Some Scams Are Older Than We Are. Here Are Some Tips.
There are certainly no shortage of products that claim to cure baldness. There is however, a shortage of products that actually do.
A Little History: In 400 B.C. Hippocrates tried to regrow hair by rubbing pigeon dung into his scalp. In the 1800's people used chicken poop. It sounds pretty funny, but Camel-dung treatments persisted well into this century.
In The Present: Unproven baldness remedies still abound. Herbal Lotions, Anti-oxidant shampoos, vitamins, and even a "sperm based" product persist. Many of these treatments are sold out of the back of magazines and (of course) on the internet.
In this section we will discuss different hoaxes, why we fall for them, what the government does about them, and 10 warning signs of hairloss hoaxes.
This page describes three types of hair loss hoaxes that are
common, scalp cleansers, nutritional supplements, and scalp massagers. |
Reasons why we fall for hair loss hoaxes including placebo
effect, cleansing effect, and thickening effect. |
Why the government doesn't crack down on false hair products.
Includes a blurb about the Helsinki formula a famous hair loss hoax. |
A top ten list of suspicious factors. Look for the factors to
determine if a product is really a hair loss hoax. |
