The Acceptance of Laser Hair Therapy by Physicians

Hot lasers have multiple applications in medicine. They are used in a plethora of different sub-fields, ranging from cancer treatment, surgical procedures, medical diagnosis, cosmetic dermatology and dentistry, amongst many others. Human tissue gets vaporized, cancer tumors are eradicated and laser mammograms are performed with accuracy. Hot lasers in medicine have become an irreplaceable tool. No one has ever really questioned the validity and use of hot lasers in medicine, because the results are somewhat instantaneous and irrefutable.

This isn’t the case, however, for their cooler cousins– cold lasers. Cold lasers use light at energy densities much lower than hot lasers in a process referred to as Low-Level Laser Therapy (LLLT). While other trivial types of cold laser applications, such as storing information on CDs and DVDs, scanning prices with bar codes, and laser printers are today viewed as mainstream, cold laser therapy in medicine is still glanced upon with a skeptical brow.

Cold lasers accelerate the healing process, increase microcirculation and reduce inflammation and pain. Since we possess the same cell structure throughout our entire body, cold laser is effective for remedying an impressive abundance of different diseases. This includes hair growth treatments such as laser hair therapy. Yet there are still some major cold laser therapy adoption challenges in the medical world, whether used as a hair growth treatment for women or to treat male pattern baldness.

One of the problems present in accepting laser hair therapy as a perfectly valid and effective hair growth treatment for women or for men is time. Unlike, say, using a hot laser to irradiate melanoma for instance, treating female and male pattern baldness with laser hair therapy doesn’t only take patience, time, and consistency while undergoing treatment; a combination of perfect variables used in the fabrication of an LLLT device, such as power output, energy dosage, hair growth treatment time, wavelength and light coherence is also required for laser hair therapy to be effective. In other words, cold laser technology for hair growth must go through a multitude of tests, and hundreds of research papers must be written to satisfy the medical community. Pharmaceutical drugs can take about 7 to 14 years to gain acceptance amongst physicians; however any type of equipment that uses the laws of physics to diagnose or treat a disease (such as an MRI machine) typically needs thrice that amount of time.

Today, physicians are not taught the applications of cold laser therapy, and there is not a single course on laser hair therapy offered in medical school. Keep in mind that there are 141 medical schools in the U.S. that grant MD (Doctor of Medicine) degrees, and 31 institutions that offer DO (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) diplomas. Furthermore, insurances do not usually cover the cost of any type of cold laser therapy, for it is still deemed experimental, investigational or unproven.

In spite of this, the applications of cold laser therapy are gradually expanding from Eastern and Asian countries, where they are regarded as mainstream, and coming into America. The applications of laser hair therapy as a hair growth treatment for women or men are gradually gaining more and more accreditation amongst the medical community. Articles from around the world, written by experts, scientists, and doctors are publishing their clinical studies regarding hair loss conditions, such as female and male pattern baldness, alopecia areata, and chemotherapy-induced hair loss, including the manufacturing of different types of laser hair therapy units. Their findings are often published in reputed international journals that focus on the fields of dermatology, cosmetology, hair restoration and plastic surgery. Overall, more than 3000 articles have been published on laser hair therapy and over 170 double blind studies have been conducted. About 200 new studies are added each year to PubMed, an online medical site put together by the National Center of Biotechnology.

Don’t forget that laser hair therapy has been in practice for over 40 years, and we are now entering an era where cutting edge technology can offer clinical strength laser hair growth treatments that are convenient, effective, and safe for both men and women. The TheradomeTM LH80 PRO, for instance, is an OTC, FDA-cleared laser helmet equipped with 80 proprietary laser diodes that deliver an optimal energy dosage to the base of hair follicles for effective photobiostimulation. Its convenient, hands-free and cordless functionality cannot be trumped by any other laser hair therapy helmet out on the market today. Visit us online at www.theradome.com to find out more.

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