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ELLE's annual roundup of age-defying breakthroughs will have you looking better than your #flashbackfriday from head to toe, but here, we're focusing on hair products particularly. Because as too many of us know, it's not just your skin that can age you, and it's not just guys that have thinning hair problems. Below, our favorite shortcuts to thicker, longer hair, from serums to foams to laser treatments.

Turn Up the Volume

[excerpt from ELLE North America]
ELLE's annual roundup of age-defying breakthroughs will have you looking better than your #flashbackfriday from head to toe, but here, we're focusing on hair products particularly. Because as too many of us know, it's not just your skin that can age you, and it's not just guys that have thinning hair problems. Below, our favorite shortcuts to thicker, longer hair, from serums to foams to laser treatments.
Platelet-rich-plasma (PRP) hair-growth treatments—during which a patient's blood is processed via centrifuge to concentrate the plasma, then shallowly syringed into the scalp—are getting a boost with human placental tissue. In an hour-long session, Alan J. Bauman, MD, injects a custom cocktail of a patient's own stem-cell-rich plasma combined with placenta from a medically screened donor into target areas, then follows with microneedling. On average, 90 percent of patients with early-stage hair loss will experience a 20 percent increase in volume and coverage, Bauman says. And unlike traditional PRP, which requires patients to return for treatment every 90 days to six months, placenta-enhanced PRP results last up to two years.

For more info on hair loss diagnosis, hair regrowth treatments and tracking measurements, visit http://www.baumanmedical.com