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Article: Comb offers ray of hope for the hair-challenged: Laser device approved by FDA as medical treatment for a $3 billion-a-year problem.
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- Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 22, 2007
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Byline: Cathleen F. Crowley
Feb. 22--An industry dogged by a history of potions and magic tricks has earned a degree of legitimacy. A laser-emitting comb was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last week as a medical device to promote hair growth -- the first drug-free treatment the federal agency has approved to fight baldness. "The biggest problem in the hair-loss industry is credibility. Most people have been ripped off," said Bill Blatter, president of the Hair Loss Control Clinic in Latham. "Now, they know the laser works. It gives them a comfort zone that there is a product approved by the FDA." The HairMax LaserComb and other similar ...
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