat, such as fusion or welding, are connected to one another. 22. Modification of the method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the use of skin-compatible, non-allergenic adhesives which are produced on a natural or synthetic basis. 23. Modification of the method according to one of the preceding claims for gluing hair directly to the scalp, characterized in that a single hair is glued to the skin by an adhesive that is biodegrable. 24. The method according to claim 1 and 23, characterized in that the hair is slightly stabbed into the scalp, puncture depth only in the epidermis and after the puncture the hair is glued or sealed in the puncture channel. 25. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that an ionizable, biodegrabler and Vollatumungsaktiv adhesive is applied to the scalp, the hair is set to potential "minus" and the adhesive to potential "positive" and by subsequent ionization of the adhesive to Hair migrates. 26. The method according to claim 1 and 25, characterized in that the attachment of the hair takes place directly in the scalp by individual application. 27. The method according to claim 1 and 26, characterized in that silicones, cynoacrylics, polyurethanes, epoxy resins and sealants are used as adhesives.

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