5 SECRETS The Hair loss Industry DOESN'T Want You To Know

Summary

This video exposes five secrets of the hair loss industry, revealing deceptive marketing tactics, the profit-driven approach of dermatologists, and the misconception that natural treatments are always safer. The speaker, a medical editor and hair loss researcher, shares personal experiences and evidence-based insights, advocating for education over quick-fix product purchases to effectively combat hair loss.

Takeaways

• 🔬 Marketers often misrepresent scientific data to sell products, cherry-picking studies that support their claims while ignoring the broader evidence.
• 💊 Biotin supplements are commonly marketed for hair growth, but the evidence primarily comes from studies involving children with biotinidase deficiency, not common hair loss conditions.
• 💰 Dermatologists may prioritize profits over patient care, offering expensive treatments like PRP without disclosing more cost-effective alternatives like microneedling.
• 🧪 Clinical studies show that natural interventions like microneedling can be as effective as expensive therapies at a fraction of the cost.
• 💊 Finasteride is an effective drug for hair loss, with a lower incidence of side effects than commonly perceived, and strategies exist to mitigate potential risks.
• 📊 The effectiveness of finasteride is supported by a significant body of clinical research, showing it stops hair loss progression and increases hair count for the majority of men.
• ⚠️ Not all natural treatments are safe; some, like high doses of vitamin E and selenium, have been linked to health risks, including increased risk of prostate cancer.
• 🌿 Essential oils, often touted as natural alternatives to hair loss drugs, can also pose health risks, such as gynecomastia in young boys.
• 💆‍♂️ Scalp massages, a cost-effective intervention, have shown promise in improving hair loss conditions, with over 75% of survey participants reporting improvements.
• 🧐 The importance of education and understanding the context of scientific findings cannot be overstated to avoid misinformation and make informed decisions about hair loss treatments.
• 📚 Prioritizing education over product purchases is crucial for navigating the hair loss industry, which is rife with deceptive marketing tactics and profit-driven recommendations.

Q & A

What is the main issue the video discusses regarding the hair loss industry?

The video discusses the rampant deception in the hair loss industry, including misrepresentation of scientific data by marketers to sell unnecessary products and prioritization of profits over patient care by dermatologists.

What are the two key tactics of deception used by marketers in the hair loss industry?

The two key tactics are cherry-picking data to show only studies that favor their products and misconstruing study results by omitting key details that may change the interpretation of the findings.

Why did the video creator initially start using biotin supplements?

The video creator started using biotin supplements after being diagnosed with male pattern hair loss in 2007, influenced by marketing claims that biotin is critical for hair growth and can help with hair regrowth.

What is the truth behind biotin supplements and hair growth according to the video?

The video reveals that the studies cited by marketers to promote biotin are often misinterpreted or taken out of context, showing that biotin's effectiveness for hair growth is not as clear-cut as advertised.

What is the video's stance on the use of Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy for hair loss?

The video suggests that PRP therapy is expensive and may not be as effective as claimed, with other less costly interventions like microneedling showing similar results.

What is the video's opinion on finasteride for treating hair loss?

The video presents finasteride as an effective drug for stopping hair loss progression and increasing hair count, but also acknowledges the controversy and fear around its potential side effects.

What are some alternative treatments for hair loss that the video suggests?

The video suggests microneedling and scalp massages as alternative treatments that are cost-effective and have some degree of evidence supporting their effectiveness.

Why does the video warn against assuming natural treatments are always safe?

The video points out that natural treatments, such as certain vitamin supplements and essential oils, can have harmful effects and that 'natural' does not equate to 'safe'.

What advice does the video give for those who want to avoid hair loss drugs?

The video advises to consider interventions like microneedling and scalp massages, which are essentially free to try and have some evidence supporting their effectiveness.

What is the video creator's background and why is he qualified to discuss hair loss?

The video creator is a medical editor, peer-reviewed researcher, and founder of Perfect Hair Health. He was diagnosed with male pattern hair loss in 2007 and has personal experience with various treatments.

What is the final recommendation the video makes to viewers regarding hair loss treatments?

The video recommends doing thorough research, learning to read studies critically, and prioritizing education over product purchases to make informed decisions about hair loss treatments.

Outlines

00:00

🕵️ Misleading Marketing Tactics in Hair Loss Industry

The speaker exposes the deceptive practices within the hair loss industry, including natural, pharmaceutical companies, and dermatologists. They share their personal journey with hair loss and emphasize the importance of education over product purchases. Marketers are accused of cherry-picking data and misrepresenting study results to sell unnecessary products, exemplified by the misleading promotion of biotin supplements. The speaker explains how marketers omit crucial details from studies to manipulate consumers into buying supplements that do not effectively address common hair loss conditions.

