don't waste your time with unproven medication

An advertisement for a supplement which its manufacturers claim can reduce hair loss has been banned by the UK advertising authorities who said that it was misleading. The product called Viviscal advertised itself as containing "marine extracts, organic soluble silica and fortified vitamin C" which they said would provide "nutrients needed for healthy hair".

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said that the advertisement which was in newspapers all over the UK and which even had a testimonial from Only Fools and Horses actress Sue Holderness had claims which could not be proven. Its essential to use your brain when deciding whether to buy hair products that claim to boost hair health.  There is a lot of rubbish out there which has no clinical evidence that it actually works and which could even do more harm than good. 

Think of it like this; if the product was so good its manufacturers would submit it to an independent laboratory, and would ask the relevant medical authorities in the UK to monitor a clinical trial. Relying on testimonials from Mr A and Mrs B is probably the stupidest thing that you can do despite the fact that they seem to sway the opinions of many people.

If you are concerned about thinning hair you should get a consultation with a doctor who can advise you on clinically proven hair loss treatments. In the UK at present the most effective medication to treat male pattern baldness [not female baldness] is the drug Propecia made by Merck.  This drug has been the subject of more independent and monitored clinical trials than any other hair loss product in history.

don't waste your time with unproven medication because if you do by the time you realize your mistake you could be completely bald!