Shen Min, Hair Loss, and Foolishness

hi ..im 25 yrs old and have started taking an herbal hair growth supplement called Shen Min …100% all natural …ive been on it for about a week and notice my hair is falling out more..especially when i wash it i have more hair end up in my hands..i read in some posts that this is normal…but man i dont wanna lose all my hair if it’s not normal….should i stay on it ??

First, let me say that losing hair may be normal for you. What you want to do is postpone what is happening to you as long as you can and reverse it if that is possible. Clearly what you are doing is not working, right? With that as a focus, read-on!

I’m speaking here as a physician in the United States, so my comments are based on regulations (or lack thereof) in the USA.

Herbal supplements are not regulated by the US government or health agencies, because they are not medication. And because it is not a medication, it should not make medical claims. When it comes to herbal supplements, it is a “buyer beware” market. Shen Min is making medical claims that have no basis that convinces me that it has any more value for growing hair than rubbing grass on your head.

No matter how many times I write about the many unproven products out there for hair loss, there seems to be a neverending barrage of people looking for magical cures for things that have no magic to it and is only a shortcut for disasterous hair loss. What surprises me is that men will do anything possible to avoid really solving their hair loss problem. Every day that a balding man loses in addressing his hair loss properly, is a step he’s taking to becoming balder and balder and balder and balder… until there is permanent balding. I sometimes grow frustrated with saying the same thing over and over again, but I will persist because it is important to educate people. Get a proper diagnosis by getting your hair mapped out for miniaturization , and then if there is genetic balding, finasteride is the only FDA approved oral solution for stopping or reversing it. As a hair transplant surgeon, I make my living putting hair back in the bald man, but if you think this through, why would I tell you the way to avoid my transplant option? The answer is clear to me — it is best for the patient. I even mapped out the hair on one of my sons and put him on Propecia because I knew, I absolutely knew, he had genetic balding. Much of the hair that he was losing reversed and unlike the person who asked the question about Shen Min and got sold a bill of goods, my son got what he wanted — his hair back.