For both men and women 18 years old and older there is now a home use, hand=held laser hair brush that can improve the look of your hair. If your genetics are signaling that you will most likely lose hair when older, it is never too early to start treatment. The earlier you begin, the more likely you are to save your hair. Once you have assessed the reason for your thinning hair or hair loss, and have determined that there are no open sores or other scalp diseases, you are ready to start your low level laser therapy.

A quality laser hair brush manufacturer is an expert in the practice and administration of laser hair restoration and can advise if this treatment option is a viable solution for your current state of hair loss. Hair loss is progressive, and anything done to slow down that loss can be considered positive. It should be noted that the low level laser hair therapy used in a laser hair brush is not a cure, but a treatment option to be considered. It is most successfully administered along with a regimen of low sudsing shampoo, non buildup conditioning product and vitamins specific to male or female hair health.

Just as all living things grow with the help of sunlight, your hair can benefit from concentrated levels of light. The cool levels of laser light used in the new laser hair brush is safe and involves only light, not heat. This laser hair re-growth procedure is non-invasive, painless, and has no known side effects as long as you choose a device that follows FDA guidelines. In fact, laser hair brushes are often used in conjunction with hair restoration surgery as a healing method because of its skin repairing properties. Surgery and prescription medications can be much more costly, and not as safe. Since many of the medications that treat thinning hair are not prescribed to women, use of a laser hair brush is often the best option for female hair-loss patients.

The new laser hair brush with rows of diode lasers use a patented, hand held device which enables coverage of the entire scalp through the use of up to 36 diodes that are calibrated to precisely deliver consistent laser light at an optimum distance from each hair follicle. Low level light therapy or LLLT is referred to as a cold laser because it does not have any heat components. It is also described as a low-power laser, soft laser or therapeutic laser. The laser stimulates the follicles on the scalp helping to increase energy production thereby reducing the effects of protein blocking DHT enzymes, promoting hair thickness and density. This improved cell metabolism eliminates oxygen free radicals and improves blood flow to all treated areas. This non-invasive, painless laser treatment can make hair look fuller and shinier. Most people see results in as few as 6-8 weeks of laser therapy, but each user’s response varies on an individual basis, depending on their personal hair loss history.

LLLT administered to the scalp has been shown to improve the health of existing hair as well as stimulate new hair growth and stop hair loss. In the current age of men and women wanting to look younger and feel more confident in the workplace as well as in social circles, the laser hair brush seems to be the best method of obtaining all of this.

I’m only in my early 30s, but I’m already starting to notice that I’m going to have to find a treatment for thinning hair! I have made sure that I keep up on my exercise as I’m a part-time marathon runner (I do one full and two half marathon events a year) and I go to yoga and spin classes. I make sure to go for regular cleanings and check-ups at my dentist and whiten my teeth (as reminded by my Mom who works for a dentist!). I also get a massage twice a month (along with my yoga classes) to help relieve the stress that accumulates from my new job, pending marriage and house-hunting endeavors. I go for regular medical and skin checkups as I have great medical insurance and have even gotten my bone density tests (great results) and blood-work done (more great results).

My skin is in fairly good shape considering I’m outdoors a lot living at the beach, and I make sure to moisturize daily and wear sun screen and very little makeup unless I go out in the evening. WHY then, am I looking at myself in the mirror and seeing a much “older” person than I feel like I AM or put work into being? I finally saw it, thinning hair!

I started with the expensive conditioners and “volumizing” shampoos and found that they have to be changed out as the buildup was clogging my scalp pores (follicles) and causing itching and breakouts, PLUS my hair ended up getting even thinner as the pores clogged and I needed MORE product like a never ending cycle. I switched back to a squeaky clean approach!

Hair sprays are great for plumping up my hairdo for a night out on the town, but they build up if used every day to disguise my thinning hair problem. Blow drying my hair with my head upside down is super for creating volume especially if you use a mousse (they’re BAAACK!) but too frequent blow-drys or these blow-outs were just making my hair dry and brittle. Breaking hair made me need a more frequent cut and although shorter hair sounds good for some, it did not fit my face and I need to be able to put my hair up in a pony for exercise, so past mid-length is best for looks and lifestyle (I’m careful to use soft, non-breaking scrunchies). Besides, isn’t longer hair with a lot of movement and swing a sign of youth?

