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Involutional Alopecia Vs. Androgenic Alopecia
Involutional Alopecia Involutional alopecia is the thinning of your hair as part of the natural aging process. This type of alopecia occurs when your hair’s growth (anagen) phase is shortened, and the hair spends more times in the resting (telogen)...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Minoxidil But Were Afraid to Ask
What is Minoxidil? Minoxidil is the generic name of an anti-hypertensive vasodilator--minoxidil dilates blood vessels. The oral medication was originally approved by the FDA for the treatment of high blood pressure in 1979. Purely by accident, physicians noticed that patients...
Can I Travel with my Capillus Laser Cap on an Airplane?
This is a question that we receive frequently with the holiday season approaching. Yes, you absolutely can take your Capillus Laser Cap on an airplane, and, in fact, we encourage you to do so. No matter where you’re going or...
10 Common Hair Loss Myths Debunked
Despite the fact that pattern baldness, medically termed as androgenetic alopecia, is one of the most common conditions out there for hair loss, it’s still shrouded in much mystery, mythology, and plain-old misinformation. The fact is that, until recently, people...
Laser Hair Treatment Side Effects
Hair loss is a pervasive problem in America and around the world, transcending both age and gender. It is a recognized medical condition, with side effects that include anxiety, depression, and social withdrawal. Hair loss is known to cause significant...
There are several different types of alopecia with different names and different causes. Alopecia areata is the best known—it’s like an inexplicable spot baldness anywhere on the body, but often on the head. Alopecia areata affects about 2% of the...
Hair brushing is sometimes therapeutic, as long as you have soft, untangled locks. For many with thick and course hairs, brushing is painful but necessary. Brushing also helps redistribute oils from the sebaceous glands on the scalp all the way...
Expectation for Laser Therapy Results
As you probably know, one of the treatments for hair loss that actually works is low-level laser therapy or LLLT. This kind of treatment for hair loss is approved by the FDA, it’s painless, and it’s noninvasive. People often wonder...
Hypertension or high blood pressure is definitely associated with or correlated with hair loss, but whether hypertension causes hair loss is not completely clear. Can High Blood Pressure Cause Hair Loss? Especially within men, there is a strong link between...