The Laser Hat – our experience (with one set of patient photos)

A little over a five years ago, I agreed to work with a company that supplied Laser Hats to us at no charge (valued at $3,000 each). I got 12 volunteers and sold them a Laser Hat for $500 with the caveat that they would come into our office every three months for photos.  At the time we did this, we did not have the HAIRCHECK instrument.  It would have been the perfect tool to measure if any value was achieved with the once-a-day use of the Laser Hat. There were clearly problems in the quality of the photos and the way the patients combed their hair. I for one will admit that I was less than fastidious about standardizing the quality of the photos. None of the dozen patient reported any significant benefit. Four of the 12 did not come back for photos but I did speak to each of them a year later.  They were incentivized to get their $500 back and to keep the Laser Hat if they came in four times in a year.

The patient below had pictures 18 months apart which are shown. These photos were less important than what the man told me, essentially he was disappointed that he did not see results to the experimental Laser Hat.  The upper row of photos are 18 months earlier than the lower row of photos.  You judge for yourself.  Is is worth $3,000 to purchase a Laser Hat?