Hair Loss Treatment
Scams
Investigate Hair Loss Products
Before you spend money on any hair loss cure,
you should investigate both the pros and cons of any hair
loss treatment product or method. This makes the internet
your likely source of information. However, the internet
is not like the computer on the Starship Enterprise which
spits out all the right answers. As huge and global as the
internet has become, it does not necessarily contain all
the information necessary to make an informed decision.
You may have to contact the BBB or Chamber of Commerce
or State Attorney General's office for more company
information on the product you are interested in.
Below, you will find links to articles and forums
reporting on specific products that were either
formally declared as a fraudulent company by the government
or has been declared so by users of a specific product.
These reports will give you tips and feedback on
what to look out for.
Below this list of articles and links is information on how
you can report scam products to the appropiate authorities.
And finally, we have included a section on how you can conduct
productive searches for information about hair loss products
that might possibly be scams or are being targeted for deceptive
practices by the FDA or the FTC.
Articles
Quackery By Mail
- Interesting article on quacks of all types including hair
loss. Explains the common tactics and tricks of the trade.
Many health ads scream results. Here's how to tell the good
from the bad.
FTC Names Its Dirty Dozen: 12 Scams Most Likely to Arrive
Via Bulk Email
New Jersey Cracks down on Fraudulent Hair Replacement Company
Article #2
Disgusting Scam Ran by Hair ZX
MediHair Scam Website
Be Wary of Gero Vita, A. Glenn Braswell, and Braswell's 'Journal'
of Longevity
Makers of Thymuskin & Their Highly Unprofessional Response
to ScamBusters
Users Talk About Their Experience with Nisim
Message Board Members Comment On Fabao
Excellent Article on Folliguard
Interesting Information About Avacor
Are these popular hair loss products
scams?
Click Below To See What Users Are Saying.
This website makes no personal attack on the following
products but we seek to offer consumers the following information
who deserve to know the opinions of others including past
users of each product. We are providing links to the opinions
of people who have tried the following products who believe
it may or may not have worked for them. We offer links to
user information about these products because they are the
most popular products for which the FDA has not approved.
Several of them are under investigation by the FTC.
Fabao
|| Avacor
|| Thymuskin
Revivogen || Nisim
|| Shen
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File a Report
For More Information or To Report a Hair Growth /
Hair Loss Scam
To determine the value of a health care product or treatment,
consult a pharmacist, doctor, or other health professional.
To report a company you believe may be making false advertising
claims, contact:
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The FTC by phone, toll-free, at 1-877-FTC-HELP
(382-4357); TDD: 202-326-2502; by mail to Consumer
Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, Washington,
DC 20580; or online at www.ftc.gov - click on Complaint
Form.
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Your state Attorney General's office, your state
department of health, or local consumer protection agency.
These offices are listed in your local telephone directory.
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To report a company for falsely labeling its products,
call your local FDA office or get in touch with FDA
at FDA Office of Emergency Operations at 301-443-1240.
If you have some questions about a specific drug or
medical device, you can call the FDA toll free information
number at 888-INFO-FDA. Or you can file a report HERE or MedWatch Voluntary Online Form
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To report an adverse reaction or illness that you
think is related to the use of a supplement, call a
doctor or other healthcare provider immediately. You
also may report your reaction or illness to FDA MedWatch
by calling 1-800-FDA-1088 or on the FDA web site a www.fda.gov/medwatch/report/hcp.htm
Patients' names are confidential.
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For information about a particular hospital, clinic,
or treatment center, contact state or local health authorities
where the facility is located. If it is in a foreign
country, contact that government's health authority
to see that the facility is properly licensed and equipped
to handle the procedures involved. For information about
facilities in Mexico, contact the Secretary of Health
(Secretaria De Salud) in the Mexican state where the
facility is located.
You can file a complaint with the FTC by contacting the Consumer
Response Center by phone: toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357);
TDD: 202-326-2502; by mail: Consumer Response Center, Federal
Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington,
DC 20580; or through the Internet, using the online
complaint form. Although the Commission cannot
resolve individual problems for consumers, it can act against
a company if it sees a pattern of possible law violations.
Research
To investigate a product, we recommend using the Google search
engine which uses text based matching to produce search
results. To discover if the product you are interested is
a scam or not, or is in trouble with the FDA or FTC, consider
conduction your search like this:
XYZProduct+Scam or
XYZProduct+Fraud or
XYZProduct+FDA or
XYZProduct+FTC
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