Method and apparatus for hair growth management
CA 2484400 A1 · Owner: Altshuler, Gregory B. · Inventors: Altshuler, Gregory B.; Manstein, Dieter; Yaroslavsky, Ilya
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A method and apparatus are provided for hair growth management by applying low energy optical radiation to a treatment area of a patient's skin which , radiation is sufficient to at least traumatize a matrix portion of each follicle being treated, but not to cause either necrosis of most of each said follicle or immediate gross alteration of any hair shaft therein. The treatments are preferably performed a plurality of times at selected time intervals to achieve a desired level of hair growth management.
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- Filed March 12, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 12, 2023.
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