A Helmet that fires cool lasers at your scalp to stimulate hair growth

The helmet contains 80 lasers so that light can reach 90 square inches (582 square centimetres) of the 111 square inch (720 square centimetre) average scalp area. It is rechargeable and features proximity sensors (pictured) to ensure that the lasers are in the correct position

A Californian company has invented a helmet that fires cool lasers at your scalp to stimulate hair growth. The Theradome laser helmet (pictured) claims to be the only wearable clinical-strength laser treatment that people can use at home

It claims to grow healthy new hair, double the follicle size of existing hair and can even prevent hair loss.

‘Getting your hair back is a convenient and affordable process,’ the company said.

The helmet (illustrated) claims to set about regrowing hair by increasing blood flow to the scalp and hair follicles, stimulating microcirculation, improving the metabolism of cells and protein synthesis

Laser light therapy has been proven to improve hair health, but cold laser therapy has only been available at specialist clinics.

Theradome lets people use this advanced technology at home, and contains high efficiency lasers that produce virtually no heat but allow the maximum amount of light to be delivered, the company claim.

However, the technology comes at a price as the helmet costs $795 (£473 plus shipping).

It contains 80 lasers, so that light can reach 90 square inches (582 square centimetres) of the 111 square inch (720 square centimetre) average scalp area.

Users of the device are meant to wear it for 20 minutes at a time, twice a week. 

For the first 18 to 24 weeks of use, it is designed to reverse the shrinking of hair follicles to stop further hair loss.

After 28 weeks of regular wear, the helmet claims to set about regrowing hair by increasing blood flow to the scalp and hair follicles, stimulating microcirculation and improving the metabolism of cells.

It ‘reduces the effects of protein blocking enzymes, promoting thickness and density,’ the company said.

Theradome claims that with regular use for up to 50 weeks, wearers of the laser helmet will have thicker and longer hair, plus a healthier scalp that is less itchy and inflamed.

After 52 weeks, ‘the hairs on the top of the head ... will start filling in. After 100 weeks … fuller and thicker hair will result with continued use,’ the company said.

The helmet was the brainchild of former Nasa scientist Tamim Hamid, who is the founder and chief executive of Theradome