While looking for a certain patent, I came across this magnetic field
treatment which claims to rejuvenate skin and heal various ailments;
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1. A process for treating wrinkled, discolored or aging skin in the
absence of any electrical field and including the step of subjecting the
skin to an electromagnetic field of under 20 Gauss generated by an
annular coil into which the body part having the skin is placed, the
coil being driven by a pulsed DC voltage having a rectangular wave form
consisting of an abruptly rising and abruptly deteriorating current
pulsing at the rate of 1-30 pulse bursts per second.
2. A treatment process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic
field is about 12.5 gauss.
3. A treatment process as claimed in claim 1 wherein the treatment is
performed for about 30 minutes every 24-48 hours during the course of
treatment.
It has been recognized in the prior art that the application of a
magnetic field to diseased organs can in some way be beneficial. An
example is disclosed in the Kraus U.S. Pat. No. 3,915,151 which
discloses the idea of imparting a low frequency AC source to a wound
toroid into which an ailing limb is inserted.
The imparted voltage creates a changing magnetic field. This treatment
is coupled in Kraus with a galvanic action by means of plates disposed
on either sides of the limb.
Under the present invention the skin area to be treated is subjected to
an electromagnetic field driven by a pure DC voltage having an abruptly
rising and abruptly deteriorating wave form at the rate of 1-30 cycles
per second.
The field at the target organ is of low intensity, preferably under 20
gauss.
In the magnetic therapy treatment of arthritis, in accordance with the
parent application. I have observed that patients having treatment for
arthritis symptoms in their hands and other body parts have noticed that
after therapy, the body part under treatment "looked younger".
While during the treatment the primary attention was focused on the
reduction of pain and improvement of ranges of motion, I also noted that
wrinkled, discolored, blotchy pigmentation or unhealthy complexion of
the skin which is unbecoming, disfiguring and undesirable was reduced.
Recent studies of the results of treatment with magnetic field therapy
have confirmed that there is indeed a cosmetic improvement in wrinkled,
discolored or aging skin. Here, again, the reasons for this improvement
and the exact mechanism by which the treatment derives its efficiency
are not known.
One postulate is that the improvement is at least in part linked to the
formation of collagen during magnetic therapy treatment.
The fact that pulsed magnetic field can stimulate collagen and
proteoglycan synthesis by connective tissue cells has been established
in several laboratories in this country and Europe, most notably at
the Strangeways Research Laboratories at Cambridge University.
Fibroblasts and chondroblasts from a variety of tissues and animal
sources have shown this response in laboratory experiments.
Other tissues have been studied in vitro, and an increase in messenger
RNA and protein synthesis deomonstrated. The Department of Pathology of
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons was primarily
involved in this research although other centers have made similar
studies with similar results.
The apparatus described in itself has been shown to have such an effect
in vitro on bovine chondroblasts and on human skin fibroblasts.
Specifically, the study of human skin fibroblasts has demonstrated an
increase in net collagen synthesis of 60% after in vitro stimulation
with the apparatus described for treatments when compared to controls
kept in the same room but not so stimulated.
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