Strips hairstyle technique with elastic hair bands for scalp procedures

Receipt date: 10/03/2020
Approval date: 20/07/2020

Financial Support: None
Conflict of Interest: None

Study conducted at the Hospital do Servidor Público Municipal de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.

Abstract

Strips hairstyle technique with elastic hair bands is a way of managing hair to help on scalp procedures and to facilitate dermatologists' practice.

Keywords: Hair; Laser therapy; Laser therapy, low-level; Needles

The scalp is a difficult area to approach due to a significant amount of hair. Keeping this area aseptic and using topical anesthesia is a challenge, as well as following a logical pattern to perform procedures such as microneedling, mesotherapy, LLLT, lasers, or surgery.^1,2 These treatments have been used more frequently nowadays for the treatment of androgenetic alopecia ^3,4 and alopecia areata.⁵

This technique consists of dividing rows of hair with a fine-tooth comb (Figure 1) and using hairbands to fix them in the vertex and parietal areas (Figure 2).

These hairbands can be sterilized in an autoclave or put into alcohol 70% if necessary. This approach allows moving rows laterally and opens a space for topical anesthesia or medications. (Figure 3).

Also, microneedling can be conducted neatly and in the same direction, avoiding hair breakage and losing of a logical sequence.

It is possible to open a space inside one of the rows with a simple hand gesture and access the area between them. (Figure 4).

Using this technique makes it possible for a professional to work alone, making everyday practice with hair procedures easier. (Figure 5)

 

AUTHOR'S CONTRIBUTION:

Leticia Arsie Contin | 0000-0002-4783-9909

Statistical analysis; approval of the final version of the manuscript; study design and planning; preparation and writing of the manuscript; data collection, analysis, and interpretation; active participation in research orientation; intellectual participation in propaedeutic and/or therapeutic conduct of studied cases; critical literature review; critical revision of the manuscript.

 

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