[RESULTS] Among the remaining 122 female and 103 male subjects in the efficacy analysis , the mean terminal hair count at 26 weeks increased from baseline by 20.2 , 20.6 , 18.4 , 20.9 , and 25.7 per cm2 in 9-beam lasercomb-treated female subjects , 12-beam lasercomb-treated female subjects , 7-beam lasercomb-treated male subjects , and 9 - and 12-beam lasercomb-treated male subjects , respectively , compared with 2.8 ( p < 0.0001 ) , 3.0 ( p < 0.0001 ) , 1.6 ( p = 0.0017 ) , 9.4 ( p = 0.0249 ) , and 9.4 ( p = 0.0028 ) in sham-treated subjects ( 95 % confidence interval ) .