A method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, and a method of treating scalp itchiness
By measuring and adjusting scalp microbes like Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, and optionally non-resident microbes, the method addresses the underlying causes of itchiness, providing effective treatment without side effects.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/CN2024/114124
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-08-23
- Publication Date
- 2026-02-26
AI Technical Summary
Current methods for treating scalp itchiness often have side effects and do not address the underlying causes, primarily focusing on itching signals rather than the scalp microbiome.
Measure predominant microbes (such as Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus) and optionally non-resident microbes (like Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2) on the scalp, and adjust their abundances and ratios to normalize the scalp microbiome.
Effectively treats scalp itchiness without side effects by normalizing the scalp microbiome, using personalized care products based on microbial adjustments.
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A method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, and a method of treating scalp itchinessTechnical field
[0001] The present invention relates to a method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, and a method of treating scalp itchiness. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, and a method of treating scalp itchiness, which are based on measuring or adjusting predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp.Background of the invention
[0002] Scalp pruritus is a frequent and distressing problem, as well as an important symptom, affecting approximately 13-45%of the population in the world. Many factors can induce scalp pruritus, some cases of which are commonly caused by various underlying diseases, such as seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis, but others appear without obvious diagnosis. Thus, it is very important to determine whether a scalp is itchy or not and treat scalp itchiness if the scalp is itchy, especially when the people suffering from scalp itch have no visible skin lesions.
[0003] Up to date, researches on scalp pruritus without determined origin are quite limited.
[0004] In addition, there are topical therapy and system therapy for scalp itch. For example, protease-activated receptor-2 antagonist and antihistamines, and shampoos with anti-inflammatory effects (such as those containing zinc pyrithione, ketoconazole, selenium sulphide, and coral tar) have been used for treating scalp itch. However, all these solutions have side effects, such as scalp irritation issues. Additionally, all the current solutions act on signals of itching, without focusing on the key reason of scalp itchiness, especially scalp microbiome.
[0005] In view of the above, it would be desirable to provide a method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, and a new method of treating scalp itchiness, which can effectively treat scalp itchiness without the side effects brought about by the prior art solutions.Summary of the invention
[0006] The present invention provides a method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, comprising:
[0007] a) measuring predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, and
[0008] b) comparing them with the counterparts of normal scalp.
[0009] The present invention also provides a method of treating scalp itchiness, comprising:
[0010] adjusting the predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, to obtain a normal scalp.
[0011] In addition, the present invention provides test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device for carrying out the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention.
[0012] Furthermore, the present invention provides personal care product which is used for treating scalp itchiness according to the method of treating a scalp itchiness according to the present invention.
[0013] All of the above methods, the test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device, and the personal care product according to the present invention are based on the following surprising discoveries of the inventors: predominant microbes and non-resident microbes are quite different between itchy scalp and normal scalp.Brief Description of the Drawings
[0014] Fig. 1 shows the comparison of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus abundance ratio in terms of relative abundance between the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) .
[0015] Fig. 2 shows the comparison of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus abundance ratio in terms of absolute abundance between the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) .
[0016] Fig. 3 shows the observed ASVs in Cutibacterium on the scalp in the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) , and their proportions.
[0017] Fig. 4 shows the relative abundances of ASV12 (Acinetobacter guillouiae) , ASV17 (Acinetobacter guillouiae) , ASV62 (Pseudomonas) , ASV39 (Sphingomonas) , and ASV33 (Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2) on the scalp in the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) .
[0018] Fig. 5 shows functional prediction of the scalp bacterial microbiome: (a) distributions of the top ten abundant bacterial metabolic pathways in the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) , and (b) the 18 KEGG pathways relevant to scalp itch obtained by one-way ANOVA analysis, wherein P value <0.05.Detailed description of the invention
[0019] It is to be understood by one of ordinary skill in the art that the present discussion is a description of exemplary embodiments only, and is not intended as limiting the broader aspects of the present invention. Each aspect so described may be combined with any other aspect or aspects unless clearly indicated to the contrary. In particular, any feature indicated as being preferred or advantageous may be combined with any other feature or features indicated as being preferred or advantageous.
[0020] Unless specified otherwise, as used herein, the terms “a” , “an” and “the” include both singular and plural referents.
