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Q1:
How do we lose hair?
Q2:
Is baldness hereditary?
Q3: What can cause premature
baldness?
Q4:
What Is Low Level Laser Light ?
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Q:
How do we lose hair?
A:
To understand this you need to know the basics about
the hair shedding/ replacement cycle.
Actually, every single hair on one's head grows for
upto a number of years and then falls out. The root
that grew it then rests for some weeks before it starts
to replace the fallen hair with a new one from the
same root. This ongoing cycle continues throughout
our lives. But, in the case of many people, progressively
( or regressively? ) as we age, less hair is replaced
than is shed. They are replaced progressively finer
and lighter in shade, so that hair thinning occurs.
Normal Hair Growth
All follicles repeatedly cycle through the following
3 stages:
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Anagen Stage (growth)
The new hair grows from the base of the follicle.
This growth phase usually lasts for a number
of years and results in a full-grown hair.
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Catagen Stage (resting)
During this stage the hair stops growing and
the hair root shrinks. The base of the follicle
breaks down and the hair moves upward in the
follicle, way from the root and the blood
vessel supplying it with nutrients.
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3.
Telogen Stage (re-growth)
The mature hair is now only loosely anchored
to the hair root. It usually falls out after
a few months or is pushed out by the next
hair growing up below it.
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The
Hair Loss Process
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How
DHT Affects Normal Hair Growth
The hair roots receive nutrients from blood
vessels which contain blood cells (red) and
a hormone called testosterone (blue). Testosterone
is converted to another hormone called DHT
(yellow) by the actions of an enzyme called
5 alpha reductase.
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DHT
Shortens the Hair Growth Phase
When DHT is present in the scalps of men genetically
predisposed to male pattern hair loss, the
following happens: - the anagen growth phase
is shortened so the hair is shorter when it
stops growing. - over time the follicle produces
hair that gets progressively shorter and less
pigmented.
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Q:
Is baldness hereditary?
A:
To some extent, but this does not mean that it is
impossible to treat. Environment, stress and even
your personality can play a role. Genetics are also
said to play a part in baldness. However, FPR success
rate with thinning hair and male patter baldness is
very high specially for people in their early stages
of hair loss.
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Q:
What can cause premature baldness?
A:
Premature baldness can be caused by friction alopecia.
Vigorous
towel drying can literally 'rub away' hair.
Stress
during school senior years when peer pressure is high
and the competition is fierce can contribute to this.
Bad diet and sleep depravation also play a large role.
The need to push oneself to the limit can also contribute.
One needs to be conscious of what is occurring in
the nervous system and to take steps to rectify the
situation. Vitamin B supplementation and less pressure
can help, as well as more sleep. Everything in moderation
is a good thing. The sooner you get on to the FPR
Hair Treatment program the better and faster the hair
will recover.
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Q;
What does Low Level Laser Light ?
A:
There are theories on how low-level-laser works. Soft
tissue and fluids in our bodies vibrate at a similar
frequency to that of cold-beam, red-light laser. One
of many scientific theories* is that cells are largely
dependent for healthy function on an exchange of energy
and 'information' with surrounding cells. This is
achieved via individual wave systems by which cells
'communicate' through inter-connective plasma.
A cell is in an unhealthy state when its vibrations
become irregular or out-of step with this common communications
system. However, it may be brought back into harmony
by being irradiated with low level laser working at
quantum level.
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Q:
When should I start having Laser Treatment?
A:
If you are concerned about your hair the earlier you
start Laser Treatment the better. There's nothing
more ageing or detrimental to a person's appearance
than thinning, lifeless hair. And the later you try
to do something about it the less chance there is
of reversing the problem.
Once you start using your Harmonix HairMax LaserComb,
you may feel better about your appearance, and with
an added sense of self confidence.
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Q:
How does low-level laser work?
A:
There are theories on how low-level-laser works. Soft
tissue and fluids in our bodies vibrate at a similar
frequency to that of cold-beam, red-light laser. One
of many scientific theories* is that ceels are largely
dependent for healthy function on an exchange of energy
and 'information' with surrounding cells. This is
achieved via individual wave systems by which cells
'communicate' through inter-connective plasma.
A cell is in an unhealthy state when its vibrations
become irregular or out-of step with this common communications
system. However, it may be brought back into harmony
by being irradiated with low level laser working at
quantum level.
*Wolbarsht ML. Ed: Clinical aspects of laser research.
Plenum Press New York p116 1977
According to the scientist Popp* all living tissue,
at cellular level, emits ultra-weak photons (light)
that originate from an electromagnetic field with
a surprisingly high degree of coherence characteristic
of laser.
Popp, in one of his many seminal works, postulated
that when cells are in a "sick" or pathological
state they are characterised by being actually "light
starved". When these cells are irradiated with
low level laser in the correct frequency range they
become once again '" light restored".
*Popp FA. On the coherence of ultraweak photon
emission from living tissues. Kilmister CW (ed), Disequilibruim
and Self-Organisation, 207-230. 1986 Reidel
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