Hair Care Composition with Plant Extracts for Scalp Health
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Solution Overview
Problem
Textured hair products often contain harsh chemicals that lead to dryness, breakage, and scalp irritation, with existing salves and pomades failing to provide adequate nourishment and scalp health benefits due to their formulation and ingredients.
Innovation Solution
A hair and scalp composition combining teasel root extract with ashwagandha leaf, rosemary leaf, mulberry leaf, and Echinacea purpurea root extracts, along with glycerin and propanediol, to create a synergistic blend that soothes, stimulates, and nourishes the scalp, reducing antimicrobial activity and promoting healthy hair growth and length retention.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional salves are used to treat scalp conditions, then temporary relief and healing are provided, but thick and oily residue remains on the skin and they are not specifically formulated for textured hair
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the formulation parameters of the salve by incorporating specific active ingredients (teasel root extract, ashwagandha leaf extract, rosemary leaf extract, mulberry leaf extract, malva leaf extract, Echinacea purpurea root extract) in optimized concentrations to improve healing effectiveness while reducing greasiness. The base formulation also incorporates specific ratios of carrier oils and butters tailored for textured hair types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite salve formulation combining multiple plant extracts with specific carrier oils and butters. This composite approach allows the product to provide both healing benefits and appropriate texture for textured hair, eliminating the need to choose between efficacy and non-greasy formulation.
2Ease of operation
If traditional pomades are used for styling, then sleek finished look is achieved, but heavy ingredients like petroleum jelly and mineral oil block moisture penetration causing breakage and scalp irritation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the harmful ingredients (petroleum jelly, mineral oil) from the pomade formulation while retaining the essential styling functions. The active ingredients in the composition provide moisture penetration and scalp health benefits without compromising styling performance.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the chemical composition parameters of the pomade by replacing traditional occlusive ingredients with plant-based extracts and carrier oils that allow moisture penetration. The formulation maintains styling efficacy through alternative mechanisms such as natural adhesion and controlled release of conditioning agents.
3Adaptability or versatility
If existing hair products are used, then basic styling is provided, but they do not specifically address the unique needs of textured hair and provide insufficient nourishment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by formulating the composition with specific active ingredients targeted at the unique needs of textured hair and scalp. The formulation incorporates ingredients known to benefit curly and coily hair types, such as teasel root extract for antimicrobial activity and ashwagandha for stress-related hair loss, providing localized nourishment where it is most needed.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The composition effectively addresses dryness, breakage, and scalp issues, providing therapeutic benefits while promoting healthy hair growth and scalp health without the drawbacks of traditional products, enhancing absorption and effectiveness for textured hair types.
Implementation Method 1
relieve eczema and/or psoriasis, reduce antimicrobial activity of the scalp
Implementation Method 2
decrease dryness of the hair and/or scalp
Data Source
AI summary
Hair care compositions, methods of use and methods of preparing the same are provided. The hair care compositions can include a blend of six plant extracts including teasel root extract, ashwaganda leaf extract, rosemary leaf extract, mulberry leaf extract, malva leaf extract and Echinacea purpurea root extract. The hair care compositions can be used to soothe and stimulate the scalp and/or hair edge follicles.