Treatment of hair loss with an LED device: the importance of the wave length

Research Article

Abstract

Hair loss is of a big concern in our society, concerning about 50% of the population at one time of their life. It impacts social integration and the feeling of well-being.

We will distinguish hair loss with and without inflammatory causes, both having to be treated differently. Number of sessions, wave lengths, and energy levels will be discussed. Red light (630 nm) alone will be used in hair loss without inflammation, such is seen in crash dieting, postpartum, or after chemotherapy. The combination of IR-red light is necessary to have conclusive results in the other case, such as alopecia areata. The presence of hair bulbs is necessary to achieve regrowth. Instead of biopsies in already scarce hair, I performed clinical photographs, always in the same position; one before treatment, one after 5 sessions, and one after ten sessions. If necessary, treatment could be continued once a month.

This is a retrospective review of more than 600 cases, successfully treated in my praxis. The effects are durable, in time except in pathologies with an inflammatory component where a couple of  new treatment sessions are necessary.

Using this method in every day practice is very easy as treatment sessions take about 15 minutes and the method is very successful when applied correctly. The treatment is very safe with virtually no side effects and permits to reduce other medication used for this purpose.