Meladine
Press Release
Meladine™ Receives FDA Marketing Clearance
as an Accessory to Hair Removal Lasers to Treat Non-pigmented Hair
Chesapeake, VA—February 14, 2003—Creative
Technologies, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has granted marketing clearance to Meladine™ as an Accessory
to Surgical Laser Instruments used for Hair Removal. Meladine is
a proprietary product that effectively enhance the effects of hair
removal lasers in treating white, gray and blonde hair.
Meladine is a uniquely formulated melanin enhancer
that supplements the natural melanin in hair. A patented melanin,
liposome delivery system helps to ensures that the pigment is able
to penetrate deep into the hair follicle to provide melanin to the
bulb and the bulge. The melanin deposit provides a temporary melanin-rich
target in the follicle to aid the effects of the laser.
In addition to FDA clearance, several recent advances
have solidified Meladine’s position as an effective method
for treating non-pigmented hair. At the annual meeting of the American
Society for Dermatologic Surgery in November, Dr. Tina Alster and
Dr. Elizabeth Tanzi of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic
Laser Surgery released preliminary results from an on-going clinical
trial on Meladine. Early results reveal that 1 month after the third
laser treatment, 49-54% vellus hair reduction was noted in each
patient studied. These results have triggered wide spread publicity
of Meladine in several highly acclaimed publications such as Dermatology
Times, Dermascope, Allure, and Aesthetic Buyers Guide.
"While products in the past have promised
the removal of non-pigmented hair, Meladine has demonstrated lasting
results time and again." says President and CEO of Creative
Technologies, Inc., Dennis R. Jones. "There isn’t a laser
hair removal facility in the world that doesn’t deal with
the frustration of treating white, gray and blonde hair—whether
is it a patient you have to turn down because their hair is not
the right color or the residual 10% vellus hairs that appear in
the patient’s final treatments. We anticipate that FDA clearance
will inspire the additional confidence that doctors and laser hair
removal facilities need to try Meladine in their practices. Meladine
is the safe and effective product that the laser hair removal industry
has been waiting for."
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