Laser Hair Replacement

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.