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.