Patent ID: 6235013
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
A method for enhancing hair regeneration through iontophoretic infusion of medical substances into a biological subject, comprising the steps of:locating a pair of electrically conductive electrodes adjacent to a surface of said subject wherein hair loss has occurred and regeneration is desired;placing a preparation of at least sodium salicylate between at least one of said electrodes and said surface of said subject to be treated;conducting an electrical current through said surface of said subject in a first direction from a first of said electrodes to a second of said electrodes on said subject; andperiodically and regularly reversing, at a frequency between approximately 20 times per second and approximately once every three minutes, the polarity of said electrodes to cause said electrical current to flow in a second direction opposite to said first direction whereby hair regeneration is enhanced.