2. When it comes to hair regrowth, laser
therapies don’t come to mind first. In fact, it
can be taken for a hair removal process – not
the other way around. This is a serious
misconception. It is true that lasers are
popularly used in the medical field mostly
during surgeries. However, this refers to a non-
therapeutic type of laser – the one which is not
used in hair laser regrowth.
There are two types of lasers: high level laser and low level laser. For
hair regrowth, a low level laser is used. Low level laser is a coherent low
power light which doesn’t produce heat, sound, or vibration. Therefore, low
level laser cannot remove the hair nor cut through or burn skin as opposed
to high level lasers. What it does is exactly otherwise.
3. Low level laser has been utilized for more than 30 years primarily for
wound healing, alcohol addiction, and treating other several conditions.
Since hair loss has always been a tormenting problem to half of the
world’s population—both men and women, low level laser therapy is also
now being used in the hair care industry as a hair loss therapy.
The credit goes to Professor Endre Mester who, around 1960s, incidentally
discovered how hair grew faster and thicker under low level laser light.
Today, low level lasers are used for cosmetic development as approved by
the FDA.
Hair laser regrowth therapy is as competent as other hair loss treatments
that may come as medications or hair replacement systems. Also it
doesn’t have any side-effects and considered as a non-significant risk laser
according to international standards.
4. Laser therapy is said to work on the principle of photo-biostimulation
wherein light energy becomes cellular energy. This revitalizes the
mitochondria and increases ATP production – compels resting hair to
go back into growth phase. Another study, on the one hand, stated that
laser therapy improves the blood circulation in the scalp – allowing hair
restoration.
Still little is scientifically known about laser therapy. Its effect could
only be limited to the 2,500 studies done about it. Compared to other
treatments, laser therapy is probably the only less explored treatment.
But it doesn’t mean it is in any way less effective. In fact, a peer-
reviewed journal indicated that handheld hair laser regrowth devices
are effective in moderating the progression of hair loss. Only that, it
only treats mild cases of pattern baldness or hair loss.
5. Laser therapies can be performed in clinics or at home. Clinical laser
therapies are typically conducted at least twice a week for the first 6
weeks and for the next 4 months, once a week. Home therapy, that is
using a handheld device, should be done once a day for 10 minutes at
least. Results can already show as early as 12 weeks and within a full
year, there should already be visible results.
Office-based laser therapy is pricier than handheld laser devices. Still,
trying a hair laser regrowth system may produce results one never had
with other forms of treatments.