Coloring my hair and putting blond streaks in (I’m getting darker every year too) helps give me a lift and volume, but I worry about the overall health of my hair with dyes. Then I read that hair COLOR has less to do with looking younger than shine, smoothness, luminosity and VOLUME. Extensions are great (but costly to keep up) and forget a wig (even a wiglet). Next I looked for a natural hair loss treatment.

I do not want to take any internal medications and I would rather not use the expensive, messy topical out there such as Rogaine for women. However, I did stumble on laser hair therapy that can work with any meds you may have to take for other issues (I’m lucky that I don’t, yet!). The laser hair brush can also be used on dyed hair, any ethnicity, treated or damaged hair and it works for men just as well! There is a one-time cost for the laser hair brush itself and the rechargeable batteries, and you can use it the recommended 15-20 minutes every other day for the rest of your life! There is one with an awesome warranty and guarantee at about $700 and comes in with the lightest (like a hairbrush) weight and the most (35) lasers. It is cool to the touch and simply stimulates blood flow to the exact depth of the hair-producing follicle by pulsing these laser waves. Hair grows in thicker, shinier and FULLER!!! I have read the testimonials, have ordered and received my Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser. I have called the company and actually got to speak to the owner and Team with my questions about safety, use, etc. and am fully satisfied. Results should be complete in 30 days or so…but I can already see more hair around my facial hairline and I’m comforted knowing that there is such a great customer satisfaction policy! Here’s to fixing my final flaw in my quest to looking as good as I feel!

The trick to youthful looks starts with a look back at old photographs of a younger you. Maybe it’s a playground or beach shot where you have a great carefree moment. You have shiny, bouncy hair, perfectly arched eyebrows, a natural healthy glow, clear eyes, a happy smile (and hopefully most of your teeth), warm round cheeks and dark, full lashes. There is not a wrinkle in sight! Fortunately, most of us still feel almost as good as we did then, so why can’t we look that young again? Maybe a little magic will do the trick!

Rosy cheeks can be had with makeup and a healthy glow comes from eating properly and getting enough sleep and just enough sun for proper vitamin D levels. Exercise can help with weight balance (not too skinny and not too heavy) and muscle tone so we can show off bare arms, legs and tummy. Getting enough hydration also helps keep skin elastic and more frequent use of moisturizers are now needed everywhere on the body paying special attention to our hands. Hands and necks can really define our age! Clear eyes are helped by proper sleep, natural tear-type eye drops and wearing sunglasses when driving as well as walking and playing outdoors. Eyelashes can be made to look darker and fuller with makeup or even lash extensions (no mascara needed!).

Eyebrows start to lighten up, thin out and even turn white! A regular visit to a brow boutique or salon can keep us perfectly manicured there, and there are professional eyebrow dyes or tints to darken and highlight what still remains of our eye “frame”. I was using eyelash mascara on my brows, then voila, out comes a new product made especially for eyebrows (looks the same to me!). However, I now use that to darken and fill in thinning brows. Lips also seem to thin, and although there are a lot of lipstick brands that tout “luscious lips”, lips need to be plumped up first for the full effect! Lip plumpers sold over the counter tend to wear off in no time, but a professional series of injections works wonders (on your pocketbook as well!).

As we age, the outer ring of our iris begins to fade making eyes look old. Colorful contacts can enliven our eyes. Our teeth tend to yellow with age as well as wear down. Regular visits to the dentist will keep our teeth healthy, but veneers or tooth-colored fillings to replace worn edges and all of the whitening products out there can rejuvenate our smiles. The skin around our lips also begins to pucker and we begin to develop “jowls” due to loss of collagen and muscle tone and connectivity under the skin in these areas. Keeping weight down helps for the jowl area and never having smoked, sucked heavily on drinking straws or any other similar motion (playing the French horn?) would mean that the lines above your lips might be spared from deep creases for a bit longer in life, but eventually we could all use some of the new rejuvenating injectables meant to decrease lines and plump tissue to keep those lines from reforming.

But the biggest magic trick is to replace lost hair! There is a laser hair brush on the market that is absolutely the best thinning hair treatment. The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser contains 35 pulsing cool temperature lasers that increase the blood flow to the base of the hair follicle allowing each to produce a thicker, shinier hair shaft. Using it every other day for just 15 to 20 minutes is a breeze, and with rechargeable batteries it is only a one-time cost. Any type or ethnicity of hair, dyed, natural, straightened, etc. is a candidate for laser hair restoration. Because it is a natural hair loss treatment it is also safe for a person taking any type of prescription medication or using any other type of hair loss treatment. Shampoos and conditioners help with body and shine, but for true volume and thick, youthful hair only the laser hair brush treatment “does the trick”!

