[비즈헬스] “Manageable from scalp to pain”… ‘Micro current’ attracting new attention

[비즈월드] There is a growing interest in microcurrent, which is attracting attention for its efficacy in a variety of fields, including scalp and skin care, and pain relief.

According to the industry on the 15th, microcurrent refers to a current of very weak intensity, which is the form most similar to the biocurrent flowing in our human body. The biocurrent plays a variety of roles, including cell regeneration and activation, and pain reduction.

However, when there is an abnormality in the body or aging begins, this current gradually weakens. Therefore, attention is being focused on researches that elicit specific effects by flowing microcurrents of similar intensity throughout the body.

In fact, researchers in the US and China have proven that microcurrent can be used for scalp management for problems such as hair loss. Looking at the research results published in the American Chemical Society journal’ACS Nano’, a joint research team at Medicine University of Wisconsin, Chengdu National University of Electronics and Technology, and Shenzhen University in the United States found a way to activate hair follicles with microelectric stimulation.

The research team developed a baseball cap-type device using a piezoelectric device that generates energy through body movement. And it was tested on mice that had been genetically modified to show symptoms of hair loss. As a result of conducting 12-30 minutes a day for a total of 7 weeks, the effect of promoting the proliferation of the number of hair follicles and increasing the rate of hair growth was confirmed.

There is also active research on the treatment of pain relief with microcurrent. Researchers in Korea have discovered the principle that chronic pain is controlled when electrical stimulation is applied to the brain.

According to a research paper published by Professor Bae-Hwan Lee and Myung-Hoon Cha in the Department of Physiology at Yonsei University Medical School’s research paper in the international academic journal’Scientific Report’ published by Nature, it is estimated that people who experience chronic pain are associated with sensory function of the human body. It was found that the number of cells was significantly small and the activity was also low.

At this time, as a result of observing the pain changes that appear by applying electrical stimulation to the brain for 10 days, the activity of astrocytes was promoted and damaged cells were regenerated, resulting in a decrease in pain intensity.

The skin improvement effect of microcurrent is also indispensable. In 1991, German medical scientist Dr. Jacquesmann and one other received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for introducing the existence of biocurrent and cell tissue therapy, which contained the content that when microcurrent is delivered into the body, it promotes skin recovery.

Recently, a research team in Korea has implemented electrical stimulation that mimics bioelectricity, confirming that it promotes skin cell regeneration and differentiation. As a result of research from the research team of the research team of the research team of the research team of the department of electrical engineering Bae Won-gyu and Soongsil University’s Department of Electrical Engineering at Soongsil University, and the research team of Professor Won-gyu Bae, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology, the contents are published in the latest online edition of’Biosensor & Bioelectronics’, a famous international academic journal in the field of biotechnology done.

When the researchers performed general electrical stimulation and biomimetic electrical stimulation on skin cells, it was confirmed that the biomimetic electrical stimulation improved fibroblast proliferation by 158% compared to the control group. Collagen secretion was improved by 213% and FGF1 (growth factor) secretion was also improved by 191%.

This suggests that it is possible to effectively improve skin elasticity by enhancing cellular activity through human-friendly electrical stimulation, the researchers said.