Comments on: Laser Hair Loss Therapy – Does it work?

By: Will12257

Will12257 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:36:38 +0000

You must combat hairloss from multiple angles if you truly hope to be successful. If the foam leaves your hair crusty and matted down, try using it at night, and use traditional rogaine in the morning. I say this because from my personal experience, if I use the old school rogaine in the morning, although it’s greasy, I can blow dry my hair until it’s completely dried. I use my laser comb every other day with the rogaine routine along with finasteride. I also use nizoral every other day as well. Trust me, if you follow this religiously I guarantee you will at least stop the loss of additional hair, and, more than likely, regrow a considerable amount of lost hair. You will see that your hairloss will taper off after about 2-3 weeks, then, after about 3 months, you will slowly begin to notice your hair filling in a bit. Remember, it’s easier to keep the hair you have. I’m going through this with you all and am trying to share my experience and knowledge.

By: Will12257

Will12257 — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 07:21:21 +0000

Laser therapy, rogaine, finasteride, and nizoral….if used separately, will have minimal if no effects at all. But, if your able to use all of the above together, you can seriously stop hair loss and regrow a significant amount of hair. It’s a daunting task for sure, but if you develop a consistent routine I think you will agree. Obviously, traditional rogaine drys the scalp for most people to the point of disgust, but rogaine foam does not have the same effect because the delivering agent isn’t alcohol (which causes the dryness and flakes).

By: Amelia Passetti

Amelia Passetti — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 00:51:36 +0000

I am not a regular listener or a doctor. I am a hairstylist in San Francisco North Bay area. I am researching ‘laser light therapy’ on hair loss and tuned into the 3 segments on this show that were supposedly about that . There was not very much info here. Two doctors with opposing views and callers talking about transplant problems. I could see why doctors would not want ‘outside’ treatments to work. This is supposedly the new salon treatment available to hairstylists, salon owners. Although Dr. Felling was brutal I agree with ” where is the phenomenon?” where are all the happy clients?? That’s all.

By: Dimarma

Dimarma — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:52:59 +0000

@Jason

Finasteride is found in other medications not specifically intended to treat hair loss [think ProScar and Propecia].

These other medications have higher dosage but easily fixed by cutting individual pills to roughly get the 5mg

Around $50 for something like 3 months or longer. SO much cheaper

By: gicu

gicu — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:55:01 +0000

so what s up with this 93% pozitive results that they keep talking about ?
I just got one from my therapist and I had to return it after reading all this reviews.and what ever mr. stillman said , it s really sad if he makes all those errors. maybe he s in the shoes bussines too and he got all that information scrambled in his head.
I mean …, cccmon !! do you know what you re talking about or shut the heck up.

damn , so many people know things but they don t know shit ,..pardon my french!

By: sara

sara — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:38:05 +0000

ya, even i experienced the same thing. my hair was thin, never had this hairfall problem, in order to make it thicker i went for this low level laser and lost half of my hair. now i have shaved my head and im taking biotin supplement. im really very nervous. im just 22 female. i always think y i went there and cry all day. i just did 5sittings. will i get back my hair? or this so called laser had actually destroyed my hair follicles completely. onething i have learned from this that we should be satisfied with what god has given us.

By: murad

murad — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 11:51:35 +0000

hey guys could u tell me does laser treatment works?

By: seyu

seyu — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:02:04 +0000

First of all, if anyone gives his/her statement about their use of laser treatment, please mention if you use a home-device(comb) or you visit a clinic to do the 15 minutes laser therapy. IMPORTANT

Because it seems can Clinical visits is more efficient than laser comb´s

AND, if you use a clinic, then explain which technology the laser machine is. (Ex. Laser Hair Care 6000XL)

The use of laser treatment have to be 60 times the first year. And 30-40 times the second year

Peoples hairloss is different, some have strong hairloss and some have slow hairloss. For those who have strong hairloss, need also to use rogaine, eat vitamin B and Zink etc….