Long and bouncy locks require great care, but here are some secrets to growing long, bouncy hair…fast! Tricks for styling and keeping hair healthy-looking help us cut through the time consuming trips to the salon and give us the youthful looks we want in less time and spending less money!

The first must is to keep your hair well hydrated, just like the rest of your body. While drinking plenty of fluids is great for overall health, hair may require a hydrating mask to actually keep moisture loss at a minimum as we go through summer. Argan oil with added proteins is the latest “go-to” additive which can coat our hair shafts to hydrate and lock in moisture.

Body-building is not just for our bodies, but also for our hair! Voluminous locks are always in fashion and added bounce can be had by using Velcro or sponge rollers at your crown area once your hair is fully dry. Let those rollers set for a few minutes, remove and brush out gently. Another way to get this ultra feminine look is to start in the shower by using a volumizing shampoo and conditioner. Make sure to rinse out the conditioner thoroughly so there is no additional “weight” on your hair. Next, section your hair and apply a mousse from root to tip. Next, blow dry your hair in sections with a round brush, pulling away from the head in an upward motion. A shortcut is to blow dry your hair with your head upside down. Flip your hair over and blow dry, then flip it back, brush gently and spray softly with hairspray. There are also styling lotions to tame flyaways and hairsprays that add shine while holding your tresses in place. Voila, volume!

Longer hair requires special care, and some added tricks are needed. Again, make sure to use a hydrating mask but maybe weekly for longer tresses. Rinse out conditioners add moisture but may not be enough hydration to hold up to the styling and heat damage required by longer hair. Hydrating masks also help with color treated hair as that process often leaves hair dry and brittle. Without breakage hair not only looks healthier, it can also then grow longer! So, let that mask sit on your hair for a full three minutes before rinsing….(you can use this time in the shower to floss or use your waterpik…which will give you a healthier smile!).

Split ends also make longer hair look “ratty” or shorter than it is…or downright unhealthy. Split end sealers are new to the rescue. Closing off and sealing up those splits make your hair look longer and shinier all at once. Long hair seems to need brushing thoroughly more frequently as well, and the wrong brush can pull at the roots or break hair off mid shaft. Make sure to be gentle when hair is wet or dry. A comb with teeth far apart can be the first step to detangling right after the shower, then a natural bristly brush (not a plastic one) can be used to gently comb through hair working from the ends up to the scalp. Finer hairs around our face and hairline edge are more fragile and are more sensitive to dyes and heat, so be especially gentle there. There are strengthening hair treatments for cases where hair is excessively thin or fine as well.

Of course, if hair is thinning or we are balding, then the Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser is the only solution to a fuller head of hair that will be strong enough to grow to any volume or length. Laser hair therapy for women is now an at-home treatment option. This treatment for thinning hair is a natural hair loss treatment that uses pulsing lasers to stimulate the blood flow to the follicles where hair is produced. Nourishing the roots is key to producing the thickest, shiniest hair possible…perfect for long and bouncy hair for summer or ANY time!

We are so used to using products to straighten curly hair or ones that curl straight hair. All I know is that whatever we’re born with, that is NOT how we want to style our hair! Recently, however the trend is seemingly going back to the “hippie days” where we just let our hair flow free and even washing hair took a holiday. When we do decide to go natural, however, there are certain tips for still getting the best out of what we’ve been given…naturally!

The first of these is planning. We may think our natural hair is super curly, kinky or frizzy, but as we age and don’t “see” our natural hair for a few years, these locks may have straightened out a bit and formed soft waves or even gone gray and straight! Reality may shape where we end up with a new hairstyle. We also need to think about the quality of our hair once we stop any type of treatments. Our hair may be drier even though it is now chemical free if it is newly curly as scalp oil has a harder time travelling down a curlier hair shaft. Straighter hair may get oiler sooner as straight hair lies against the head and picks up oils faster. An oil free conditioner may be the best for straight hair and now an oil based product or leave in conditioner may help with frizzy or curlier hair.

Patience is another must. Everyone hates the “growing-out” process. It is like the “watched pot never boils” theory. We all want our new style, length, color, etc…and we want it NOW. On average, hair grows about 6 inches a year, so adding that to trims to keep a decent shape, it may be awhile before our real self shines through! Of course we can always cut our hair really short or shave our heads and let the new growth take its time, but most of us introduce our new style in “stages” so trims are a necessity to keep ends smooth and give us at least some sort of cared-for look.

