Laser Hair Therapies

[Piyu]

Hi Everyone,

I am in Melbourne, Australia. and here we have a lot of laser clinics which promise hair regrowth. I visited a couple of them. The treatment ranges from 5K to 10 K AUD. followed with a life long continuation of their shapoos, hair tonics and some herbal tablets. The shapoos are suppossed to be removing the buildup of surface DHT. the hair tonics and herbal pills promote hair growth. The laser activates hair follicles. Some of the centres also suggested to take some sort of birth control pills. The main treatment is for 8 to 10 months 9in my case) followed by a lifetime usage of their products. Its a big investment and spending probably 50 to 80 $ per month for the rest of your life. Just wanted to check before commencing on any of these, if anyone had tried these and if it worked for them ?

[ShinyObjects]

Whilst never one to degrade a treatment I haven't tried, laser therapy for hair is widely disagreed over and even the evidence that "proves" it works (usually done by a laser company) shows a difference that isn't really visible/noticeable.

Personally, I wouldn't mind trying it, why not? but I think there's a cheaper alternative to the clinics, certainly I don't think 5-10K of Anything is worth it for a trial?

[erin87]

Hi, I've been wondering that too myself.
I live in Madrid, Spain, and the places I've gone to have offered me a treatment that is also pretty expensive. The treatment is similar to the one you described.
In my case, I would have to wash my hair everyday to prevent the acumulation of oil (which is what is causing my hair loss), apply an ampoule on my scalp three times a week, and a laser treatment as well once a week. This would all be for three months and from then on, I would have to use their products to make sure the hair loss doesn't continue.
They didn't garantee regrowth. They did say that because of my age (I'm 19), and the fact that there is still hair on my scalp, it was probable that I would get some of my hair back. But they didn't assure anything. They did insist on the fact that this treatment would at least reduce the oil, "save" the healthy hairs and keep them thick and decrease significantly the hair loss.
I would love to commence the treatment but the money pulls me back. What if this is all a waste of time and (a lot of) money? I wouldn't mind paying it if I could be sure it were to work, but I don't know.
Please let me know if you have any information on the results or if you know anyone who has gone ahead with it. I wish you the best of luck.

[sunny4458]

I used Laser for 6 months where they guaranteed results (hair loss stops) or you would get your money back as a credit towards a hair integration system. Well, I went faithfully and he even let me go 30 mins ea time. Now I have Russian hair extensions bought with the credit from the laser treatments! Thats my story. I can't imagine it works for very many people otherwise the results and experiences would be posted all over this world of Baldphobic people.

[saratee]

I used the hairmax comb for 2 years as instructed and got zero results. didn't see ANY improvement or even decreased shedding.

[Beatles4]

I was thinking of buying the Hairmax lasercomb this Saturday, but after doing some research and reading this, I am not going to do it. I am on minoxidil (for men) 1x day. Seemed to help for year, then I started losing hairs again about 4mths ago. Seems to have slowed down. Could this just have been a shedding phase? My hair has thinned but not bald yet, altho using toppix on top. I am very upset about this....