subject: How Do I Measure The Success Of My Hair Laser Treatment [print this page] I started loosing hair when I was around 35 years old. Not much at first, but I saw more and more hair in the shower and one morning felt that the hair on top of my head was thinner than the hair on the side of my head. After searching on Google I found a Clinic that performed laser treatment for hair loss. I signed up after getting a convincing speech of laser and how it works in my scalp.
After about ten sessions I started to think how will I no this treatment work? Or really how well it works? Here the Manager of the clinic started getting vague and not really sounding convincing. The more I thought about the question the more complex it became and I have now put down more then 100 hours of research on internet.
At first the problem seems easy just look in the mirror and see if you have gotten more hair. Well there is no way to tell impossible to see the differences. The hair grows about 10 mm per month so if you wait three months all your hair will seem to have gotten more longer yes but more hair? that is new straws of hair, not existing growing longer. How can I see if the existing hair have gotten stronger? No real way to do that either I have checked my hair in a special machine that pulls the hair to break and measures the force doing so. Theoretically a good tool but in real life no. Wet days will change the results compared with hot days I guess that is because of humidity and the percentage of water in the hair. It could also have gotten stronger but not thicker or the other way thicker but not stronger no way to tell.
So, am I disappointed with the result from the laser? No definitely not, I would really recommend it to other people in my position but I have no quantifying evidence to show. I do really feel a difference of the structure of my hair other people have told me it seems like my hair has become more full and better looking.
But still there is no simple way to be sure I have gotten more follicles producing hair. Someone asked me if my question would not be the same for many more types of treatments in the cosmetic business and of course the might be right. But the most important thing is to trust what you do and as long as it feels ok the just keep doing it. I know laser light is doing good for my hair and scalp so I will struggle with the laser sessions.