Of course there are other options for transitioning into a new style. We can get hair extensions or a weave to add body or length or for longer hair it can be braided or put up in a twist or ponytail. Hot rollers can help gently smooth out the curlier spots and meld them visually into the gently curled straighter parts for a gentle change between curly and straight. The latest aid is the blowout. In this case though make sure to treat your hair with a gentle shampoo and conditioner to aid the process of changing your texture during transition.

Unfortunately some of us find that our natural hair is thinning or may be sparser in patches and our new hairstyle shows these problems more. The latest laser hair restoration techniques using a portable hand-held laser hair brush can make sure that each hair follicle is producing the strongest and thickest hair shaft that it possibly can to help produce thicker, fuller and shinier hair for the “new you”. This laser hair therapy for women (or men) is the best natural hair loss treatment available. Nutreve’s Personal Hair Therapy Laser has the most efficient system with 35 pulsing lasers (cool, red wavelength) in a concave, smooth holder that is lightweight just like a hair brush! There is NO sensation (pain, heat, etc.) AND as a bonus it is NOT harmful to ANY type of hair, curly or straight. It is also not harmful to any hair colors or products nor any medications taken internally or topically.

So, go natural (or not) but make sure to take good care of the first thing a person notices on all of us…our HAIR.

Every season or region around the globe has its reasons to protect your hair from the elements. In general, winter brings cold, dry air and wind that can cause breakage and damage to the cuticle of the hair shaft. Summer brings heat and sun which dries hair out and wreaks havoc with colors as well. Activities such as swimming (pool or ocean), exercise (sweat) or even walking or working in the sun or cold can give our hair a dull, dry, broken appearance. Your scalp is also more exposed as we get it wet or sweat and areas such as our part, thinning or balding patches are even more exposed. Here are hints to keep the hair you have looking its best and hints as to how to grow more hair that is shinier, fuller and healthier.

Eating more protein is one avenue to happier hair. Hair is made of protein, so if we eat too little, we tend to have excess shedding as the follicles don’t have enough nutrients to pull from to make a full hair shaft. We should make sure to get at least 46 grams a day of this macronutrient through eggs, meat, poultry, beans, nuts or even a vitamin supplement that has targeted ingredients such as biotin that stimulates hair growth. Four our skin (scalp) we need fatty oils, rich in omega-3 from salmon and avocados. These boost circulation and this gets the nutrients to the hair follicles faster.

Your scalp could also use a little extra attention during sun months or the drying cold of winter. Dandruff and dryness can be eliminated if we condition each time we shampoo. Make sure to massage it into the roots as well! We should be using a shampoo with zinc (good for colds, great for hair) as it has a hydrating effect on the scalp as well as the hair shaft. Once a month we can use a deep conditioner or mask to replace moisture that cold, wind, chlorine or intense sun has drained from the hair shafts. Apply a mask to damp hair from the middle or the length of hair out to the ends. Leave the mask on for around 15 minutes so it has time to thoroughly coat the cuticle with moisture and rebuild weakened strands. This is great in any weather for the “frizzies” as well! Split ends make your hair LOOK damaged, so once you have a fresh haircut that takes most of them away…recommended for every two months unless you keep seeing repeat weather or styling-tool damage in which case every six weeks would be ideal. There are split-end “sealers” out there that contain polymers to temporarily fuse those split tips together again.

Regarding thinning spots or balding patches, shampoos that claim to thicken hair or fill in balding patches usually just weigh your hair down and clog the scalp’s pores. Actually there is no treatment out there that will fill in a bald spot if the follicles there are already completely dead. However, the best chance to get the thickest hair growing in every possible spot on your scalp is by using a laser hair comb (or laser hair brush). Bald spots caused by chemicals, over styling, allergic reactions, medications, stress or diet conditions however, may have living follicles which can be coaxed back into commission. Laser hair therapy is the best male or female hair loss treatment on the market. It is simple to use (every other day for 15-20 minutes), lightweight (like a hairbrush) has an ergonomic handle, contains up to 32 pulsing red (cool) lasers in a curved easy-to-clean surface that fits your head shape and targets just the follicles to increase the blood flow and stimulate quicker, healthier growth (in the best brand). The Nutreve Personal Hair Therapy Laser has all this plus rechargeable batteries, no cord, a wonderful guarantee and warranty plus a hands-free stand so you can multitask! That’s something to celebrate in ALL seasons!