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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Roisin Butler

Irish medical device could stop hair loss in chemotherapy patients

Irish founded company Luminate Medical are set to provide an innovative treatment that will prevent hair loss from occurring in cancer patients.

The device has already been trialled on healthy patients in University Hospital Galway and it is hoped that the device will eventually receive FDA approval in the US.

The project was motivated by the insecurities cancer patients experience while suffering from hair loss.

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