Tue 29 May 2007
Laser Hair Therapy – is it really FDA Approved?
Category: General Hair Loss Topics , Hair Loss News , Low Level Laser , ScamsRecently there has been a great deal of discussion and controversy about the recent FDA approval of low level laser therapy. Some members of our discussion forum feel that the marketers of these low level laser hair loss treatments have been misrepresenting this very limited approval for safety by presenting it as if it were an endorsement of their effectiveness in treating hair loss.
In reality the FDA approval for devices like the Laser Max Hair Comb is not based on any measure of their effectiveness as a hair loss treatment. Rather such laser hair therapy devices have merely been FDA approved recently for being non harmful.
Yet the marketers of these low level laser hair therapies have been cleverly touting their products FDA approval in press releases and their advertisements as if it were now proven to be an effective FDA approved hair loss product like Rogaine or Minoxidil.
To learn more about this hot topic and view some of the debate, visit the following discussion forum topics:
What does FDA Approval of Low Light Laser Therapy really mean?
Dr. Alan Feller’s rebuttal of laser hair therapy used by Advanced Hair Studio
Dr. Bauman advocates that laser therapy MIGHT have some benefit.
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- Does Low Level Laser Therapy Help Fight Against Hair Loss?
- Laser Therapy for Hair Loss: Medical Marvel or Quackery
- Is it Safe to Use the Laser Comb After a Hair Transplant?
- Why Laser Therapy Might Assist in Treating Hair Loss
- FDA approve HairMax Lasercomb – Laser Hair Therapy
December 28th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
What is the deal with Laser hair regrowth? Does it work as well as the topical solutions? How does this differ from rogaine or caproxen?
December 29th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Ben,
Whether or not laser therapy is an effective hair loss treatment has been heavily debated on our hair loss disussion forum. There are some hair restoration physicians who would say that laser therapy is as effective as proven topical treatments such as Rogaine 2% while others believe that it won’t provide any real benefit. After speaking with several leading hair restoration physicians who regularly use laser therapy as a part of their practice, I feel that laser therapy may help prevent further thinning and may increase the number of terminal hairs on the scalp. In my opinion, laser therapy may have marginal benefit in some patients, especially when combined with other proven treatments. In other patients, it may have no effect.
Best wishes,
Bill Seemiller (Falceros)
Associate Publisher/Editor