Thomas R Dewitt

US Patent:

54193443, May 30, 1995

Filed:

Apr 28, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/234545

Inventors:

Thomas L. DeWitt - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

A61B 1741

US Classification:

128898

Abstract:

An electro-medical method for the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae ("razor bumps") through the use of electrolysis. The current invention suggests treating only the visible causative follicles of the above condition, and at least to the point of the hair follicle becoming straight and thin enough to prevent the hair from reentering into the skin. Generally, it takes two or more treatments to completely kill a curly coarse hair follicle. With each treatment the hair would regrow straighter and thinner, preventing the recurrence of the disease. It is possible to prevent the recurrence of the above condition with only one treatment; therefore a patient would still be able to regrow hairs in the beard area. During the process of the present invention a patient would shave a number of days prior to treatment (three to seven days), to allow the hairs to become ingrown into the skin adjacent the follicle. An electrologist would then treat the causative follicles relieving a patient from pain and discomfort.