[0021] The terms “comprising” and “comprises” as used herein are synonymous with “including” , “includes” , “containing” or “contains” , and are inclusive or open-ended and do not exclude additional, non-recited members, elements or process steps.
[0022] Unless specified otherwise, the recitation of numerical end points includes all numbers and fractions subsumed within the respective ranges, as well as the recited end points.
[0023] The severity of itch is measured using a numerical score of 1–10 of Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) , which is a method for the assessment of pruritus. The VAS is a 10-cm long line, on which individuals indicated the intensity of pruritus by crossing the line at the point that corresponded to their pruritus severity. Individuals have been informed that the beginning of the scale refers to no pruritus (0 points) and the end to the most severe pruritus they can imagine (10 points) . For example, the measuring method can be found in Reich A, Heisig M, Phan N Q, et al. Visual analogue scale: evaluation of the instrument for the assessment of pruritus [J] . Acta Derm Venereol, 2012, 92 (5) : 497-501.
[0024] The term “itchy scalp” as used herein refers to the scalp of the individual whose VAS > 2.
[0025] The term “normal scalp” as used herein refers to the non-itchy scalp of the individual who has no scalp diseases such as dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis, according to evaluation made by professional dermatologist and individual’s subjective statement, and whose VAS ≤ 2.
[0026] Unless otherwise defined, all terms used in the disclosing the invention, including technical and scientific terms, have the meaning as commonly understood by one of the ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.
[0027] According to the present invention, surprisingly, the inventors of the present invention found that predominant microbes and non-resident microbes are quite different between itchy scalp and normal scalp.
[0028] In a first aspect, the present disclosure is generally directed to a method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, comprising:
[0029] a) measuring predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, and
[0030] b) comparing them with the counterparts of normal scalp.
[0031] Predominant microbes
[0032] As used herein, the term “predominant microbes” refers to predominant microbes which exist on the scalp. In the present invention, the predominant microbes preferably are Malassezia, Staphylococcus and / or Cutibacterium, and more preferably are Staphylococcus and Cutibacterium.
[0033] As used herein, the term “absolute abundance” refers to the exact number of DNA sequences of a particular microorganism in a sample. This can be measured by qPCR or ddPCR.
[0034] As used herein, the term “relative abundance” refers to the ratio of the number of DNA sequences of a particular microorganism (e.g., bacteria, fungi, or viruses) in a sample to the total number of DNA sequences of all microorganisms in the sample. This ratio is usually expressed as a percentage. The number of DNA sequences can be calculated with QIIME2 using q2-diversity plugin based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data.
[0035] As used herein, the term “abundance ratio” refers to the ratio of the absolute abundances obtained as above and / or the ratio of the relative abundances obtained as above. That is to say, the abundance ratio in the present invention may be the ratio of the absolute abundances and / or the ratio of the relative abundances.
[0036] As used herein, the term “species richness” refers to the variety of species based simply on the number of species within a defined sample. Observed features can reflect species richness.
[0037] As used herein, the expression “observed ASVs” refers to the number of ASVs that can be used to quantify microbiome diversity. Observed ASVs can be calculated with QIIME2 using q2-diversity plugin based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing data.
[0038] The inventors of the present invention discovered that the itchy scalp has a higher abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus than normal scalp; the itchy scalp has lower absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus than normal scalp; and the itchy scalp has a higher species richness in Cutibacterium than normal scalp.
[0039] In a preferable embodiment of the present invention, the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not comprises: a) measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp, and b) comparing it with that of normal scalp. More preferably, the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention comprises: a) measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, and the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp; and b) comparing them with those of normal scalp. Most preferably, the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention comprises: a) measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, and the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp; and b) comparing them with those of normal scalp.
[0040] Thus, in the present invention, if the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp is higher than that of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy; if the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp are lower than those of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy; and if the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp is higher than that of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy.
[0041] Non-resident microbes
[0042] As used herein, the term “non-resident microbes” refers to non-resident microbes which exist on the scalp. In the present invention, the non-resident microbes preferably are Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2.
[0043] The inventors of the present invention discovered that the itchy scalp has higher relative abundances of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 than normal scalp.
