Journal de cosmétologie et de trichologie

Objective: The scalp hair spa has become a popular service in beauty industry. However, the benefit is not proven by scientific analysis. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the scalp meridian massage based on hair spa affects the physical change of the human body.

Methods: The principle of scalp meridian massage is formulated based on acupuncture treatment along with the experimental study and grey relational assistant analysis. Then, the effect of the scalp meridian massage along with hair spa is scientifically verified by evaluating the autonomic nervous system. Twenty healthy male and female participants join the experiment, where the subjects receive the scalp spa meridian massage. The outcome measurement focuses on subject’s status of the autonomic nervous system. Time-frequency analysis of heart rate variation (HRV) is applied to evaluate the effect of scalp spa meridian massage.

Results: According to grey data analysis, the scalp meridian massage manifests stress relief, with post- treatment pressure index (PSI) reduction averaging 69.46%. The significant effect in TP, LF and HF values are improved along with autonomic nervous system balance.

Conclusion: The scalp spa meridian massage has significant effect in PSI, TP, LF and HF values as well as improvement on autonomic nervous system balance.