With the development of modern civilization, the incidences of environment pollution, stress and a variety of diseases are increasing rapidly. Still people want to have healthy skin, shiny hair, and attractive hair style. Everyone desires to be beauti...
With the development of modern civilization, the incidences of environment pollution, stress and a variety of diseases are increasing rapidly. Still people want to have healthy skin, shiny hair, and attractive hair style. Everyone desires to be beautiful. This desire fused with the worldwide trend of wellbeing culture and a new concept of healthy beauty has emerged. For a beautiful hair style, healthy hair is needed, which in turn requires healthy scalp. Until now, hair beauty has focused on hair styling. Now the focus of hair beauty is switching to hair and scalp care. And the leaders in this field added scalp care to hair care. The domestic market for scalp care and hair loss management reached 1 trillion won. The market for hair loss management is expected to expand further. Systematic scalp and hair care services, such as scalp scaling, scalp massage, equipment maintenance, scalp care products sale, and care program based on scalp and trichology are provided.This study examined the status of hair loss management and use of hair care products by people experiencing hair loss and the level of their satisfaction. In addition, this study presents basic data for the effective hair loss management and marketing strategies for scalp and hair loss clinics. The results are as follows. 41.2% of the study subjects were in their 20s, and 66.6% of the study subjects were women.
As for the hair loss symptoms, 45.2%, the largest percentage, had thin and wispy hair and more women had thin hair than men. 80.0% of men had oily hair. As for the scalp condition, 39,3% had oily scalp. 55.4%, the largest, washed hair every day. And the younger the subject, the more frequent the hair washing. 55.4% had almost no dandruff. As more women experience hair loss, 39.6% had female pattern hair loss and 31.0% had male pattern hair loss. 37.2% had hair loss on the crown.
As the largest percentage of people experiencing hair loss was in their 20s, 33.4%, the largest percentage, had the onset of hair loss in their early 20s. And 34.7%, the largest percentage, had hair loss for less than a year. 49.5% cited the cause of hair loss as stress. And 55.1%, the largest percentage, cited mental stress as the primary cause of hair loss. As for the social aspects likely to be affected by hair loss, 44.3%, the largest percentage, indicated confidence. With the increase of career women, the number of women suffering from hair loss has increased and the amount of stress also increased.
As for the reasons for getting hair loss management, 44.6% said to stop additional hair loss. 42.7%, said they got to know the hair clinic through word of mouth. 34.1%, the largest percentage, reported having used the clinic for less than 1 month. The older the subject, the longer the length of hair clinic use. As for the motivation for getting hair loss management, 36.0%, the largest percentage, indicated voluntary choice due to hair loss. 61.3%, the largest percentage, said the average hair loss management time is between 30minutes - 1 hour. As for the average number of monthly hair loss clinic visits, 28.2%, the largest percentage, said 3 times. As for the length of receiving hair loss management period, 33.7%, the largest percentage, said between 3-6 months. As for the cost of hair loss management, 41.8%, the largest percentage, said between 30,000-50,000 won.
The largest percentage of people in their 20s spent between 50,000 -100,000 won. As for the hair loss management product use, 61.9%, said they do not use it and 38.1% said they use it. 5.6%, the largest percentage, used Davines at home and 9.6%, the largest percentage, used Kerastase at the clinic. As for the experience of hair loss product previously, 84.5% said they had no experience and 15.5% said they had experience. 5.0%, the largest percentage, reported having used Daenggimeori. 47.7%, the largest percentage, purchased the hair loss management product at a beauty salon. 81.4%, the largest percentage, selected the product recommended by the hair care specialist. 36.5%, the largest percentage, said their level of knowledge of the product is fair. The following are related to the satisfaction level of hair loss management. As for the most important element for hair loss management, 55.7%, the largest percentage, said the use of products appropriate for their hair and scalp. 32.8%, the largest percentage, said the effect of hair loss management lasted less than 6 months. As for the satisfaction levels on hair loss management program, service, skill of the hair specialist, hygiene, and hair loss management products, most people indicated between average and somewhat satisfactory levels. As for the satisfaction level on the cost of hair loss management, most people indicated average satisfaction level. As for the continued use of hair loss management, 56.7%, the largest percentage, indicated they will occasionally use it. As for the problems related to hair loss clinics, 55.4%, the largest percentage, indicated high cost. As for the element essential to hair loss management, 39.0%, the largest percentage, indicated development of effective and specialized programs, 28.2%, indicated low price, 25.1%, indicated systematic and professional education of the hair specialist, 4.6%, indicated marketing and promotion, 2.5%, indicated service quality, and 0.6% indicated others.
Key words ; Hair loss management, scalp care, hair loss products