What Happens During a Hair Loss Restoration Session

Your practitioner will ask about:

• when you noticed thinning, and where;
• recent stress, illness, surgery, childbirth or diet changes;
• medications and supplements;
• products or treatments you've already tried, like minoxidil;
• family history.

If anything suggests a medical cause, such as sudden or patchy loss or scalp symptoms, we'll recommend seeing a doctor first. See Hair Thinning: Common Causes and Non-Surgical Options.

The 10-session package combines two kinds of session:

• DDS bio-current scalp sessions (eight of the ten). Your therapist brushes your scalp with a bio-current brush, and a mild current flows through its bristles.
• Red and infrared cold laser sessions (two of the ten). A red and infrared cold laser is held over areas of the scalp for a short time. Your eyes are always covered.

Most people find the sessions relaxing; some even fall asleep. Please don't shower or wash your hair for 24 hours afterwards.

Sessions take 30 minutes, so they fit a lunch hour.

The TCM view: healthy hair is linked to well-nourished blood and good circulation to the scalp. Treatment focuses on encouraging that circulation, alongside a diet that TCM sees as nourishing the blood.

The modern view: the bio-current sessions are a gentle, relaxing scalp massage; we make no claims about the current itself. Low-level light therapy has some clinical evidence for certain types of pattern hair loss; results vary.

Most people book 10 sessions, once a week. Your practitioner reviews progress with you after 3 to 4 sessions. Photos taken at intervals, with your consent, can help you both see change more objectively. They're for your own records only and are never used in advertising.

The 10-session series lowers the per-visit cost. See the Hair Loss Restoration page for current prices.

• After each session, don't shower or wash your hair for 24 hours. Otherwise, gentle, regular washing; avoid very hot water.
• Loosen tight hairstyles that pull on the hairline.
• Go easy on heat styling and harsh chemical treatments.
• Eat enough protein, iron and overall nutrition.
• Manage stress and sleep where you can.
• Keep using any treatment your doctor has prescribed.

Avoid treatment with a scalp infection, open wounds or an active scalp condition. After a hair transplant, ask your surgeon first. Because bio-current is part of the method, it isn't suitable with a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device. For the laser sessions, your eyes are always covered, and the laser isn't used directly over a tumour or cancer, or over an infected area, a blood clot or bleeding.

Hair Loss Restoration is performed by Amir or Mehri at our Yaletown clinic, a 30-minute visit that's easy to reach from Downtown Vancouver and Mount Pleasant.