Are there any non-surgical options for treatment?
Surgeries can be very expensive. However, you’re in luck. There are a handful of non-surgical treatment options available for preventing and treating mild to moderate hair loss in women. This includes medications, topical solutions, and laser therapy devices.
Medications that you can take include minoxidil and finasteride. These two are FDA approved for hair growth and have been tested and proven to work. Finasteride acts as an inhibitor of what causes miniaturization and minoxidil is a topical vasodilator that promotes more blood and nutrients to flow to the hair follicles. Learn more about how those work here.
Let’s talk about laser therapy devices.
These are unique, in that they use light to help regrow hair. How does that work exactly? We have a whole page on how that works here.
Supplements are a great way to introduce essential nutrients that are great for hair health. Supplements are created with natural ingredients that have been shown to promote hair growth from within. Some of those ingredients include Cynatine HNS, which have been shown to increase the strength and shine of your hair. Other supplements include those that block DHT – one of the culprits behind androgenetic alopecia. At Capillus, we offer both supplements to help you take on thinning hair. We offer our Cynatine HNS supplement Nūrish and our powerful DHT Blocker as a dynamic duo to take on hair loss.
As a quick summary, low-level light therapy, or LLLT, has been used since the 1960s to help treat certain diseases and conditions. However, it was discovered that it also helped with promoting hair growth in exposed regions of the skin and scalp. That technology has been iterated into what we have today.

The lasers used in these devices are calibrated to emit a specific wavelength of light. In Capillus’ case, we use 650 nanometer light which has a nice red glow. This wavelength kickstarts a process within the mitochondria that produces more energy.
Along with producing more energy, your blood vessels also expand – causing more nutrients and energy to be transported to where it needs to go, like the hair follicle.
This process is safe since all you’re really using is light. The medical-grade lasers used in Capillus caps are nowhere near the strength to cause harm.