I am a female in her mid-thirties, and in the last 1.5 years I have been experiencing a lot of hair fall due to some hormonal medications, dieting, stress and other things. It has gotten so bad that I can see bald patches on my scalp now. I have tried millions of shampoos, conditioners, serums, supplements, minoxidil...you name it, I have tried it. But nothing is helping. I know that the iRestore is not meant for hormonal hair loss but I am really desperate now, and after reading a lot of articles about it I have decided to give this a try. Today is day 1 of me using it...and I will update my review and rating every 2-3 weeks depending on how it goes.
Btw, I must note that this is not the only thing I am trying. I am taking Viviscal supplements and using Viviscal shampoo and conditioner too. I am also oiling my hair, rinsing my hair with green tea after washing and practicing balayam yoga.
Day 1: First impressions are good. The helmet is nowhere as heavy as I had expected, and it was very easy to setup and use. It did start to feel a bit heavy towards the end of the 25 minute session but not overly so.
Day 10: Ok, so I have been using this religiously for the last ten days (25 min session every alternate day). So far I don’t see much progress but then again, I wasn’t expecting to. It is probably still too early to notice any difference. On the box it says hair fall should reduce within a month or two so lets see. On the plus side, I don't see any increased shedding that I was told to expect initially. On the minus side, i do get a slight headache while using it. It is mild and it does go away pretty quickly after the session is done but if you suffer from migraines or regular headaches, you want to be a bit careful.
1.5 months: It has been slightly more than 1.5 months so far, and i still see no difference. My hair continues to shed at the same rate, i still see patches and i am still depressed about my hair loss. A bit disappointing but i am not giving up hope. I will continue using this. Also to be fair, i did skip using it for about 10 days last month as i was on a vacation and I didn’t want to lug it around. I am keeping the 5 star review for now because i think it would be unfair to change it before giving it a proper chance, but i may change it the next time I update the review if I don't see results by then.
2.5 months: Ok, so it has been close to 2.5 months now and I have started seeing some positive results. Yay yay yay!! My hair loss is slowly reducing and I see a couple of new hairs on top of my head. I am still losing hair but while it used to be enough to make me cry everytime I combed my hair, now it looks somewhat normal. I still lose more than I like when I wash my hair so hoping that would change soon. Although I have not seen any miraculous results so far, I seem to be responding the way they said so I am ok.
P.S. - Again, I want to stress that this is not the only thing I am doing. I am still taking the supplements, oiling my hair etc. However, I had been doing those things before iRestore too so I feel somewhat confident in saying that the device seems to be helping. One main thing I started last month was collagen supplements. I feel that has helped too.
Almost 5 months - Unfortunately my hair loss journey has taken a turn for the worse. My hair fall has increased considerably in the last 1.5 month. I must, however note that I haven’t been very disciplined in using the helmet and other hair loss remedies due to some personal issues as well as some travelling i did. I missed a few days of using the helmet, and i forgot to take the collagen on more than a few occasions. My hair feels thin and limp, and i feel a bit upset to be honest. I wish i had something more positive to share but this is how things are at the moment. I plan to be more disciplined in my approach from today and hopefully by my next update i will have better news.
7 months - I have been using the helmet very regularly in the last two months and I have seen some positive results. I am seeing quite a few new baby hairs popping up on my scalp. They are very prominently visible when I wash my hair. That said, I am still continuing to lose hair. That has not decreased at all. However, I now suspect that this could be due to my shampoo and other products. Because my hair has become so thin, I am using a lot of volumizing products hoping they will add some bulk to it. But I think they are making my hair dry and brittle. Recently my friend commented that my hair looks very frizzy. So I have now switched to a moisturizing shampoo and conditioner, and hoping that will help. In fact, iRestore recently sent me their new conditioner as part of a promotion so I am really excited to try that. I also switched from Viviscal to Priorin because after almost 8 months on viviscal, I can confidently say that it is not helping much, and it is so expensive. I am still continuing with collagen and all the other stuff. I will report back next month after trying the new supplements, shampoo and the irestore conditioner. But for now, I am happy with the baby hairs sprouting on top of my head. Yay.
Final update and views: I kinda got bored and stopped updating my results but I have been using the machine pretty consistently all this time. It has been close to 15-16 months now since I started using it. Except a couple of times when I went on vacation, I have used it on alternate days very regularly. After all this time, I can tell you that this doesn't give you any miraculous results. My hairfall has reduced a bit and I did see some baby hair growth at one point but I have been doing so many things for my hair that it is hard to pin down the benefits to any one thing. Also, my hair still looks pretty thin, especially on the scalp. I have not regained my lost hair. I have now accepted it and it doesn't bother me much anymore. All that said, in all fairness, this device was never advertised for hormonal hair loss which is what I have.
So all in all I would say that no, this has not given me any noteworthy results. But I do not regret the purchase because a) I had heard a lot about the benefits of laser combs and devices, and atleast now I don't have to keep wondering if I missed out on something that might have potentially helped and b) when I was really desperate about my hair, this gave me a psychological boost. And it did help a little, just nothing miraculous. Whether these benefits are worth spending so much money on is something you have to decide for yourself. But please don't go by the reviews that tell you that the thickness of their ponytail increased dramatically in a month etc. That is highly, highly unlikely to happen. I am keeping the rating at 5 because personally, I did see some benefits and I also feel that people are more likely to pay attention to 5 star ratings.
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A new drug may help reverse hair loss in people with alopecia. Alina Rudya/Bell Collective/Getty ImagesThe FDA has now approved a new drug to treat hair loss caused by alopecia.
On June 23, the FDA announced approval for ritlecitinib, sold under the brand name Litfulo, a drug used to treat severe alopecia areata. The medicine has been approved for people 12 years and up.
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease that results in hair loss. This disease affects as many as 6.7 million people in the U.S.
Last year the FDA approved the first treatment for severe alopecia areata called baricitinib, under the brand name Olumiant. The medication is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor.
That drug works by targeting the JAK system pathway, which is part of the immune system associated with the development of alopecia.
One issue with this treatment is that it was only for adults.
Now researchers have continued to examine other treatments and recently discovered the effectiveness of the drug Litfulo.
Litfulo will be available for consumers “in the coming weeks,” Pfizer reported in a news release. And the cost for patients will depend on individual health care plans.