We are bombarded with “the Latest” as so many different companies compete for our dollar in the race to “stay younger looking”. We are hearing about skin rejuvenation, laser hair restoration, dark spot correctors and cellulite removal. Science is definitely improving…but it is hard to believe that ALL of the products out there actually work.
I recently read about “in home” cell therapy. It is a pill that contains an extraction of the DNA of certain deep water marine life which is touted to restore everything from cartilage to collagen. It is said to remove everything from headaches to wrinkles. Nowhere in the article, however, did I see any form of guarantee. In one ad it even says that one 60 year old woman’s skin improved so much she no longer “needed her regular Botox treatments.” Crazy…I didn’t realize that I might NEED Botox…perhaps I should look closer in the mirror! Wanting to look younger and needing to look younger have become interchangeable verbs in this “don’t grow old” society.
The term “in home” is a new buzzword that means that we no longer have to take the time or the gas money to drive to a clinic or office and none of our friends need to know that we are doing any type of treatment at all! We order on line and just about anything arrives in a few days in a “discreetly wrapped” package. We don’t have to fess up to any kind of treatment…and I’m sure there ARE actually “in home” treatments that work.
One product that has actually been on the market for decades, but finally made it to the “in home” stage is laser hair therapy. An easy to hold, laser hair brush is used as a thinning hair treatment for only 15-20 minutes every other day. It’s red or cool wavelength lasers target the hair follicles just below the scalp and cause increased blood flow to the base of the follicles to stimulate production. Hair grows thicker and shinier from each active follicle.
Now, they do NOT promise that hair will grow from a follicle that is already dead…but they do have a complete money back guarantee that you will see your thinning spots fill in and your overall hair quality will improve! Not too long ago, these treatments were only available in salons and dermatology clinics. Folks who had lost hair due to cancer treatments, patients recovering from hair transplant surgery and men and women with early balding patterns have been success stories. This treatment for thinning hair was costly and time consuming. Now, for a single fee of less than $600 for the best brand (the one with the most actual lasers..35…and a pulsing laser format) you can improve your hair quality and quantity right at home. The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser also has a curved faceplate that targets more scalp for the treatment time and offers a hands-free stand so you can work at your computer, read or whatever at the same time you are getting the benefits…without having to leave home. Rechargeable batteries keep the running costs down and lets you take it with you when you travel.
All this beats taking a pill or wearing a wig and certainly avoids the costs and downtime of surgery. No needles, drugs or clinic visits are needed and use of the laser hair brush for hair loss is a natural hair loss treatment that actually works…”in home”!
