Laser Hair Restoration is the Painless Way to New Hair

Laser hair restoration includes a range of treatments that all use laser light to stimulate the existing hair follicles to become productive again after going into their dormant phase. The Laser Luce LDS 100 is one example of this type of treatment that has shown some good results in customer trials. Some of these trials have been done on a scientific basis using controls involving comparisons with placebo treatments. Most trials use a 6 month baseline to judge their effectiveness. The LDS trials have results of treatments extending up to 1 year.

Laser hair restoration treatments all use low level power lasers at specific frequencies of light. It is the frequency that gives the characteristics of each method. LCD 100 uses laser light in the Infra red range of light frequencies. The power is important in terms of the laser light as well. Higher power lasers are used in industry to cut materials such as steel sheets. It is important to realize that the laser light in such hair treatment apparatus is of such a low power that it won't even burn the skin let alone cut into it.

The laser light in the Laser Luce procedure works by stimulating the skin cells in the scalp and in particular those that make up the hair follicles. At the cellular level it has been shown that respiration is stimulated making the cells more active. Cell membranes become more active in the movement of mineral ions across them. The production of proteins is stimulated at the genetic level and metabolic activity is promoted. The increased movement across membranes tends to allow these conditions to be spread from one cell to another. At the tissue level all this new activity promotes the spread of the blood capillary networks connecting the scalp cells. The net result of all this increased activity is that the supply of oxygen and nutrients to the hair follicles is greatly increased. It is thought that this can cause hair follicles, which have started to wither away, to reawaken and start to produce healthy hair once again. Hair production is therefore stimulated and there should be an increase in the amount of hair and the general thickness. Continued treatment should maintain the hair growth that has been established.

For the patient the treatment couldn't be simpler. It involves sitting under a device shaped like a dome. The inside of the dome is covered in special diodes that produce the laser light. These diodes flash repeatedly illuminating the scalp with the laser light. The scalp absorbs the light, which activates the hair follicles. During the treatment there is no pain and the patient can read a magazine to pass the time. At the end of the session the patient doesn't have to recover and can return home straight away.

Clinical trials have to establish if new hair has been produced and that the treatment being tested is responsible for the results seen. The use of people taking a placebo treatment is the method used to make sure that the laser procedure is the causative agent. These people follow the same treatment but no laser light is actually used. Hair counts, before and after photographs and patient self assessment are methods used to establish the extent of hair regrowth. Results from recent trials have shown that LDS 100 hair counts increased over a 6 month period and that these results were maintained over the next 6 month period. In contrast, those using the placebo confirmed the natural loss of hair that one would expect. The results of photographic records show that the peak of hair restoration is achieved between 6 and 12 months of treatment.

Laser hair restoration using the Laser Luce procedure offers a painless way for men and women to regain hair that has been lost. The results of trials have shown that the laser light not only promotes new hair but then goes on to maintain it by providing the optimum conditions for the hair follicles to survive.
There are a number of laser hair restoration treatments that claim to regrow hair. Only with all of the facts at hand can people be expected to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages without having to just accept sales hype. Further information on the alternatives for people looking into hair replacement and hair treatment can be found on T J Vincent's web site Laser Hair Restoration

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