Article: Laser comb's a capper in hair-loss fight

ROSS WERLAND, Chicago Tribune
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
08-07-2005

Laser comb's a capper in hair-loss fight -- 6-month test yields a crowning touch
By ROSS WERLAND, Chicago Tribune
Date: 08-07-2005, Sunday
Section: LIVING
Edtion: All Editions

Hair loss doesn't seem to bother all guys. For me, it's up there with losing fingers. And no one in my family has died with a full head of hair.

But I've been fighting back on the march to midlife. Twice a day for about four years I've been spraying minoxidil on the crown of my head, which is the only place on the skull where the substance supposedly works.

For two years I've been using Nioxin shampoo to fight the buildup of dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, ...

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