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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission flatly states, "there is no over-the-counter cream, lotion or device that can induce new hair to grow or cause hair (thinning hair) to become thicker." Hair-growth remedies and other health frauds squander billions of dollars, the agency warns. Hair Loss Treatment Scams |
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Introduction The internet is a good source to find information and products. The internet is also a very bad place to find information and products for sale. The internet, by its "open borders" and apparent lack of a cohesive regulatory force, is a 21st Century haven for con artists of every description. This is never more true than the field of hair loss treatment for thinning hair. There are more bogus hair loss treatment "miracle cure" - web-sites offering to sell a rip-off product, then there are web-sites for legitimate treatment methods. The 1990s saw a large insurgence in the marketing and sales of all natural herbal remedies for a variety of ailments. From St. John's Wort to Ginseng. These "all natural products" subtly promised a safe and highly effective (if you read the sales literature) solution to a particular health problem, without a doctor's prescription. This movement toward all natural remedies opened the minds of consumers that legitimate, safe and effective cures can be obtained easily. This web-site does not seek to argue the effectiveness of these "all-natural" herbal remedies claiming to treat anything except for hair loss. It is in this one subject area, hair loss, that - no legitimate claim for an "all-natural remedy" or "home remedy for hair loss" or "hair loss miracle cure" can be made. Nor will a "hair loss shampoo" or a "hair loss vitamin" regrow hair that has fallen out due to normal hair loss. A Natural Miracle Hair Loss Cure Does Not Exist. Period. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission flatly states, "there is no over-the-counter cream, lotion or device that can induce new hair to grow or cause hair to become thicker." Hair-growth remedies and other health frauds squander billions of dollars, the agency warns. The FDA and the established medical community and recognized hair loss associations worldwide have recognized only 4, we say again, 4 treatments for hair loss. They include: 1. Minoxidil 2. finasteride. 3. Hair transplants and 4.hair loss surgery (scalp reductions, flaps). Minoxidil is sometimes misspelled "minoxidol or minoxidal") The FDA has examined more then 250,000 products claiming to treat hair loss. None of them passed any serious muster. This web-site examines the tactics and false claims the con artists selling these products on the internet use to rope in victims. We hope you will read this web site completely and follow the links to arm yourself with honest, unbiased information made by those who have no vested interest in selling you a sham treatment. If you want to treat you hair loss or thinning hair, then the most demoralizing thing that could happen is to waste your valuable money and time on a product, only to find it doesn't work. Hair loss in men and women is depressing enough, you don't need the additional heartache of a product that doesn't work, wastes your money and loses more hair in the natural process. Ironically, in researching these scam sites to build this informative web-site, we found that the large majority of these products ARE NOT cheaper then legitimate hair loss treatment methods!!! |
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