If you are on the hunt for a hair loss treatment that is safe, effective, easy to use, and not outlandishly expensive, the odds are good that you have had your share of experience with marketing claims propagated by multi level marketing affiliates. Ads proclaiming guarantees and free e-books, ezines, and other goodies that come standard with a three months supply of any product may have swayed many, yet if you consider just how many more consumers have found out that many of these claims are contrived, do not apply to them, have misleading warranties attached to them, or simply do not live up to their claims, it becomes quickly apparent that talk is cheap in the hair loss industry.
Some have gone so far as to apply this nugget of wisdom to those marketing hair loss shampoos. Like with any other product, you will find that in this niche there are unscrupulous advertisers, reputable marketers, and some products that might have an effect on your head of hair – even if it is not what you had originally intended. To get the skinny on hair loss shampoos, it is crucial to understand the scope of their abilities and also the limitations:
- There is no hair loss shampoo that has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration. Some marketers come close to claiming it, but none actually have received it, even if some phrases may lead you to believe differently.
- There is no guaranteed hair loss system that fights hair loss unless it is hair transplantation. Short of going that far, any and all other hair treatments offer varying levels of success.
- No matter what any marketer will claim, there are absolutely no hair loss shampoos on the market which will reverse baldness. Hair loss sufferers who have reported some success with this methodology of treatment are those with mild to moderately thinning hair.
- Understand the difference between hair loss shampoos and hair loss prevention shampoos. Although sometimes the treatment options appear to overlap, a bona fide hair loss shampoo should work after hair has already been lost while a hair loss prevention shampoo is utilized before the first strands have fallen. The latter is therefore considered something of a cosmetic choice.
- On the flipside, in some cases the use of hair loss shampoos when coupled with specifically formulated conditioners has shown improvement in the thinning of hair, yet perhaps not because of the ingredients but more because this may have been one of the first times that conditioners have been applied in a long time, and hair that breaks off due to brittleness and dryness will indeed appear to have regrouped. Whether or not this could have been accomplished with a high quality hair treatment is not certain, but possible.
- Some hair loss shampoos actually add volume to the hair, thus leading the user to believe that new tresses are growing when in fact this is not the case.
- Sometimes questionable and potentially dangerous substances are on the list of ingredients, and since they may act by skin absorption, you will be wise to talk to your doctor about the list of ingredients first.
