Angry Emails About Hair Products

it would seem to me, if it worked as good as you say on TV, all the news media, talk shows, and anyone reliable else, would be backing this product. An infomercial is paying the TV. If It was as good as you say, you wouldn’t have to pay to have is broadcast. Remember, just because you say it’s so, doesn’t make it so.

Where do I begin? I was able to determine that this email came from someone that found the BaldingBlog by looking for ScalpMed on a search engine and just assumed that I was the one responsible for promoting this product. This is sadly not the first email I’ve received like this. Some people just seem a little angry about the ScalpMed product. I’ve never seen the TV commercial and I’ve never claimed ScalpMed is good. In fact, I haven’t promoted myself or my company in almost 10 years and I’ve never promoted a hair loss product on TV, ever. Folks, just because you found this site by searching Google for something you saw on TV, it doesn’t mean I made the commercial promoting it or had anything to do with the company or the product. I understand there is anger over products out there claiming to do things that you have not experienced, but your anger is misplaced if it is directed towards me.

I do agree with the writer of the above email though — if a product is as miraculous as they each believe is more than hinted at being a wonderous cure or treatment for hair loss, you would see as much information EVERYWHERE as you surely did when Viagra was made available to the public. Stop to think of the Viagra marketing launch and try to apply that to any magic bullet pill advertised to treat hair loss. Viagra was everywhere, and a topic like sexual dysfunction is far more embarassing for many people to talk about than hair loss. So if a miracle pill for hair loss did exist, I would think you’d see it even MORE than Viagra. You’d be getting 50 spam emails a day (with multiple misspellings) talking about selling it at a discount. You’d see it on the cover of Newsweek. You’d certainly would see it in magazines and newspapers. Hair loss is a big deal to many people.

With nearly 50% of men losing their hair, the market for a wonder drug that claims to do it all for your hair is wide open. I do recommend Propecia, because I’ve seen it work and it is FDA approved. The same recommendation goes for minoxidil, although to a lesser extent — but again, it is approved. Propecia doesn’t work for everyone all the time, and minoxidil has its faults as well. As a physician, I have a hard time recommending any product that I am not convinced works. I have no experience with ScalpMed, but there does seem to be a very polarized group of emailers who do not take a positive view of their experience with this product. If you are included in this group, could you take a few minutes and write down your experience and let me know if you were happy or unhappy, and why? I will be happy to share rational people’s emails with the readers of this blog.