Are Laser Combs an Effective Alternative to Other Hair-Loss Treatments?

lThe laser comb is a proven tool for fighting hair loss, but it’s still not quite as popular in the industry as more established types of hair-loss treatment. This is likely to change with time, as other treatments tend to provide mixed results at best, while laser combs use 21st-century technology to promote hair regrowth at an incredible level. But before we entirely dismiss those other hair-loss treatments, let’s look at how they work and examine why the laser comb is more effective.

1. Finasteride: Finasteride, which is commonly sold under the brand name of Propecia, works by inhibiting a type of enzyme that converts testosterone into a hormone that gradually causes the follicles in the scalp to stop functioning. Clinical studies have shown that, when taken daily, Finasteride causes positive results in about 60% of the cases. But looking more closely at those positive results, many of those positive cases merely result in the slowing, rather than the reversal, of hair loss.

Laser combs, on the other hand, go much further. Rather than simply slowing hair loss as a temporary stop-gap measure, the laser has permanent results and can even cause dead follicles to start functioning again.

2. Minoxidil: Minoxidil, popularly known by its brand name Rogaine, has been around for a while, and when taken daily it has similar effects to those of Finasteride. When its hair-loss effects were first discovered in the early 90s, Minoxidil was considered to be a revolutionary treatment for male pattern baldness. While that was well and good for the early 90s, times have changed, and people are now demanding more effective solutions. The patchy and uncertain hair-loss reversal that Minoxidil can bring is simply not good enough when compared to treatments such as the laser comb.

3. Herbal treatments: In anti-hair loss circles there are always a few rumors going around about certain herbal wonder treatments that supposedly use natural ingredients to reverse hair loss. While there are some herbal remedies such as saw palmetto that can pretty well emulate the effects of Minoxidil and Finasteride, there have been no herbal treatments yet discovered that go beyond those prescription treatments. In other words, if you’re going to resort to herbal treatments, you might as well just use one of the two above medication, as they’re typically cheaper and more effective. Again, none come close to the effectiveness of the laser comb, so one may be better off simply skipping everything else.

4. Surgical procedures: If you have thousands of bucks to drop on hair renewal, then certain surgical procedures may actually do you well. However, most of us don’t have that kind of money to spend, and some of us aren’t even eligible for such treatments. Of course, the only way to know for sure is to talk to your doctor. Otherwise, if you don’t want to drop that kind of money, the laser comb can be just as effective as any surgical treatment. In fact, it uses very similar technology to that used by laser surgery for hair renewal.