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Laser Comb – A Proven, at-home Hair Loss Treatment for Self-Conscious Men

"Hair Loss Treatments sure have come a long way," thought Jose, a 37 year-old car mechanic from Detroit, Michigan. After all, Jose was Hispanic and his hair loss was not typical in his family or in any Hispanic family at all with their glossy dark, thick hair. So when Jose's girlfriend pointed out some thinning on the top of his head he pointed her to the door for good. Then, he started searching diligently for hair loss treatments on the Internet. Beyond going to the doctor just to make sure his hair loss wasn't part of any medical condition, he wasn't going to make a big deal out of it or go to any hair loss treatment specialists. After reading online all about hair loss treatment options, he was sure he hit upon one that would be great for him: a laser comb.

What he liked about it is that you could get laser hair therapy at home with a device called a laser comb that was FDA-approved to use as a hair loss treatment. He learned that the laser comb worked as a hair loss treatment by stimulating the follicles into action and that if they were still alive they might be shocked into a growth phases. Laser hair therapy is usually performed in a hair loss treatment studio under a larger, stronger in-salon device. But Jose wanted to stay in the privacy of his own home and administer his laser hair therapy to himself.

He was happy to learn that he was smart not to let his hair thinning continue untreated because he found out later that once follicles die, no hair loss treatment can stimulate follicles back to life, but that lazy follicles or ones that have miniaturized, which is what causes thinning hair, can be stimulated to grow again if they are still alive. That's the basis of laser hair therapy and Jose felt secure in using something like his laser comb because it had gone through the FDA-approval process and actually had shown success at re-growing hair. He was determined to stick it out for at least 6 months of laser hair therapy so he was hoping for the best.

What a surprise when he could feel new fuzz under his existing hair after only five weeks of using his laser comb! It had worked so quickly and his hair was growing in so much thicker and stronger that he hadn't even realized he was missing that much hair! So he continued using his laser comb three times per week for 20 minutes as his only hair loss treatment although he found out later he would need to continue to use it to halt any additional hair loss, too. He also liked that he didn't have to take and oral medication as a hair loss treatmentbecause he had heard about Propecia for men, which works to block the hormone DHT from accumulating on follicles that cause hair thinning and loss from the inside, but he didn't like to take pills. And he thought about Rogaine, too, but it didn't seem to have the effects that the laser comb did. So, Instead he found some hair care shampoo and conditioner lines that included DHT-blockers that worked from the outside and decided to give those a try, too. These simple hair loss treatments including the laser comb, which could be used in the privacy of his own home, were ideal for Jose. And nobody else had to know about it... that is, until he got himself a new girlfriend!

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