Spencer Kobren, host of the nationally syndicated radio show, “The Bald Truth,” invites Dr. Alan Bauman and Dr. Alan Feller to discuss the efficacy of low level light lasers being used for the treatment of hair loss
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I have been doing laser therapy for 2 months now. I am a woman, age 30, who has minimal diffused thinning all over the top of my head. It is working for me! I has thickened up my existing hair and patchiness in some areas has DISAPPEARED. I believe it is a great therapy for those with a small amount of loss. I think those that have a more progressed problem may have difficulty seeing results from it. I has helped me so far and I am confident that by 6 months my problem will be resolved. Dr. Feller is too closed minded about this therapy.
I am neither a doctor nor an engineer, but I can provide a simple explanation for why grocery store checkout clerks do not grow hair on their hands as a result of scanning items with a laser (one of Dr. Feller’s counterpoints).
The palms of the hands – along with the soles of the feet – are the few areas on the human body where there are no hair follicles. In addition, the hairs on the reverse side of the hands are what are called terminal hairs, meaning that they do not grow past a certain length and they maintain a particular thickness (or thinness, in fact).
Hairs on the head are NOT terminal hairs – meaning that they do have the potential to keep growing, long and thick, up until a certain point. When the hair on your head thins, it’s not that hairs “become” terminal hairs, but rather the follicle becomes choked and clogged.
I dont know neither Dr. Baumen or Feller, and plan on consulting both of them on hair transplants in the future. But heres what i have to say about my experience with the laser. The laser they are refering to is a fancy name for basic red light therapy. that is red light at a very specific wave lenghth. i first discovered light therapy as an acne treatment in a blue light, which greatly cleared my skin. it was offered in-office treatment with a huge bright led machine. they also used red light on my skin, which in turn took the redness out of my skin, and reduced all my swelling and redness in my face. So red light basically targets swelling. Well what does DHT do to the follicle? im sure alot of things, including sweling, which would choke the follicle and squeeze the hair i would imagine. I went online and found blue and red LED lights meant for the same acne treatments they do in-office, and bought them for my home. i bought an arm mount to hold my red light, and mounted it behind my couch. i sit under the red LED light for an hour sometimes, usually 2-3 times a week. and i have definitely noticed my hair is thicker, i can’t see my scalp as easily. it also takes the redness out of my face, the point is, it is penetrating my skin. Any swelling, or redness(whereever there is redness, like my face) is going away. i can only assume that if i see a difference in the skin on my face, it has to be effecting the skin at some level on my scalp. Im also curious to know myself, if the blue light (which is meant to kill bacteria, like acne causing bacteria) will kill dandruff? is dandruff a bacteria, like acne? if so, then a combo red led and blue led, light would also benefit the scalp, which im searching for.
Also, i know for a fact, blue light has been published in the Harvard medical journals, as being proven to kill bacteria, not speculative or therory. it actaully causes oxygen on a microscopic level to move into the bacteria cells. If blue light has been medically “prooven” to effect skin, why cant other wavelengths of light(red light, hair lasers) possibly do the same thing?
Ok, just got done listening to segment 3. oh my god, when i heard what in-office hair lasers cost a year, i alomost fainted. i am a big fan of Dr. Baumen, and im sure his machine is Superior to any comb, or any other light product period. Just as the blue acne lights in the dermatologists office are far superior to the home versions. But for my fellow man, the waiters, that are my best frineds and cant afford 4k a yr for in-office light/laser therapy. the home version of a strong red led light (NOT A battery COMB) i mean i a real, screw-in light bulb, that is full of red leds, and runs off a regular plug. they do exsist, and are working for me. i found them at “intelligentacnetreatment.com” i do not work for the company, im not even sure if im allowed to mention their name. but they sell these red leds, and they’re strong. they do not advertise their red lights for the scalp or hair, only for rosecha and red skin, but the wavelengths of red light published for the hair lasers, and skin lasers are in the same parameters. ive actaully emailed them to help them promote that product for hair as well, as for the skin. i also bought a strong heavyduty snake arm light holder, to hold the 1 lb light bulb, it is heavy.