Until recently, people associated lasers with stopping hair growth. But now lasers are being used to regrow hair and stop additional hair from falling out.
Laser hair regrowth can be of great benefit to people concerned about the side effects and costs of other hair regrowing methods like propecia, rogaine, or hair transplant surgury.
How Hair Lasers Work
Laser hair regrowth helps repair damaged hair follicles that are no londer functioning correctly. The laser light promotes cellular healing by increasing blood flow in the scalp and stimulates the follicle to produce healthy hair again. With this increased blood flow your hair follicles that were once dormant are stimulated to start growing hair again. The exposure time needed for hair regrowth laser therapy is generally 10-30 minutes.
Hair Laser Side Effects
There are rarely any negative side effects when using a lasers to regrow hair. Occasionally sensitive skinned individuals may report some slight skin drying, but this is usually due to irritaion from the headpiece itself and not the laser.
Things To Consider When Using a Hair Laser
Hair regrowth from lasers works best if the areas being treated are not completely bald. This is because the longer the hair follicle has been dormant the harder it is to “bring back to life”. So the earlier you can start the better your chances are for hair growth.
For hair regrowth to occur, several exposures to the laser are required. You must also continue treatment if you want the results to be permanent. Most types of hair laser treatment expose the area to a broad all encompassing laser light. These treatments are usually done a private medical clinics. But the hair loss
treatment can also be found at spas and cosmetic surgeons offices. Unfortunately, this treatment is rarely covered by insurance.
