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What Is Laser Hair Rejuvenation Therapy?

Laser Hair Rejuvenation is a “NEW” non-surgical scientific approach to treating hair loss, thinning hair, baldness and problems associated with the scalp. Laser Hair Rejuvenation is a tested method using low level laser energy, or “soft” laser light to effectively treat the appearance of hair loss.
The Laser Hair Rejuvenation non-surgical treatments utilize a device containing therapeutic low level lasers developed in Europe. The treatment delivers light energy directly from rotating laser positions designed to cosmetically treat the appearance of thin, fine, damaged hair. Physicians are praising this technology as an effective treatment.

The Evolution of Laser Hair Rejuvenation

In 1964, Professor Andre Mester began experimenting with the use of low-power laser energy in Budapest, Hungary.

In his experiments with wound treatment on mice, he noticed rapid healing due to microcirculation of blood supply. This healing was also obvious in Laser Hair Rejuvenation treatment of diabetic patients suffering with dystrophic sores. He was amazed to find sores that would not otherwise heal were healed, and he also observed the appearance of accelerated hair growth and thickening of hair in the treated areas. Today NASA is using Low Level Lasers to heal wounds of there astronauts in space.

This theory through its evolution has since been refined and is widely becoming one of the most popular non-invasive hair loss treatments.

What Causes Hair Loss Or Thinning Hair?

What Are The Benefits Of Laser Hair Rejuventation?

Who Is The Best Candidate For Laser Hair Rejuvenation?

Generally men in the early stages of male pattern baldness and women who are experiencing a general thinning of the density throughout. Laser Hair Rejuvenation is the long anticipated answer for the hair transplant specialist challenged by the ineligibility to perform transplant procedures on certain individuals primarily due to the following scenarios:

• Patients with early stages of hair loss. (Thinning areas where the existing hair is still too close together to warrant an incision between the existing hairs.)
• Women that experience general thinning throughout including the sides and back area where a transplant specialist would typically harvest the donor site.

Is Laser Hair Rejuvenation Safe?

Yes! The Laser Hair Rejuvenation devise, (which is classified as a Certified Class IIIA cosmetic laser) is recognized by the FDA and is approved for cosmetic use in the United States. The energy produced by the photons does not have the thermal component to cause thermal injuries to users or operators.

Top Reasons For Hair Loss

Family history

A genetic predisposition of hormonal balances and imbalances, as well as the conversion of testosterone into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) can be inherited from either your mother’s or father’s side of the family. Throughout our lives, testosterone and estrogen levels that convert into DHT can cause hair loss.

Aging

As we get older, both men and women experience some hair loss. It is a normal part of the aging process and often runs in families and affects some people more than others. In men it is often referred to as Male Pattern Baldness.

Stress and Trauma

Increased levels of stress may produce increased levels of testosterone, which converts to DHT and interrupts the hair growth cycle. Stress or trauma can also constrict blood supply to the capillaries, causing a lack of oxygen, and poor vitamin and nutrient absorption for hair follicles.

Nutrition and Diet

High consumption of animal fats (such as those found in fast food), vitamin A, or rapid weight loss reduces the amounts of amino acids and vitamin assimilation needed for hair growth. Poor nutrition, biotin and iron deficiencies, limited food intake, and liquid protein diets can cause hair loss.

Health

Not all healthy bodies produce beautiful, healthy hair! Malfunction of the hormone producing thyroid (hyperthyroid and hypothyroid disease) is a known health-related cause of hair loss. The side effects of the medications used to treat thyroid diseases can also cause hair loss. Pregnant women, generally considered healthy, can also experience hair loss, generally associated with temporary hormonal changes in the body.

Medications

The side effects of drugs can cause hair loss, as hair follicles are super-sensitive to changes. Birth control, for example, is a hormone and almost any hormonal therapy can potentially cause hair loss. Steroids, specific chemotherapies as well as many blood pressure, diabetic, heart disease and acne medications can cause temporary or permanent hair loss.

Environment

Our scalps are continuously exposed to air pollutants, chlorine, metals, minerals and water pollution. Pollutants from the environment, such as pseudo- estrogens (estrogen mimics) and toxins from within our body can play a role in hair loss. In addition, free radicals (the phototoxic effects of sunlight) are formed when ordinary sunlight (or the light from fluorescent tubes or tanning beds) strikes and penetrates the skin. These harmful UV rays can unnaturally age the skin cells and may be associated with hair loss.

Conclusions

In order to understand how it works, you need to know the basics of how hair grows and replaces itself. Hair usually grows for several years and then falls out. The root then rests for several weeks before starting to re-grow new hair. This cycle continues throughout your life. However, with age, some people replace fewer or thinner hairs resulting in a thinner head and eventual baldness. Baldness does not occur because hair falls out; baldness is caused because it doesn’t grow back.

LLLT, used on a regular basis, strengthens and regenerates hair roots. This slows, and in some cases, reverses the degenerative hair loss cycle. It is a non-surgical scientific approach to aiding in the treatment of hair loss, thinning hair, and scalp problems. Once the hair roots are dead, nothing can be done to restore them, so the sooner treatment is started the better the results. The therapeutic pure red light provided by the low level, or “cold” laser, stimulates blood supply to the hair bulb and scalp, increasing the number of red blood cells that deliver vital oxygen and nutrients. The result is a restorative and reparative chain reaction that clears the debris from the hair shafts, swells the cortex, and closes the cuticle leading to a healthier scalp and hair that looks and feels softer, thicker, and shinier and is more manageable. Used in conjunction with specially formulated treatments, shampoos and conditioners, laser light therapy delivers even more benefits.