Laser therapy may stimulate hair growth
Dec 7, 2020 17:41:16 GMT
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Post by ray on Dec 7, 2020 17:41:16 GMT
There is evidence of how laser therapy may stimulate hair growth, according to Sunil Kalia, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., assistant professor, division of dermatology and skin sciences, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, who spoke at a dermatology symposium about the facts and myths of laser and light therapy.
It is a rare side effect, but there is the possibility that patients can develop paradoxical hypertrichosis after a treatment like laser epilation, according to Dr. Kalia. The research focused on hair growth has looked at inflammatory markers or growth factors that may play a role in inducing hair growth. Most research looking at paradoxical hypertrichosis is retrospective, so the data should be interpreted with caution, Dr. Kalia says.
Still, patients' expectations should be managed prior to undergoing laser treatment for hair removal, Dr. Kalia says.
"We should warn our patients that they could develop hypertrichosis if they are undergoing laser hair removal," Dr. Kalia says. "We don't fully understand the mechanisms of inducing hypertrichosis. The pathogenesis of hypertrichosis is not well-elucidated."
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It is a rare side effect, but there is the possibility that patients can develop paradoxical hypertrichosis after a treatment like laser epilation, according to Dr. Kalia. The research focused on hair growth has looked at inflammatory markers or growth factors that may play a role in inducing hair growth. Most research looking at paradoxical hypertrichosis is retrospective, so the data should be interpreted with caution, Dr. Kalia says.
Still, patients' expectations should be managed prior to undergoing laser treatment for hair removal, Dr. Kalia says.
"We should warn our patients that they could develop hypertrichosis if they are undergoing laser hair removal," Dr. Kalia says. "We don't fully understand the mechanisms of inducing hypertrichosis. The pathogenesis of hypertrichosis is not well-elucidated."
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