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If you have purchased a Capillus hair cap for the purposes of slowing hair loss and regrowing hair, you may qualify to file a class action lawsuit and seek compensation and damages.
The National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau has asked Capillus to stop making false or unproven claims about their products. If their advertising claims led you to buy one of Capillus’s device, you may be able to file a false advertising lawsuit.
What is a Capillus Hair Cap?
Capillus, a company specializing in laser devices, claims that its low-level laser caps can reverse hair loss and increase hair counts by using the device for just six minutes a day. Despite very little evidence to support these claims, Capillus markets their caps for hundreds of dollars.
According to Capillus, their hair caps are worth the price, due to their effectiveness at correcting baldness and increasing hair counts.
How Does Capillus Hair Cap Work?
According to Capillus, their caps work by stimulating the hair follicles and triggering them to grow. Each Capillus hair cap consists of between 82 and 272 laser diodes. These lasers target the hair follicles on the scalp. The caps are powered by hand-held lithium-ion battery packs, allowing wearers to be mobile while using the device.
Capillus’s “value device” retails for $899, and features 82 laser diodes. The mid-range device features 202 laser diodes, and costs $1,999. The company’s premium device contains 272 laser diodes and costs $2,999.
Are These Caps Effective?
Despite Capillus’s claims that these caps are effective, the National Advertising Division recommended in 2016 that the company cease its claims that the products are “clinically proven,” “physician recommended,” and have “no known side effects.” According to the Better Business Bureau, the Division also took issue with the company’s claims that its laser caps were the best value for customers seeking hair regeneration products.
But according to Capillus’s own customers, the devices are ineffective. Capillus hair caps have a 2.5 star rating on Amazon, and many of the Capillus reviews regarding the caps include comments such as “Never buy this product,” “It’s a scam,” “I haven’t seen any improvement,” and “I have zero changes in my hair.”
Although laser therapy may someday be a viable option for people looking to reverse their hair loss, there has been limited research into which lasers work the best for this purpose. The pulse structure, wavelength, and power of laser therapy all have an effect on how well the device will work.
Dr. Marc R. Avram, a Clinical Professor of Dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College, told Zwivel regarding the Capillus cap, “There is no firmly established frequency and length of treatment.”
If you have purchased a Capillus hair cap due to the company’s claims about the product’s effectiveness, you may be eligible to hire a truth in advertising attorney and file a class action lawsuit to pursue compensation.
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55 thoughts onDoes Capillus Hair Cap Work?
PRP which is platelet rich plasma works for hair regrowth. It requires 3 treatments and that usually cost about 2400 to 3000.
It’s even sadder that Bosley Hair Restoration sells those fraudulent piles of electronic crap.
A Similar LED based device using same wavelengths is available from a HK based operation for under $200. Bought one. Arrived in a week. It lights up but way too early to tell if it does anything useful. Built in timer shuts off in about 20minutes.
If it works, I saved almost a kilobuck. If not, I probably have already spent that much on minoxidil with zero useful results.
Hey! Thanks for the info. .Please, let us know the results and the company you used.
I almost fell for it until I read the reviews…whoooo!
It is truly unfortunate that an ineffective product is preying on individuals already traumatized to the mere experience of degenerative hair loss. Irregardless of FDA approval, It’s the medical profession and its corporate corruption to figment some felonious pathology to market a product that is perfectly useless. A major “Class Action” suit will be righteous for the consumer sucked in by false marketing and the depraved entities pushing it.
So happy to read this…. Don’t have an abundance amount of money to throw away… Was seriously considering, even started budgeting from my finances for the device because of the advertising.. This company is really preying on people’s emotions… I cannot express how I feel and how losing my hair is effecting my mindset.. Shame on tHem for taking advantage of people during such a troubling life changing issue…
I’m a physician. I am not in the hair replacement business but there’s one thing that I do know is a physician and that’s keep it simple. If a procedure is FDA approved a consumer/patient can presume that there is some legitimate efficacy in the drug and or product being prescribed and/or sold. If it is not then run the other way. Laser therapy is not FDA approved. It has never been FDA approved. It is simply FDA cleared which means absolutely nothing. The chasm between FDA cleared and FDA approved is enormous. There are two and only two FDA approved treatments for hair loss in the United States and that is minoxidil topical which is solely for use in the occipital cortex in other words the bald spot area. There has been no research to prove that this product works anywhere else but in that region but it does work and is FDA approved. The second method is Propecia which is a DHT testosterone blocker 1 mg per day. This treatment is also FDA approved. These are exceptionally inexpensive ways to prevent potentially further hair loss and possibly even regrow some hair in the back but that’s as good as it gets folks. Stay away from the phony gimmicks laser being one of them absolutely. A good litmus test is to ask any hair restoration surgeon if he recommends that his patients use a laser postoperatively and if he’s ethical and honest he’ll say no but he will always recommend minoxidil and Propecia/finasteride. That should tell you everything you need to know. There are a few quacks that sell these machines in their office but they’ll admit to other doctors after a couple of drinks that they do it simply for purposes of pumping up profits.
Thank you so much. How does this apply to women?
66 and no hair loss and no grey hair. But this stills MAKES ME MAD that these actors can get away with it. Where does that women on the TV Ad live and what’s her name.
Just purchased on the NCL Escape Boat spa. Don’t know if it will work? Sorry to hear the bad reviews? I’ll give it a chance? Doctor on the Boat convinced me to buy it because of the FDA approval? We’ll see if I get any results? Cap makes me mad to put on. Laser light turns off if I move? Don’t they have clinical trials????????????. Consumer reviews?????????.
Did you not read the article? This product does not work!! You have fallen for a scam and have wasted your money. It IS NOT FDA approved!!!!
Please learn to use question marks properly, and in moderation. Do the same with money, as you are obviously overusing both.
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Another factor in addition to wavelength, pulse shaping, etc. as discussed above, is WHY should it have to use LASER LEDs? Is that just a marketing gimmick? To make it uniquely patentable in some way?
I can think of no reason why there would be a different response between coherent light (LASER) and non-coherent light energy (normal light sources such as regular non-LASER LEDs, light bulbs, etc). Sufficiently luminous LEDs would penetrate tissue just as deeply LASER LED, and could have the same wavelength (LEDs come in a broad spectrum of wavelengths including UV (short wavelength) and IR (long wavelength).
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