Patent attributes
A hair-root applicator (10) of the present invention includes: a comb-teeth part (13) in which a plurality of comb teeth (12) are erected from a surface of a comb-teeth base (14); and a container (11) for containing a hair dye as a coating agent. This hair-root applicator is an applicator capable of applying, to hair-root sections of the hair, the hair dye supplied from the container (11) to the comb teeth (12). Each comb tooth (12) includes a comb-tooth body part (15) having a function of combing the hair, and a tip-end elastically deformable part (16) that is provided contiguously to the tip end of the comb-tooth body part (15) and that is made of a soft resin. A liquid introduction path (17) for the coating agent is provided inside the comb-tooth body part (15). A discharge port (17a) of the liquid introduction path (17) is opened so as to be arranged in the vicinity of the tip-end elastically deformable part (16).