business

Laser-
Focused

West Bloomfield entrepreneur uses lasers
to help improve people’s lives.

SUSAN PECK SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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ntrepreneur and inventor
Craig Nabat has one big
personal goal. It’s to help
5 million people stop smoking in
the next two years. To some, that
may seem like too lofty a goal,
but it’s an example of his tower-
ing aspirations to change the
lives of others in a positive way.
“This is my life’s work, to help
others break free from their nico-
tine addiction,” West Bloomfield
native Nabat said. “As a former
pack-a-day smoker myself, I was
searching for a safe and success-
ful way to stop smoking, and
found it in the low-level laser
treatments I tried in Canada over
10 years ago.
“I refined that process based
on the principles of acupuncture
and laser light therapy that mim-
ics the feel-good neuro-chem-
icals you get while smoking,
and opened my Freedom Laser
Therapy clinic in Los Angeles in
2003," he added. “We’ve treated
more than 10,000 smokers with
success rates as high as 70 per-
cent.”
Because the treatments were
so successful in his clinic, Nabat
re-engineered and introduced
the home-use Freedom Quit
Smoking System, so that it could
reach people worldwide.
“My passion stems from two
things really. I want to do every-
thing I can to help people live the
best life they can, and I’m a natu-
ral entrepreneur who won’t stop
at anything when I have a prod-
uct I believe will bring people a

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better life,” Nabat, who currently
lives in Los Angeles, said.
“All of my efforts have gone to
getting healthy results without
the use of potentially harmful
pharmaceuticals. That’s why I’m
fascinated by the use of laser
light therapies. I think we’ve only
scratched the surface for the
benefits to our overall health.”

SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

A serial entrepreneur, featured
as the October 2015 cover story
of Inventor’s Digest, Nabat attri-
butes his family for his nonstop
work ethic and positive can-do
attitude. “My mother used to tell
me, ‘Always remember American
ends with I can.’ I think that phi-
losophy was imprinted on me
early on.”
But his parents, Eugene and
Sandra Nabat, weren’t always as
sure as they are now about his
goals, especially in the begin-
ning. Still residents of West
Bloomfield, they were conscien-
tious parents who arranged for
him to become a bar mitzvah
at Temple Israel and after high
school encouraged him to go to
law school. He wanted nothing of
that, but soon showed them his
nonstop drive for invention and
the marketing of his innovative
products.
“I looked to my family for per-
sonal and financial support for
launching one of my early ideas,
and when they saw my commit-
ment they stood behind me all
the way,” Nabat said. “I promised

them they would never regret it
and today they would say they
are proud of what I’ve accom-
plished, so I’ve kept my promise.”
Nabat’s other recent innova-
tion is the iRestore laser hair
growth system — an FDA-
cleared, drug-free, medical-grade
laser technology to treat hair loss
and promote hair growth in the
comfort of your own home. The
laser device has to be used for 25
minutes, three times a week. The
system also includes accompa-
nying hair products that contain
biotin, saw palmetto and a DHT
blocker to enhance the hair
growth process.
“There are approximately 80
million people suffering from
hair loss, and iRestore’s success
has surpassed our expecta-
tions in regards to consumer
response,” Nabat said. “That’s a
testament to the quality of the
product and how well it works.”
The system has no known
side effects and can be used in
conjunction with Rogaine or
Propecia, other treatments for
hair loss.
By the end of April, Freedom
Laser Therapy will have complet-
ed 42 subject clinical research
studies on the iRestore Hair
Growth System and will be sell-
ing iRestore through medical
clinics nationwide.
Nabat uses his location in
Los Angeles to spread the word
about his products. Surrounded
by celebrities and the television
industry, he has appeared on

Access Hollywood, The Doctors
and TLC, VH1, Fox News and
more, and recently had his prod-
ucts as part of the Golden Globes
gift bags to the stars.
“If I can get those in the
public eye to try and have suc-
cess with the Freedom Quit
Smoking System or the iRestore
hair growth system, I can reach
many others in the process,”
Nabat said. Celebs like Anthony
Anderson, Viola Davis and Jenny
McCarthy have given the prod-
ucts a thumbs-up.
Nabat’s company, Freedom
Laser Therapy Inc., has excit-
ing things to come in the near
future. “I want to focus on home-
use electronics for health, beauty
and wellness that will include
cutting-edge laser use for things
like hair removal, tattoo removal,
sleep aids and facial masks, just
to name a few.”
Forty-something Nabat feels
he’s finally come full circle —
starting out in West Bloomfield
and now getting the recognition
here from his hard-earned suc-
cess in the health and wellness
industry.
“To be highlighted in the
Jewish News is a huge honor and
will definitely be something that
will make my parents and sisters
very proud,” Nabat said. “Making
people’s lives better and making
your family proud of you in the
process makes all the hard work
I’ve done worthwhile.” •

For info, visit freedomlasertherapy.com.

