Method and apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage

Abstract

There is provided with a method for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage that humidifies hair readily and improves hair damage with the use of both positive ions and negative ions. A positive ion generation means for discharging electricity between electrodes applied by a voltage to generate positive ions combined to water molecules and a negative ion generation means for discharging electricity between electrodes applied by a voltage to generate negative ions combined to water molecules are prepared. Hair is humidified and hair damage is reduced by irradiation of hair with the positive and negative ions generated respectively by the positive ion generation means and the negative ion generation means.

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         10 . A method for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage, comprising:
 preparing a positive ion generation unit which discharges electricity by the application of voltage to generate positive ions combined to water molecules and a negative ion generation unit which discharges electricity by the application of voltage to generate negative ions combined to water molecules; and   humidifying hair and reducing damage occurring in hair by irradiating the positive ions and negative ions generated respectively by the positive ion generation unit and the negative ion generation unit to hair.   
     
     
         11 . The method for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the positive ion is H + (H 2 O) m  (m is an arbitrary natural number), and the negative ion is O 2   − (H 2 O) n  (n is an arbitrary natural number).   
     
     
         12 . The method for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 10 , further comprising:
 preparing an air blowing mechanism which blows air including the positive ions and negative ions generated respectively by the positive ion generation unit and the negative ion generation unit; and   blowing air from the air blowing mechanism.   
     
     
         13 . An apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage, comprising:
 a positive ion generation unit which discharges electricity by the application of voltage to generate positive ions combined to water molecules; and   a negative ion generation unit which discharges electricity by the application of voltage to generate negative ions combined to water molecules,   wherein hair is irradiated with the positive ions and negative ions generated respectively by the positive ion generation unit and the negative ion generation unit.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the positive ion is H + (H 2 O) m  (m is an arbitrary natural number), and the negative ion is O 2   − (H 2 O) n  (n is an arbitrary natural number).   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 13 ,
 wherein the positive ion generation unit and the negative ion generation unit are capable of changing the amount of positive ions and negative ions to be generated respectively.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 13 , further comprising:
 an air blowing mechanism which blows air including the positive ions and negative ions generated respectively by the positive ion generation unit and the negative ion generation unit.   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein the air blowing mechanism blows air at a wind speed not more than 15 m/s to an object to be blown.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus for humidifying hair and reducing hair damage according to  claim 16 , further comprising:
 a heating unit which heats air blown from the air blowing mechanism.