05:00

💸 Dermatologists' Profit-Driven Treatments

This section discusses how dermatologists may prioritize profits over patient care, offering expensive treatments like Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy without disclosing more affordable and comparably effective alternatives like microneedling. The speaker criticizes the high costs of PRP and other emerging treatments, which they argue are not significantly more effective than cheaper, natural interventions. They also highlight the lack of transparency and potential conflicts of interest within the dermatology community, urging consumers to be wary of high-priced treatments without robust clinical evidence.

10:02

💊 The Truth About Finasteride's Effectiveness and Safety

The speaker addresses the controversial drug finasteride, used for treating hair loss, by analyzing clinical studies rather than relying on anecdotal evidence found in online forums. They explain that finasteride effectively stops hair loss progression in a majority of men and can lead to a significant increase in hair count. The side effects are presented as less common than perceived, with a comparison to the placebo group showing minimal difference. The speaker also discusses the psychosomatic effects and the 'Yelp effect' influencing online perceptions of the drug. They suggest ways to mitigate potential side effects, such as lower dosages and alternative methods of application.

15:04

🌿 Effective Natural Options for Hair Loss

The speaker refutes the idea that expensive or unnatural treatments are the only options for hair loss, advocating for cost-effective and evidence-supported natural interventions. They highlight microneedling and scalp massages as affordable and accessible methods that can yield positive results. The speaker shares survey-based research indicating that a significant number of participants experienced a halt or improvement in hair loss with these methods. They emphasize the importance of combining these natural methods with other treatments for enhanced effectiveness.

⚠️ The Myth of Natural Safety in Hair Loss Treatments

In the final paragraph, the speaker warns against the misconception that natural treatments are inherently safe, citing studies that link certain natural ingredients, like vitamin E and selenium, to increased health risks. They also caution against the use of essential oils, which have been associated with adverse effects like gynecomastia. The speaker underscores the importance of understanding the full context and conducting thorough research before choosing a hair loss treatment, natural or otherwise.

Keywords

💡Hair Loss Industry

The term 'Hair Loss Industry' refers to the collective businesses, including natural companies, drug companies, and dermatologists, that offer products and services aimed at treating or preventing hair loss. In the video's context, it is portrayed as an industry where deception is rampant, with various stakeholders prioritizing profits over patient care. The script discusses the industry's tactics of misrepresenting scientific data to sell products that may not be effective.

💡Deception

Deception in this video refers to the dishonest practices used by the hair loss industry to manipulate consumers into buying products that may not be scientifically proven to work. The script highlights two key tactics: cherry-picking data to show only favorable studies and misconstruing study results to make products appear more effective than they are.

💡Biotin

Biotin is a B-vitamin complex that is often marketed as a supplement for hair growth. The video discusses how marketers misleadingly use studies to claim that biotin is critical for hair growth, despite evidence suggesting that its effectiveness is limited to specific cases of biotin deficiency. The script uses biotin as an example of how the industry manipulates data.

💡Cherry-Picking Data

Cherry-picking data is a deceptive tactic where marketers select only the studies or data points that support their product's effectiveness while ignoring the broader body of evidence that may contradict their claims. In the video, this tactic is used to discuss how biotin is promoted despite studies involving children with biotinidase deficiency, which is not representative of the general population dealing with hair loss.

💡Micronututrients

Micronututrients are vitamins and minerals needed by the body in small amounts for various functions, including hair growth. The video mentions several micronutrients like selenium, vitamin B12, iodine, and vitamin E, which are often marketed as supplements for hair health. However, the script warns against the false claims made by marketers about the necessity of these supplements for treating hair loss.

💡Dermatologists

Dermatologists are medical professionals specializing in skin, hair, and nail health. The video suggests that some dermatologists prioritize profits over patient care by offering expensive treatments like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, which may not be more effective than cheaper alternatives.

💡Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP)

PRP therapy is a treatment where platelets from a patient's blood are re-injected into their scalp to stimulate hair growth. The video discusses PRP as an example of an expensive treatment that is marketed as highly effective, but the script suggests that its benefits are similar to those of less costly alternatives like microneedling.

💡Finasteride

Finasteride is a drug used to treat male pattern hair loss by inhibiting the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone linked to hair loss. The video addresses the controversy around finasteride's safety and effectiveness, emphasizing that clinical studies show it to be effective with a low incidence of side effects.

💡Microneedling

Microneedling is a technique that involves using small needles to create minor injuries in the scalp, which can stimulate hair growth by initiating a wound healing response. The video highlights microneedling as a cost-effective alternative to PRP therapy, suggesting that it can yield similar results at a fraction of the cost.