[0044] In a preferable embodiment of the present invention, in addition to measuring predominant microbes on the scalp, the step a) in the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not further comprises: measuring non-resident microbes on the scalp. More preferably, the non-resident microbes are selected from the group consisting of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 and combinations thereof. Most preferably, in addition to measuring predominant microbes on the scalp, the step a) in the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not further comprises: measuring the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp.
[0045] Thus, in the present invention, if the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp is / are higher than that / those of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy.
[0046] In a second aspect, the present disclosure is generally directed to a method of treating scalp itchiness, comprising: adjusting the predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, to obtain a normal scalp.
[0047] In a preferable embodiment of the present invention, the method of treating scalp itchiness comprises: adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp to be the same as that of normal scalp. More preferably, the method of treating scalp itchiness according to the present invention comprises: adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, and the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp. Most preferably, the method of treating scalp itchiness according to the present invention comprises: adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, and the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp.
[0048] In addition to the step of adjusting the predominant microbes on the scalp, the method of treating scalp itchiness preferably further comprises: adjusting the non-resident microbes on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp. More preferably, in addition to the step of adjusting the predominant microbes on the scalp, the method of treating scalp itchiness preferably further comprises: adjusting the non-resident microbes which are selected from the group consisting of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 and combinations thereof to be the same as those of normal scalp. Most preferably, in addition to the step of adjusting the predominant microbes on the scalp, the method of treating scalp itchiness preferably further comprises: adjusting the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp.
[0049] The present invention also provides test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device for carrying out the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention.
[0050] In a preferable embodiment of the present invention, the test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device uses the predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp as mentioned above for carrying out the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention, preferably by professional institutions or personnel. In particular, the test kit includes: scalp sample collection swabs and a storage tube; DNA extraction kit; and / or sequencing kit.
[0051] In a more preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the test kit including scalp sample collection swabs, a storage tube, DNA extraction kit, and sequencing kit, the sterile swabs are used for collecting a microorganism sample on a scalp, and the swabs with the sample are placed and stored in the storage tube at -20℃; then, a professional person conducts DNA extraction and sequencing on the sample with DNA extraction kit and sequencing kit; the data is read and analysed with a software which is preset to obtain the relative abundance of the bacteria, especially those mentioned herein; and based on such relative abundance, whether the scalp is itchy or not is determined.
[0052] In a further more preferred embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides a device for determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, including: a scalp mirror, and / or microbial sampling tools (such as sterile swabs) for quickly detecting a scalp sample; and a database of corresponding index of normal scalps and itchy scalps for determining whether the scalp is itchy or not.
[0053] In addition, the present invention provides personal care product, preferably shampoo, conditioner, toner, gel and / or scalp essence, which is used for treating scalp itchiness according to the method of treating scalp itchiness according to the present invention.
[0054] In a preferable embodiment of the present invention, with the test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device, and / or the device for determining whether a scalp is itchy or not as mentioned above, the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not according to the present invention is carried out to obtain a result; and based on the result, the personal care product, preferably shampoo, conditioner, toner, gel and / or scalp essence, are applied on the scalp in a targeted manner, so as to effectively treat scalp itchiness.
[0055] With regard to the further preferred embodiments of the method of treating scalp itchiness, test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device, and personal care product, what has been said about the method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not applies mutatis mutandis.
[0056] The invention will be illustrated in more details by way of the following examples which are not to be understood as limiting the concept of the invention.
[0057] Examples
[0058] 1. Volunteer recruitment and group allocation design
[0059] According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 176 subjected were obtained, wherein 132 of them had itchy scalp (VAS≥6) and 44 had normal scalp (VAS≤ 2) .
[0060] To identify and validate the difference between the itchy and normal subjects, the 132 itchy subjects were randomly separated into training group (n=89) and validation group (n=43) . The difference / discriminant analysis was always performed with the training group and the normal group (n=44) , and the validation group was only used as an independent test set to validate the differences found. The normal group, the training group and the validation groups simultaneously received the microbial sampling on Day 0. In addition, the validation group had a 28 days’ intervention (wash scalp every two days) with a pure detergent that can make scalp clean but has no bioactivity to kill or protect microbes, and also received the microbial sampling on Day28.
[0061] 2. Scalp microbial sampling, Sequencing and ddPCR (digital droplet PCR) quantification of microbial taxa
[0062] First of all, all the subjects were evaluated by professional dermatologist in terms of scalp condition and VAS score.
