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This type of hair replacement makes
use of a fractionating laser. The fractionating
laser destroys the old skin cells on
the scalp. Those skin cells not touched
by the fractionating laser continue
to grow. In fact, those growing skin
cells soon benefit from an increased
blood flow after laser hair replacement.
As more blood enters the skin of the
scalp, the nutrients in that blood help
to nourish the hairs growing on the
scalp. As those hairs receive more nourishment,
their growth improves. Hence, the fractionating
laser manages to encourage hair replacement
in areas of the scalp where the skin
received the laser treatment.
A patient treated with a fractionating
laser does not need to fear damage to
skin cells on the scalp. By working
slowly and carefully, the laser operator
can target the laser beam on only the
dying skin cells. Healthy cells do not
feel the strong laser beam. The healthy
skin cells continue to grow, allowing
the flow of blood to the hairs that
are rooted in those skin cells.
What happens to the areas of the scalp
that have lost a good number of old skin
cells? The body carries out a process
that will insure replacement of those
skin cells. The replacement of the lost
skin cells guarantees the growth of hair
from the new cells. That enhances the
success achievable with the laser hair
replacement techniques.
Laser hair replacement manages to slow
the rate of hair loss on the scalp.
For continued hair replacement, the
patient must plan to make monthly follow-up
visits to the office at which he or
she received the initial laser treatments.
The total monthly cost for laser hair
replacement runs between $1500 and $3000.
When a patient sits down to get a laser
treatment, the laser operator must carefully
guide the placement of the laser beam.
The laser operator sometimes uses a special
gel to mark the area of scalp on which
the beam needs to concentrate. The gel
shows the laser operator the area of scalp
where hair needs to be replaced.
The device used in laser hair replacement
does create a good deal of heat. The patient
can expect the laser operator to use a
cooling device during the laser treatment.
That keeps the heat from damaging the
skin on the scalp.
A patient who wants a hair
transplant procedure can look to a
laser operator for help with receiving
the needed small incisions in the skin
of the scalp. The transplanted hair is
inserted into those small incisions. By
relying on a laser, the patient enjoys
a less bloody procedure.
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