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In your first consultation with a practitioner, you should clearly explain your expectations of the laser hair loss therapy treatment. Your practitioner should then tell you whether this is the right treatment for you and whether it can achieve the results you’d like.
Make sure that you obtain as much information as necessary to enable you to make a fully informed decision about this procedure.
The practitioner should also ask for your medical history to make sure that there are no reasons why you shouldn’t undergo low-level laser treatment. At this point, you would also normally be asked to sign a consent form which means that you have understood the future benefits and possible risks associated with the procedure.
Photographs of the area to be treated may also be taken by the practitioner for a “before and after” comparison later.
During treatment the laser therapy machine sits over your head. The laser hood is a static device which holds a number of laser diodes. It looks exactly the same as a hooded dryer you see ladies sat under at the hairdressers. The diodes omit a specific wavelength and frequency of light, delivering low level light therapy to the hair follicles.
You do not feel anything at all under the machine and the session takes about 25 minutes.
Repeat treatments are required weekly for approximately 6 months, depending on the extent of hair loss.
As well as sessions under the laser device, you will normally also be given specific hair care and hair re-growth products for at-home use, in combination with the laser therapy, to try and achieve the best results possible.