Electrolytically generated hydrogen warm water cleanses the keratin-plug-clogged hair-pores and promotes the capillary blood-streams, more markedly than normal warm water does

Abstract

Biomedical properties of hydrogen water have been extensively investigated, but the effect of hydrogen on good healthy subjects remains unclear. This study was designed to explore the hygiene improvement by electrolytically generated hydrogen warm water (40°C) on capillary blood streams, skin moisture, and keratin plugs in skin pores in normal good healthy subjects with their informed consents. Fingertip-capillary blood stream was estimated after hand-immersing in hydrogen warm water by videography using a CCD-based microscope, and the blood flow levels increased to about 120% versus normal warm water, after 60 minutes of the hand-immersing termination. Skin moisture of subjects was assessed using an electro-conductivity-based skin moisture meter. Immediately after taking a bath filled with hydrogen warm water, the skin moisture increased by 5–10% as compared to before bathing, which was kept on for the 7-day test, but indistinct, because of lower solubility of hydrogen in “warm” water than in room-temperature water. Cleansing of keratin plugs in skin-pores was assessed by stereoscopic microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. After hydrogen warm water bathing, the numbers of cleansed keratin plugs also increased on cheek of subjects 2.30- to 4.47-fold as many as the control for normal warm water. And areas of cleansed keratin plugs in the cheeks increased about 1.3-fold as much as the control. More marked improvements were observed on cheeks than on nostrils. Hydrogen warm water may thoroughly cleanse even keratin-plugs of residual amounts that could not be cleansed by normal warm water, through its permeability into wide-ranged portions of hair-pores, and promote the fingertip blood streams more markedly than merely through warmness due to normal warm water.

Hydrogen-Nano-Bubble-Rich Water in Bucket/Bathtub Improves Intractable Skin Roughness

“…Recently, various research studies on the use of hydrogen molecules for healthcare have also been vigorously advancing [11][12][13]. Hydrogen molecules have also recently attracted attention as new antioxidants and are expected to become new gaseous therapeutic and prophylactic agents related to various kinds of disorders [11][12][13], such as oxidative-stress-induced cellular injuries [4,[14][15][16], wound repair [14,17], blood fluidity [18][19][20], ischemia-reperfusion injuries [21,22], inflammation [23,24], lipid metabolism [25,26], type 2 diabetes [27], neurodegenerative diseases [28], and cancer [29].…”

“…More recently, a home-use electrolysis-type hydrogen molecule generator has been developed, which can produce HRW-containing nano-bubbles and make it possible to routinely carry out hydrogen molecule intake at home within one's usual lifestyle for treatment [26,[32][33][34]. It is expected to function in the prevention of oxidative-stress-related modulations and/or diseases [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. The combination of a home-use electrolysis-type hydrogen molecule generator with bathing is expected to provide a more efficient approach for the skin.…”

Electrolytic hydrogen-generating bottle supplies drinking water with free/combined chlorine and ozone repressed within safety standard under hydrogen-rich conditions

“…Moreover, molecular hydrogen inhalation therapy has been approved for advanced medical care by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. 3 4 5 6 7 …”

“…There are still many unknowns about the mechanism of action of molecular hydrogen, and large-scale clinical-level studies are needed to verify its effects. However, ingestion of hydrogen molecule as a lifestyle is expected to be a new fundamental preventive method for many diseases caused by oxidative stress including cardiovascular disease, 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 cancer 13 and inflammatory disease. 14 15 16 Therefore, our purpose was to elucidate the role and mechanism of action of hydrogen molecules in living organisms, and to introduce and disseminate them in lifestyle to promote health.…”

Effects of hydrogen-rich water prepared by alternating-current-electrolysis on antioxidant activity, DNA oxidative injuries, and diabetes-related markers

“…Recently reported health benefits of hydrogen-rich water include skin beauty and prevention of metabolic syndrome. 1 2 3 4 Many lifestyle-related chronic diseases are primarily caused or exacerbated by reactive oxygen species (ROS), which can be efficiently scavenged by hydrogen-rich water with the ability to permeate deeply into human tissues. 5 6 7 Hydrogen-rich water is expected to have preventive or therapeutic effects on oxidative stress-related diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, apoplexy, and aging.…”