And work very hard the first year, then the hair will be strong and need less work to be thick

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:45:14 +0000

It seems from this post and others majority of the people who tried laser treatment have not seen any result and even gotten worst. The same is true for me, I tried the lasercomb for about five months properly by the book but my hair loss has gotten worst. I have rarely seen people who claim the laser treatment worked for them. My suggestion is don’t spent money on treatments that don’t work instead accept it and hope for scientific break through to regrow hair in the future.

By: Cosmetic Laser Maintenance

Cosmetic Laser Maintenance — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:13:29 +0000

And Mr. Stillman, there are quite a few other errors in your statements. Too many for a laser company executive:

“TOTAL output of laser wavelength they emit”- This is not true. The efficacy of a laser by wavelength is determined by the total output ENERGY. Wavelength is not energy- it is TYPE of energy or simply put, COLOR.

“For a laser to destroy or remove hair, they have to have a higher wavelength output in the visible light spectrum of around 800 nm”
-This is also not true. First of all, 800nm is near infrared. Most people can’t see beyond 735nm. Second, one of the most common lasers used for hair removal is Alexandrite, which is a 733nm-755nm, depending on the brand, laser.

“And of course, lasers used in surgery to remove lesions have to have an even higher wave length of over 1000 nm to work”- Also not true. In fact, besides CO2 lasers, which are used commonly in surgery, the most common lasers used in surgery are lower than 635nm. For instance, 532nm, or KTP/Yag is often used in various surgical applications. Argon lasers, which operation in lower wavelengths than green (532nm is green) are commonly used for eye surgery. Excimer lasers are even shorter wavelength for the most part.

“just a little higher wave length than that which is required to work for a specific condition, can actually cause a different reaction as between hair growth and destruction”- Though you can rationally say one wavelength over another is more desirable for the stimulation of hair growth, it is erratic to say hair growth is based on wavelength alone. A 655nm laser at 100W would probably burn a hole through your head, and CO2 (10K+nm) at 1mW wouldn’t hurt a fly. Remember- some of the most damaging rays are in the ultraviolet spectrum… far below your 655nm.

“this is not true as it is the TOTAL energy output that is important and NOT the number of lasers it takes to deliver this energy”
-Well, that’s too much a generalized statement. Wouldn’t more DIODES (because we’re talking diodes here, not lasers… and diodes are NOT Light Amplification through Stimulated Emission of Radiation) cover more space? And if these diodes are each putting out an adequate amount of energy to stimulate hair growth… which by common sense would have to be very low, lest they kill the hair follicles (because 655nm CAN damage hair follicles), then wouldn’t a device with more diodes be superior to one with less diodes, and equally adequate output? Take for example skin resurfacing. Fractional skin resurfacing is generally recognized as superior to single laser skin resurfacing (fractional resurfacing splits the LASER beam into several, covering an area of a specific design… like squares or diamonds, depending on the settings). The fractional lasers each put out a far lower output in energy than a single laser. There are more factors to consider than just output energy, especially when speaking of LLLT (low level laser therapy) procedures like hair growth.

So how do you consider which laser to use for home use? You don’t. Lasers that are powerful enough to do anything will NEVER be approved for home use. Lasers which require a 510K are medical devices. In fact, the 510K number the HairMax Lasercomb possesses PROHIBITS is use by anyone other than a physician in most states, and a Certified Medical Esthetician in others. From the 510K approval letter:
“Please be advised that FDA’s issuance of a substantial equivalence determination does not mean that FDA has made a determination that your device complies with other requirements of the Act or any Federal statutes and regulations administered by other Federal agencies. You must comply with all the Act’s requirements, including, but not limited to: registration and listing (21 CFR Part 807); labeling (21 CFR Part 801); good manufacturing practice requirements as set forth in the quality systems (QS) regulation (21 CFR Part 820); and if applicable, the electronic product radiation control provisions (Sections 531-542 of the Act); 21 CFR 1000-1050.”

This means you are also bound to 21 CFR 1040.10-11, and that your device is regulated as a MEDICAL LASER. It was found substantially equivalent to (from the 510K approval letter):
“The LaserComb has the same intended use of affecting hair growth as its preamendments hair growth predicate devices and its laser hair removal predicates.”

It is NOT approved for home use.