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Silcap+ detailed:

Novel insecticide-free head lice treatment in foam form

Filling a market niche

• Head lice infestation is experiencing a global resurgence.(1,2)
• Several countries have reported emerging resistance to topical treatment with chemical insecticides (malathion, carbaryl, lindane, permethrin, phenothrin).(1,2)
• Parents prefer non-toxic treatment options such as wet combing. Only limited evidence suggests that wet combing is effective as single treatment: cure rates are variable.(2)
• In view of the increasing resistance, research groups have explored non-toxic so-called ‘suffocation based’ topical treatments with impressive success rates up to 73-96%.(2-4) Dimethicone is a ‘suffocation based’ substance, recently licensed for the eradication of head lice infestation.
• Putatively repellent botanicals (such as essential oils and/or oil preparations from tea tree, lavender, peppermint, coconut, neem, citronella, rosemary) are irritating to skin, especially children’s skin.(1)
• Silcap+ represents a superior application form of dimethicone, this innovative product contains the non-toxic dimethicone within a mineral oil spreading agent

References
1. Canyon DV, Speare R. A comparison of botanical and synthetic substances commonly used to prevent head lice (Pediculus humanus var. capitis) infestation. Int J Dermatol 2007; 46(4):422-6.
2. Tebruegge M, Runnacles J. Is wet combing effective in children with pediculosis capitis infestation? Arch Dis Child 2007; 92(9):818-20.
3. Burgess IF, Brown CM, Lee PN. Treatment of head louse infestation with 4% dimeticone lotion: randomised controlled equivalence trial. BMJ 2005; 330(7505):1423.
4. Pearlman DL. A simple treatment for head lice: dry-on, suffocation-based pediculicide. Pediatrics 2004; 114(3):e275-9.

Silcap+: proof, not promises

Free of insecticides & essentials oils:

mechanical mode of action, no risk of lice becoming resistant

Lice breath through spiracles that are located in the centre of a raised circular structure. Silcap+ penetrates the spiracles and covers the ‘honey comb’-like structures: oxygen diffusion stops within minutes and lice suffocate.

Very effective and rapid action:

in vitro kill-off within 5 minutes

Recent test data show an improved in vitro kill-off of lice with dimethicone formulated as Silcap + foam ( dimethicone within a mineral oil distillate ) in comparison with existing dimethicone lotion ( dimethicone within volatile cyclomethicone).

Silcap + eradicates 98% of lice within 5 minutes (in vitro test results)

user-friendly: Silcap+ is an unstable foam that disperses in contact with hair

Silcap + is directly applicable on dry hair

Makes nit combing easier

Completely odourless

Silcap+: extra advantages

• EU regulatory approval as medical device (class I)
• Dermatological and ocular safety trials: no contact irritation and absence of any eye irritation potential
• Highest quality manufacturing (GMP)
• PCT patent applied for

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