Cold Lasers in Action: Laser Hair Loss Treatment

A beautiful hair often produces the words competent, healthy, and attractive.

With hair loss, these words rarely fit. Hair loss is often the source of much insecurity for many of us. The major problem about hair loss is that while it is not deadly, it degrades the quality of life.

Baldness keeps a person from going out and enjoying the good things in life with friends, families, and especially with a potential mate. Certainly, only those that suffer from it will fully understand the essence of a good image in order to fit in.

The loss of hair can be reversed successfully without the need for drugs or surgeries. Low Level Laser Therapy is now widely practiced as a hair restoration technique in Europe and the U.S.A. Laser hair loss treatment is chemical-free, non-invasive, and does not cause any side effects.

LLLT is the application of low energy lasers—which have been known for positive benefits on the living cells—on the areas of baldness to stimulate hair growth through photobiostimulation and vasodilation. Low-level lasers only render up to 100 watts, which is why they cannot burn or cut.

By photobiostimulation, the cell’s available energy increases, thus increasing cellular production. During hair loss, the hair follicle cells are mostly in a dormant state. Low level lasers wake up these follicle cells to stimulate hair growth.

Through vasodilation, on the other hand, the food and oxygen supply of the hair follicles increases as the small blood vessels expand, allowing better blood circulation.

Unfortunately, LLLT doesn’t work on all types of alopecia. Laser hair loss treatment is mostly recommend for mild to moderate cases of androgenetic alopecia or pattern baldness, wherein the follicles are still in a dormant, not dead, state.

Hair loss due to viral or bacterial infections such as cicatricial alopecia cannot be treated with LLLT. There is evidence to suggest that laser hair loss treatment may be effective in addressing the problem of alopecia areata, a condition believed to be autoimmune. However, there is no conclusive study to spur a wide-scale treatment of AA through LLLT.

Gone today, hair tomorrow: The bald truth behind celebrity hair transplants

After years of sporting gradually thinning hair, Declan Donnelly’s thatch is looking thicker than ever, sparking speculation he’s had a hair transplant.
Friends of the Britain’s Got Talent host have suggested his barnet is down to revolutionary pills that stimulate hair growth.
One type of tablet could be celebrity favourite Propecia, the £1-a-day prescription pills “increase the growth of hair on the scalp and prevent hair loss in men with mild to moderate baldness”.
But the Geordie TV star isn’t the only star to tackle his tresses.
Here’s the bald truth behind these celebrity hair transplants…

Wayne Rooney

The Manchester United star decided to take action against his receding hairline after teammates nicknamed him Bobby Charlton.
The 26-year-old underwent follicular unit extraction at a clinic in Harley Street, which cost an estimated £13,500, and proudly shared the news on Twitter.
Posting a picture of his bloodied scalp, he wrote: “Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not. I’m delighted with the result.
“It’s still a bit bruised and swollen when it dies down u will be first to see it. Anyone ¬recommend any good hair gel. Haha.”

Louis Walsh

The X Factor judge splashed out £30,000 on a hair transplant after Simon Cowell told him he was going thin on top.
The 59-year-old had the procedure done at Hair Restoration Blackrock (HRBR) in Dublin by Dr Maurice Collins who specialises in Ultra Refined Follicular Unit Transplantation (URFUT).
The Irishman said his fellow judges all knew about the secret op, adding: ““I keep telling Gary he needs it next.
“I always clock him glancing at my hair on the show. I’m giving Gary the number so hopefully he can get that bald patch at the back of his head sorted out.”

James Nesbitt

Fellow Irishman James also visited HRBR after his hair loss became an “obsession” which he felt would impact on his career.
The Cold Feet actor underwent two hair transplants at the clinic and was so pleased with the results he even appeared in a video testimonial.
The 47-year-old said: “Several years ago, I began losing my hair and like a lot of men it was a major concern to me, in fact it was practically an obsession.
“Since then I have had two hair transplants and I am very pleased with the results. In fact, I’d go as far as to say they’ve changed my life.”

Gordon Ramsay

The TV chef’s attempt at a subtle hair transplant was foiled when he suffered what appeared to be an allergic reaction to the anaesthetic used in his procedure.
The 45-year-old was snapped leaving the Alvi Armani centre in Beverly Hills wearing a black surgical cap around his head. He was later spotted in LA with a swollen face.
It is thought the foul-mouthed foodie was given the same follicular unit extraction treatment as Rooney by hair transplant guru Dr Antonio Armani.
He reportedly spent 12 hours having follicles removed from thicker patches of his scalp which were then reinserted into his thinning hairline.

Rob Brydon

The Gavin and Stacey actor was pictured with a mysteriously thicker head of hair in 2009, fuelling rumours he’d had a hair transplant.
Although he had never confirmed whether or not he has had treatment, when asked about the rumours he joked: “For some time now my head has been feeling a lot warmer but I was unable to put my finger on the reason why.”

Jason Gardiner

After years of hiding under hats, the Dancing on Ice judge forked out £30,000 for a hair transplant last year
The 40-year-old was delighted with the results after undergoing a lengthy treatment process, which included an eight-hour operation the waiting almost a year for the results to grow through.
In a bid to raise awareness of hair transplants, the star’s second procedure was broadcast live on the internet as part of Spencer Kobren's hair loss show The Bald Truth.