Hair Quackery
The grey hair & hair loss industry generates worldwide annual revenues of several billion euros but the vast majority of products, especially hair loss remedies promoted on the web, are a scam. If one grew a single hair with each remedy out there, they would fill the entire head. Useless rubbish is not only bad for the wallet, it also wastes valuable time while the hair loss continues. And needless to say it undermines the confidence of many sufferers in all treatments. The situation is less tricky in regards to grey hair products but caution is required here, too. A good thing about them is that time does not matter so much as the greying process can not be halted. A bad grey hair product is only a waste of money and confidence.
Identifying the Hair Scam
The first thing you should look at when considering a new hair loss or grey hair remedy, is its composition. You can check the “product reviews” section on the blog and refer to the “grey hair treatments” or "hair loss treatments" section on the main site, where many active ingredients that are found in such products are being discussed. If you are unable to find a product’s breakdown into individual ingredients, be particularly careful. You should check whether the individual active substances have undergone any credible clinical testing, search for peer studies and verify the source. Read more...
Science vs Alchemy
One of the common misconceptions in treating baldness is the assumption that natural treatments are safer than medicines. One good example is saw palmetto that can be found as a principal ingredient in almost every natural hair loss product. Many marketers claim that saw palmetto is a safe natural dihydrotestosterone (DHT) blocker whereas finasteride is often associated with causing side effects. An interesting fact about this argument is that saw palmetto is assumed to work exactly by the same mode of action as finasteride does, by reducing the plasma level of DHT, but amazingly this very same process is not accompanied by any potential side effects. Read more...