BabossalamShima Author

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The effect of nitrogen plasma on the skin and hair follicles: a possible promising future for the treatment of alopecia

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Babossalam Shima

Nowadays, there is a great attention to the plasma applications in medicine.bNot only does coldatmosphericpressureplasma provide a therapeutic opportunity to control redox-basedprocesses, it is also aninnovativemethod in rejuvenation. Given the current interest in new methods of rejuvenation, we aimed to introduce a novel pulsednitrogenplasmatorch with potential use in rejuvenation. We investigated production of reactive species in different energies by spectroscopy and also measured nitricoxide and O2 concentration and evaluated the flametemperature. Fifteen Wistar rats were divided into three groups based on the applied energy settings; the skin of the animals was processed with plasma. For quantitative evaluation of dermis, epidermis and hair-follicles (to confirm the effects of this... view more»

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