Each Strand of Hair con­sists of three Layers:

1. An inner­most layer or medulla
2. The mid­dle layer known as the cor­tex. The cor­tex pro­vides strength and both the color and tex­ture of hair.
3. The outer layer is known as the cuti­cle. The cuti­cle is thin and col­or­less and serves as a pro­tec­tor of the cortex.

Hair Grows in three phases –The first is the ANAGEN phase also known as the growth phase, approx­i­mately 85% of all hairs are in the growth phase at one time.  The growth phase can vary from two to six years rang­ing any­where from approx­i­mately 6 to 10 cm per year. The Sec­ond phase is the CATAGEN phase, this lasts about one or two weeks. Within one or two weeks, 25% of the hairs are in a tran­si­tional phase at one time. Dur­ing the sec­ond phase the hair fol­li­cle shrinks to about 1/6 of its nor­mal length. The third phase is the TELOGEN phase (rest­ing phase) and lasts about 5–6 weeks. 13% of all hairs are in the rest­ing phase at one time but this per­cent­age can vary from 4% to 24%.  Dur­ing this time the hair does not grow but stays attached to the fol­li­cle while the der­mal papilla stays in a rest­ing phase. Hair growth from the trans­planted fol­li­cles gen­er­ally begins at 2.5 — 3 months. Some of the hairs can begin to grow as quickly as one month. The remain­der of the hair will start to grow within the year fol­low­ing your pro­ce­dure, patients will see the full results within 8 to 12 months.

What’s laser hair growth therapy?

Hair­Max Laser Comb is a break­through laser pho­tother­apy device designed for the gen­eral pub­lic. �Laser light ther­apy, also called pho­tother­apy in the sci­en­tific com­mu­nity. �The way it works is a process by which laser energy is deliv­ered to the hair fol­li­cle. While the exact mech­a­nism of action is unknown, it is hypoth­e­sized that the laser Photo Ther­apy stim­u­lates growth fac­tors within the hair follicle.

Patients that have had hair restora­tion should use the Hair­max comb, to help the grafts grow faster. The Hair­Max effec­tively tar­gets the hair fol­li­cle at the cel­lu­lar level and in some way both speeds up the hair growth process while at the same time induc­ing the growth of a thicker(or ter­mi­nal) hair where a thin dying hair may have been in place previously.