Top Doctor 2007

Hair Loss & Laser Hair Regrowth

Picture: William F. Gaunitz

William Gaunitz is at the forefront of the laser hair regeneration market in the U.S. In 2002, he founded the Evolution Hair Centers in Scottsdale, Arizona after success in treating his own hair loss. Gaunitz HairgGroth Centers was the first stand alone laser hair regeneration clinic in the U.S. And was the first to offer a 100 percent money back guarantee on a laser hair regrowth program. Gaunitz has studied with the International Associate of Thrichology in London, England. He trained with Innovative Hair Loss Solutions in Australia and was certified in scalp diagnostics in Bordeaux, France. Gaunitz can frequently be seen on television news programs discussing his breakthrough hair regenerative process.

Combating Women’s Hair Loss

Laser Hair Replacement Therapy

One of the most advanced ways to combat permanent baldness is through laser treatments. By stimulating the scalp with laser therapy, experts have determined that the hair loss stops and is often reversed. Gaunitz Hair Growth Center in Scottsdale started with basic laser hair replacement therapy, be went further, perfecting a cold laser treatment. It combines the laser treatment with a set of therapies that work together, known as the Gaunitz Holistic Hair Therapy.

The Gaunitz program is a 5-step process that stops hair loss and regrows hair in 98% of users. A certified hair growth specialist works one-on-one with each patient and uses a microscopic analysis to monitor the patient throughout a six- or nine-month program.

The holistic Hair Therapy starts with a proprietary cold laser technology and then combines the Gaunitz Hair Sciences chemical-free, synthetic-free hair care products, scalp detoxification and massage therapies, custom compounded prescriptions for topical treatments, and nutritional detoxification and supplementation with a combination of vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids.

The Gaunitz nine-month Super Program is available for approximately $235 per month or the six-month program runs around $168 per month. Initial consultations are available.

By: Susan Lanier-Graham

Hair Today, Not Gone Tomorrow

Bill Gaunitz knows significantly more about lasers then eponyms.

The self-dubbed Angry Hair Guy, while recently describing his revolutionary hair-growing technology, spoke with an effervescence and conviction usually reserved for televangelist.

But he also was relatively calm and exceedingly honestly. And cited facts.

Evolution Hair Centers, which has a large office in Scottsdale and is opening another soon near Arrowhead Mall in the Northwest Valley, offers a program that combines twice-weekly, low-level laster therapy with scalp massages and organic topical solutions. A six-month program starts at $4,000. The more popular and thorough nine-month program begins at $5,000 and is fully guaranteed. Patients begin with a dietary detox and are instructed to use only chemical-free hair products. (individuals with conditions such as male-pattern baldness must continue to use topical solutions, which costs between $15 and $30 monthly.)

we’ve had over 1,300-plus clients go through our clinic, and I’ve given money back 41 times,Gaunitz says. Everybody walks out of here happy.

Gaunitz quit a lucrative job at a local chemical company and opened his first office in November 2002 after compiling mountains of research, including discovering a laser being used in Australia that had yet to reach U.S. Soil.

it started out with a 500-square-foot facility where I was playing receptionist, consultant, and laser technician, and now we’ve got 3,600 square feet here on Scottsdale Road, says Gaunitz, whose on line bio says he first experienced hair loss in his late teens. I was devastated. At 22, facing being basically bald at 25 – and being single – it did not seem to fit my particular profile at the time.

Gaunitz projects that within three or four years he could have between 50 and 75 laser-therapy locations licensed and/or franchised nationally. He’s also working with a single distributor in Europe.

The only potential danger of shooting one’s head with a laser?
Don’t look in to the light, Gaunitz says, It could cause retinal damage.

Taking It Lightly

New Technologies use LEDs and lasers to remove age spots and regrow hair.

Bill Gaunitz Jr.’s product – A proprietary hair growth laser – does not produce heat, either, but it is helping some people sprout new hair the way the sun helps new grass grow.

Gaunitz, who is president of Evolution Hair Centers bases in Scottsdale, has first hand knowledge of the way his system works since he uses it himself. We’ve tested to see how much hair grows with the therapy. While it is really hard to quantify because everyone is different,. We do know that if you’ve lost your hair in the last seven to 10 years, you’re probably a great candidate, he explains. we can usually grow all your hair back and not just at the microscopic level. Hair gets thick and dense.

The handheld laser, which looks like a large remote control, came about because so many of the people who came to the Scottsdale clicnic could not stay for more then two weeks to complete the treatment, which usually takes several months. Today, anyone can buy the laser ($1,995), which is offered with neutraceuticals, chemical-free hair products and custom compound pharmaceuticals ($3,000). The neutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals are designed to help detox the body, he says. The laser, which is used for four minutes each day, helps stimulate the dormant hair follicles.

In addition to the laser, we offer six months’ worth of the products, add Gaunitz. and it comes with a money-back guarantee. However, the company has few takers on its return policy. To date, only five percent of the customers have called for a refund. We’re seeing more hair after only six weeks, Says Gaunitz. Everyone seems to respond to the treatment.

By: Karen J. Bannan