[0063] Then, microorganism collection areas were marked on the scalps of all the subjects.
[0064] To collect as many microorganisms as possible in the microorganism collection areas, each of the sites of the normal subjects (hereinafter referred to as “normal sample” ) and the itchy sites of the itchy subjects (hereinafter referred to as “itchy sample” ) , whose area was 6 cm x 0.5 cm, was scraped with 5 sterile cotton swabs dipped in sterile saline for at least ten times. The bacterial DNAs of all the samples were extracted according to slightly modified Guidelines for DNeasy Blood &Tissue Kit (Qiagen, #69506) , and all the samples were subjected to a high-throughput sequencing in Shanghai Personalbio Technology Co., Ltd using 16S rRNA gene sequencing with the Illumina Novaseq sequencing platform and PE250 strategy. All the microorganism sequencing data obtained from the above were analysed using USEARCH (version 11.0.667) and QIIME2 platform (version 2021.04, https: / / qiime2. org) . Then, all the samples were used for digital droplet PCR quantification. The quantitative data was obtained by QX200 Droplet Reader (Bio-Rad) and QuantaSoft Software (Bio-Rad) .
[0065] 16S rRNA gene sequencing was performed to obtain microbial species information and relative abundance.
[0066] The scalp microbial quantification was performed for quantification of Malassezia, Staphylococcus and Cutibacterium.
[0067] To analyse the diversity of the sequencing results of bacterial structure and Cutibacterium in the samples, the Observed ASVs were analysed.
[0068] Observed ASVs only characterizes species information without abundance information, and it intuitively displays the number of species in the community.
[0069] 3. Results
[0070] 3.1 Abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus
[0071] Both the absolute abundances and the relative abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus in the samples were obtained as described above, and then the abundance ratios of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus of the samples were calculated with their absolute abundances and relative abundances respectively.
[0072] The results of the abundance ratios of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus obtained from the above showed that, the itchy group (i.e. the training group) had significant higher abundance ratios of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus in terms of both absolute abundance and relative abundance than those of the normal group.
[0073] In particular, by the comparison of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus abundance ratio in terms of relative abundance between the normal group and the itchy group (in which the P value was calculated by t-test with Welch’s correction, and *P<0.05) , Fig. 1 shows that the abundances ratios of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus in the itchy group were much higher than those in the normal group.
[0074] The Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus distributions of both the normal group and the itchy group were recorded in the Table 1 as follows.
[0075] From the above, it can be seen that the normal group had 87.8%subjects with the ratio between 1 and 100, while the itchy group had 63.8%; and 24.1%subjects in the itchy group had this ratio higher than 200 or even more than 500.
[0076] By the comparison of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus abundance ratio in terms of absolute abundance between the normal group and the itchy group (in which the P value was calculated by t-test with Welch’s correction) , Fig. 2 shows that the abundances ratios of Cutibacterium / Staphyloccus in the itchy group were much higher than those in the normal group.
[0077] All the above showed that the abundance balance between Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus are important to the scalp itchy status.
[0078] 3.2 Absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus
[0079] The results also showed that both the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus in the itchy group were lower than those of the normal group.
[0080] 3.3 Species richness in Cutibacterium
[0081] As shown in Fig. 3, the normal group and the itchy group (i.e. the training group) had 62 ASVs of Cutibacterium in common. These shared ASVs had absolute predominance in both groups, and the sum of their abundances in the normal group was significantly higher than that in the itchy group. Among them, two ASVs were detected in more than 90%of all the subjects, and the averaged sum of these two ASVs accounted for about 60%of the total ASV abundances. For the rest common ASVs, most of them were of low sample coverage, i.e. were detected in less than 50%of the subjects. Furthermore, the itchy group had 107 unique ASVs of Cutibacterium, whereas the normal group merely had 30 unique ASVs of Cutibacterium. However, these 137 unique Cutibacterium were all with very low sample coverage (mostly appeared in one or several subjects) and in low abundance.
[0082] From the above, it can be seen that the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp in the itchy group was higher than that of the normal group.