💡Natural Treatments

Natural treatments refer to hair loss remedies derived from natural sources, such as essential oils or supplements. The video warns that not all natural treatments are safe, citing studies that link certain natural ingredients to health risks, and cautions against the assumption that natural equates to safe or effective.

💡Scalp Massaging

Scalp massaging is a technique that involves pinching, pressing, and stretching the scalp to potentially improve circulation and hair growth. The video presents scalp massaging as a free and effective intervention supported by survey-based studies, showing that it can help stop or improve hair loss.

💡Essential Oils

Essential oils are concentrated liquids containing volatile aroma compounds from plants. The video mentions essential oils like tea tree, lavender, and peppermint as popular natural alternatives to drugs for hair loss. However, it also raises concerns about their safety, citing a report linking certain essential oils to an increased risk of gynecomastia in young boys.

Highlights

The hair loss industry, including natural companies, drug companies, and dermatologists, is rife with deception.

Marketers misrepresent science to sell unnecessary products by cherry-picking data and misconstruing study results.

Biotin supplements are often falsely marketed as a cure for hair loss despite limited evidence supporting their effectiveness.

Many studies cited by marketers for biotin's effectiveness involve children with biotinidase deficiency, not common hair loss sufferers.

Dermatologists may prioritize profits over patient care, offering expensive treatments like PRP without disclosing more affordable alternatives.

PRP therapy is costly and has limited evidence of significant hair regrowth, with similar results achievable through cheaper methods like microneedling.

Finasteride is effective for most men with pattern hair loss, contrary to the polarized discussions found on hair loss forums.

The side effects of finasteride are often overstated, with clinical studies showing a minimal difference compared to placebo groups.

Natural alternatives to finasteride, such as certain vitamins and essential oils, may also pose health risks, contrary to common belief.

Microneedling is an affordable and evidence-supported method for improving various types of hair loss.

Scalp massages, a simple and free intervention, have shown promising results in stopping or improving hair loss.

Just because a treatment is natural does not guarantee its safety; some natural ingredients may have harmful effects.

Education and understanding of the scientific context are crucial for making informed decisions about hair loss treatments.

The video offers a free email course on hair regrowth, providing valuable information and resources for those dealing with hair loss.

The speaker shares personal experience and research to guide viewers in making better-informed choices about hair loss treatments.

The hair loss industry's tactics, including exploiting fears and misinformation, are called out as barriers to effective treatment.

A comprehensive approach to hair loss treatment involves understanding both the benefits and risks of various methods, including pharmaceutical and natural options.

