The Best Defense against Hair Loss

Hair loss is a dreaded event to many people, but unfortunately, if you have the hair loss genes, losing your hair is inevitable. You are not alone as hair loss or pattern baldness affects over 50 million people in the US and many people spend hundreds of dollars on questionable products that claim to effectively treat the condition to no avail. Most annoying is the fact that hair loss is sometimes not taken seriously and is many times the topic of late-night comedy. How many of you have heard the trite advice, “Hair loss? Wear a hat!”

You can easily recognize male- and female-pattern baldness (also known as alopecia or common baldness) as it is the most common form of hair loss in men and women. Individuals with male-pattern baldness usually start to see a receding hairline with the hair at the temple areas. This is followed by hair gradually receding to form an “M” pattern.

As the condition progresses, the hair on the crown of your head begins to thin and eventually this developing bald spot may lead to overall baldness. Over time, hair in a horse-shoe pattern around the sides of the head is all that is left. Female-pattern hair loss usually takes the form of overall thinning rather than receding hair as it does in males. Hair density or the number of follicles per square inch of scalp usually drops by half or more over a period of several years for those with the condition.

In addition to the change in hair pattern, there is also a change in hair appearance. Any remaining hair usually is thinner and grows below the normal rate. The shape of the hair often changes from long, thick, and pigmented hair into fine and unpigmented or vellus hair.

So for you, even though hair loss may be a fact of life, there are some effective treatments to help you fight against it. One such treatment solution is the use of laser combs, a home-use medical device that has been proven to work in clinical studies involving 400 subjects in promoting hair growth and helping to prevent further hair loss.

It is thought that laser phototherapy applied to the scalp directly by a laser comb affects the hair follicle by a process called photo-bio-stimulation, which leads to production of thicker and fuller hair. The nourishing laser light bathes the scalp and the cells of the hair follicles, causing an increase in energy production which helps to stimulate hair growth.