[0083] 3.4 Relative abundances of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2
[0084] A Random Forest analysis was conducted to further identify the bacteria that might be relevant to scalp itch. At the ASV level, with the criteria MDA (Mean decrease accuracy) >4.0 and sample coverage >20%, 5 ASVs significantly enriched in the itchy group (i.e. the training group) , including ASV12 and ASV17 (Acinetobacter guillouiae) , ASV62 (Pseudomonas) , ASV39 (Sphingomonas) , and ASV33 (Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2) , were filtered out, as shown in Fig. 4. A literature search showed that all these ASVs are environmental bacteria, and are non-resident scalp bacteria.
[0085] Fig. 4 also shows that the relative abundances of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp in the itchy group were higher than those in the normal group.
[0086] 3.5 Validation group
[0087] From the above results in 3.1 to 3.4, it can be seen that the predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp play an important role in the scalp itch. In order to further confirm this conclusion, the inventors of the present invention obtained the data from the validation group before (D0) and after (D28) a 28 days’ intervention and conducted an analysis of them as above.
[0088] The results of the validation group showed that, the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp had a decreasing trend after the intervention, with the amelioration of itching; and this implies that this ratio is itch relevant.
[0089] Furthermore, the results of the validation group showed that, the relative abundances of ASV62 (Pseudomonas) and ASV33 (Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2) on the scalp were significantly decreased after the intervention, with the amelioration of itching.
[0090] 4. Metabolic pathway of microbes on the scalp
[0091] As shown in Fig. 5 (a) , in the normal and itchy scalps, the most abundant metabolic pathway was biosynthesis of ansamycin, and it was mainly contributed by Cutibacterium. This might be an important reason for the dominant ecological niche of Cutibacterium on the scalp due to the antibacterial activity from ansamycin. Cutibacterium was also the main contributor for D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism, D-Alanine metabolism, Lipoic acid metabolism, Thiamine metabolism and biotin metabolism.
[0092] The inventors of the present invention further obtained 18 key pathways through ANOVA analysis. As shown in Fig. 5 (b) , only 2 of the 18 pathways (Rentinol metabolism, Butirosin and neomycin biosynthesis) were enriched in the itchy scalp, and the contributor of these two pathways were mainly non-resident scalp bacteria; whereas for the 16 pathways enriched in the normal scalp, the pathways of Propanoate metabolism, Streptomycin biosynthesis, Phenylalanine metabolism and ABC transporters were mainly contributed by the predominant bacteria.
[0093] Although some preferred embodiments have been described, many modifications and variations may be made thereto in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
Claims
1.A method of determining whether a scalp is itchy or not, comprising:a) measuring predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, andb) comparing them with the counterparts of normal scalp.2.The method according to claim 1, comprising:a) measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp; preferably, measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, and the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp; and more preferably, measuring the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, and the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp.3.The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the step a) further comprises: measuring non-resident microbes on the scalp, which are preferably selected from the group consisting of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 and combinations thereof; and more preferably, measuring the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp.4.The method according to claim 2, wherein if the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp is higher than that of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy; and / or if the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp are lower than those of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy; and / or if the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp is higher than that of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy.5.The method according to claim 3, wherein if the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp is / are higher than that / those of normal scalp, the scalp is itchy.6.A method of treating scalp itchiness, comprising:adjusting the predominant microbes, and optionally non-resident microbes, on the scalp, to obtain a normal scalp.7.The method according to claim 6, comprising:adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus on the scalp to be the same as that of normal scalp; preferably, adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, and the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp; and more preferably, adjusting the abundance ratio of Cutibacterium to Staphylococcus, the absolute abundances of Cutibacterium and Staphylococcus, and the species richness in Cutibacterium on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp.8.The method according to claim 6 or 7, further comprising: adjusting the non-resident microbes on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp; preferably, adjusting the non-resident microbes which are selected from the group consisting of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 and combinations thereof to be the same as those of normal scalp; and more preferably, adjusting the relative abundance (s) of Acinetobacter guillouiae, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, and / or Leptolyngbya ANT. L52.2 on the scalp to be the same as those of normal scalp.9.Test kit, gene chip and / or diagnose device for carrying out the method according to any one of claims 1 to 5.10.Personal care product, preferably shampoo, conditioner, toner, gel and / or scalp essence, which is used for treating scalp itchiness according to the method according to any one of claims 6 to 8.
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