The purpose of this study was to determine potential effects of alopecia care program(including meridian massage) on the stress and autonomic nervous system of male adult alopecia patients receiving pinasterid as a part of medical treatment. Total 40 ...
The purpose of this study was to determine potential effects of alopecia care program(including meridian massage) on the stress and autonomic nervous system of male adult alopecia patients receiving pinasterid as a part of medical treatment. Total 40 male adults were selected as subjects and divided them equally into two groups(EXP joining a 12-week scalpture treatment program once a week, CON receiving only pinasterid) to observe potential changes in their scalp conditions. Next, this study used digital stress analyzer (SA-200, Medi-core, Korea) to measure heart rate variability (HRV)and the results were as follows.
The experimental group showed significant improvement of scalp condition(p<0.001) by alopecia program. According to time analysis of HRV, the alopecia care program reduced stress resistance(p<0.05), reduced sympathetic activities(p<0.05), activated parasympathetic of experimental group(p<0.05) and finally balanced the activity of autonomic nervous system as compared with control group
Hopefully, it is expected that this study will provide useful analytic data for follow-up studies to develop more effective alopecia care program for adult alopecia patients in the future.