The Truth About Hair Loss And Baldness Cures

SPECIAL FROM Next Avenue By Laine Bergeson Hair loss, common for men and many women in midlife, can have profound emotional and psychological effects. So, too, can baldness cures advertised as magical remedies. “There’s this guy, a regular caller on my radio show, who had his head disfigured by a terrible hair transplant,” says Spencer Kobren, founder and president of the American Hair Loss Association and author of The Bald Truth: The First Complete Guide to Preventing and Treating Hair Loss. “He purposely became a New York City cop so he could wear a hat.” And he refused promotions so he could remain a beat cop and keep wearing the hat. Forty percent of hair loss sufferers are women, and the phenomenon can be particularly devastating for them. “With men, hair loss in midlife is expected and they can still be seen as attractive,” says Kobren. “But for a woman, it is over.” This makes women especially vulnerable to all manner of hair loss “cures,” and the possibility of spending lots of money, time and emotional investment on ineffective treatments. “A lot of men are suicidal,” says David Kingsley, author of The Hair Loss Cure. “And it is very traumatic for women. It affects their social life and their life with their spouse or partner.” Hair loss treatment is a $3.5 billion industry — as big as the over-the-counter cold and flu market. “But about 99 percent of the treatments don’t work at all,” says Kobren. So what triggers hair ...
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