Medical kit for use in the treatment of baldness in oncological patients

Abstract

Medical kit comprising at least two devices. the latter being at least a first device which forms a mold adapted to accurately reproduce the profile of the head portion of a patient affected by baldness, and at least a second device. the latter being a skin patch ( 1 ) to be applied on the skin portion of the patient affected by said baldness. said skin patch ( 1 ) being made of foamed polymeric material and having a hair graft of synthetic and/or natural origin. available on the market. said hair graft being detectable on the patch portion suited to fit with the skin portion to be subjected to artificial hair thickening.

1 . A method for obtaining a skin patch ( 1 ), the method providing for, starting from a previously obtained mold, accurately reproducing a patient's head skin portion to be subjected to artificial hair thickening, and in sequentially carrying out the following steps:
 a finishing of said mold performed by an automatic or manual filing, using specific files suited to smoothen the perimeter of said mold;   an annotation of the aesthetic features of the mold, which include: the definition of the area to be hair-thickened to a greater extent, the color and type of hairs, if curly, smooth or wavy, the hair length, hair distribution, hair growth vortex direction; grizzling;   attaining an avatar of the patient's head and superimposing said mold on said avatar;   foaming a polymeric material on a concave surface of said mold; said foaming allowing to reproduce also said area to be hair-thickened to a greater extent;   covering said foamed polymeric material, as prepared in the preceding step, with a very thin polyurethane film for medical use;   automated or manual graft/transplantation of available synthetic and/or natural non-treated hairs;   removing said skin patch ( 1 ), as obtained in the preceding step, from said avatar of the patient's head.   
     
     
         2 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein said foamed polymeric material is expanded polyurethane. 
     
     
         3 . A medical kit comprising at least two devices, the devices consisting of at least a first device, which forms a mold that accurately reproduces the profile of a patient's head portion to be subjected to artificial hair thickening, and at least a second device, the latter being a skin patch ( 1 ) attachable to a patient's skin portion which manifests baldness; wherein, said skin patch ( 1 ) is made of foamed polymeric material and presents a graft/transplant of synthetic and/or natural origin hairs, available on the market, said hair graft being located on the patch portion suited to fit on the skin portion to be subjected to artificial hair thickening. 
     
     
         4 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the skin patch ( 1 ) is made of expanded polyurethane. 
     
     
         5 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the mold comprises a plurality of bandages made of resin, overlapped on each other. 
     
     
         6 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the hair graft or transplant present on said skin patch ( 1 ) includes commercially available European hairs. 
     
     
         7 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , comprising dermatologically-tested adhesives suited for the application of said skin patch ( 1 ). 
     
     
         8 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the mold also indicates the hair whorl, the front centerline and graft/transplant direction of the hairs. 
     
     
         9 . A medical kit according to  claim 3 , for use in a baldness treatment method of oncological patients subjected to chemotherapeutic treatments.