Blue Light-Emitting Diodes in Hair Regrowth: The First Prospective Study

June 2021 in “ Lasers in Medical Science ”

Giuseppe Lodi, M. Sannino, Giovanni Cannarozzo, Amerigo Giudice, Ester Del Duca, Federica Tamburi, Luigi Bennardo, Steven Paul Nisticò

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Studysummary In this study, blue light therapy at a specific wavelength increased hair density and shaft width in 90% of patients with androgenetic alopecia after 10 weeks.

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