We all want it NOW…whatever IT is. I am reading about “exercise in a pill”, “flabby belly eliminators”, “fat dissolving injections” and now “ cloning hair” to solve the age old need for a thinning hair treatment. Of course I remember when thinking that a botulism toxin being injected into my body was crazy! Now it’s the norm. So these other ideas may not be far off in the future either…including a way to clone our hair!
Men usually lose hair in specific parts of their head. This enables hair transplant companies to “harvest” hair from the thicker parts of the head and transfer them to areas where hair is thinning. Women on the other hand usually lose hair all over the head at the same rate, so it is harder to take hair from an area that is already thinning and producing thinner hair strands. The latest cloning idea allows hair to be grown “off site” (in a lab) and transplanted all over the head. This means that a dime sized area of hair can be turned into a whole head of possible implants.
This sounds like it would be an ideal female hair loss treatment. All of this sounds GREAT until you read the fine print! First of all, that would be very costly. It also seems like it would be a lot of surface area and a lot of pain and it would probably need to be done over a long time span to be tolerated. The success of the actual cloning procedure is not expected to happen for another 2-3 years though…and the actual time frame for FDA approval and use is expected to be 10 years for now.
There HAS to be a faster and an easier way to get a fuller head of hair! I believe the best natural hair loss treatment is laser hair restoration. There are several companies out there that offer a laser hair brush or laser hair comb that uses surface lasers pinpointed to the depth of the hair follicles. The laser energy stimulates blood flow and therefore cellular activity in the region. Hair shafts become thicker, hair fuller and shinier and hair loss lessens. Some devices are time consuming and require that you attend a clinic or treatment center for 15-20 minute treatments every other day. Other devices such as caps can be left on too long (which, like exercise can be counter productive!) and some devices are either uncomfortable or use only LED lights and mirrors to make it seem like they have power. The best device I have found is lightweight, portable, and rechargeable and even comes with a hands-free stand for those of us that like to multi-task. The Nutreve Personal Hand Held Laser also has more power and more actual lasers than any other laser hair restoration device AND now they have pulsed waves which is definitely the latest in effectiveness. So, for the time that you are spending to thicken and beautify your hair, you can multi-task and get more results, faster for your money.