Transcripts

in this video i'm going to reveal five

secrets the hair loss industry doesn't

want you to know

to be clear i'm talking about the entire

industry

natural companies drug companies even

dermatologists as you'll soon see

deception is rampant on all sides for

background

i was diagnosed with male pattern hair

loss in 2007 i wasted six years and ten

thousand dollars on treatments that

didn't work for me

i eventually found a regimen that

improved my hair and outside of the drug

model but it wasn't until i stopped

buying scientifically baseless products

and started prioritizing education that

i finally saw results

today i'm a medical editor peer-reviewed

researcher and i'm also the founder of

perfect hair health and here's

everything that i wish somebody had told

me when i was first diagnosed with

pattern hair loss

13 years ago if i had this information

up front i would have saved myself years

of time

money and hair so let's get started

number one

marketers misrepresent science to sell

us things that we don't need

and specifically they do this through

two key tactics of deception

first they cherry pick data they only

show us studies that make their

supplement

topical or device look amazing even if

those studies disagree with the

overwhelming body of evidence and second

they misconstrue study results they tell

us about the amazing findings of certain

studies

but they forget to mention who the

subjects were what types of hair loss

they had

and how these results probably don't

apply to everyday hair loss sufferers

like you

and me one of the best or i guess the

worst examples of this in the hair loss

world

is biotin supplements if you're dealing

with hair loss you've undoubtedly come

across an advertisement for the b

vitamin complex specifically biotin

just go to amazon look at all of the

gummies supplements

shampoos and biotin conditioners

advertise to help fight

thinning hair what do marketers tell you

something like this biotin is a building

block of healthy hair

studies show that a biotin deficiency is

linked to hair loss

and that biotin helps promote hair

regrowth therefore a daily supplement

can be key to fighting off thinning hair

when i read something similar back in

2007 i

immediately went out bought a bunch of

biotin tablets and i started

supplementing

after all i was recently diagnosed with

pattern hair loss i was desperate for a

solution

and at the time i was really

apprehensive of starting certain hair

loss drugs

i'll save you the story biotin never

gave me any regrowth at all and it

wasn't until years later after becoming

involved in hair loss research that i

finally understood why

almost all marketers cite the same two

papers to claim that biotin

is critical for hair growth the first is

a literature review on biotin use

for hair and nail changes the second

it's a study on the rates of biotin

deficiencies

in women with hair loss in the first

study

researchers reviewed 15 reports of

people with biotin deficiencies and

thinning hair

in all 15 cases biotin use led to major

hair regrowth in the second study a

dermatology clinic screened 541 women

complaining of hair loss for biotin

deficiencies

the findings 38 of them were deficient

that's more than a third if we only had

this information

our takeaways are that one many people

with hair loss have low biotin levels

and two

biotin supplements can regrow hair

therefore

it's a no brainer to start supplementing

right

wrong if this was your takeaway you've

just fallen victim to marketing

sleight of hand i not only cherry-picked

those studies to misrepresent the data

on biotin but i also deliberately

misconstrued

both studies findings even better i did

so without lying

rather i just omitted key details about

each study that would have changed your

opinion and through omission

i'm technically absolved of all legal

responsibility

so let's learn how to fight this type of

tactics and marketing and dive into each

study

so that i can show you how to read them

properly in the first study

the subjects in these case reports well

they're not healthy adults with hair

loss

rather they're children they're all

under the age of six

and nearly all of them have a rare

genetic mutation called a biotinidase

deficiency this condition

severely impairs your ability to make

and use biotin

it also leads to a rare but temporary

form of hair loss known as a biotinidase

deficiency

driven telogen effluvium it's a mouthful

because it occurs in fewer than one out

of every 110 000

people in the world that's less than a

fraction of one percent of the hair loss

population

that's hardly applicable to your

everyday hair loss sufferer who faces

hair loss from different sets of causes

and thereby requires different sets of

treatments

so what about that second study well in

that one

38 of women worried about hair loss were

found to have a biotin deficiency

albeit let me be clear way more mild

than the children in that first study

but the piece of information that i left

out

after giving these women biotin

supplements they only saw marginal

if any improvements to their hair in

fact in that study

biotin deficiencies seem to help improve

something known as seborrheic dermatitis

a scalp condition that can compound with

hair loss but the biotin deficiencies

were more associative than they were

causative to each women's

hair thinning case which is exactly why

the investigators concluded

and i quote the custom of treating women

complaining of hair loss in an

indiscriminate manner with oral biotin

supplementation

is to be rejected unless biotin

deficiency

and its significance for the complaint

of hair loss in an individual

has been demonstrated ouch and i haven't

even brought up the conflicting studies

and evidence

like this study which found no

difference in serum biotin levels for

men and women

with or without hair loss or this 2012

cdc report

showing that biotin deficiencies are

present in fewer than 10

of us adults the bottom line biotin's

popularity is not built around evidence

it's built around marketing and it's not

the only vitamin you're being falsely

sold i've done this same exercise for

dozens of other micronutrients on my

site

selenium vitamin b12 iodine calcium

vitamin e

the list goes on so don't let marketers

manipulate data on sick kids to sell you

supplements that you don't need

take the time to read the studies be

aware of the biases that marketers are

going to try to present

unfortunately in the hair loss world the

problems with this

don't stop there which brings us to

secret number two

number two dermatologists prioritize

profits

over patient care every day

dermatologists encounter a specific type

of hair loss patient someone desperate

to regrow their hair

but who's also afraid to try drugs like

finasteride well dermatologists have

developed a way to treat these patients

they offer them

alternative therapies things like

platelet-rich plasma therapy

also known as prp this is where somebody

draws your blood

centrifuges out the platelets and then

re-injects those platelets back into

your balding regions

the goal to generate inflammation

initiate wound healing and increase

growth factors linked to the growth

stage or the anagen stage of the hair

cycle now

prp is not cheap at the same time

clinical studies show that after three

to six rounds

people often see a 10 to 30 percent

increase in hair counts

for anybody trying to treat hair loss

naturally that can be a

game changer and that's the selling

point behind prp

but again if i only exposed you to that

information

prp doesn't sound that bad yes it's

expensive but it's also effective

so what aren't dermatologists telling

you in other words what have i decided

to omit that might change your mind

about platelet-rich plasma therapy

it's that other natural interventions

can improve hair accounts by roughly the

same ballpark

and they cost a fraction of the amount

of money for example microneedling

microneedling works the same way as prp

it generates acute inflammation it

initiates wound healing

and microneedling can be done at home so

there's no need to see a dermatologist

every month

how much does prp cost two to four

thousand dollars per year

how much does micro needling cost

fifteen dollars

that's right fifteen dollars you can buy

a medical grade

micro needle roller for less than one

percent of the cost of prp

to me this difference is ridiculous and

other ethical investigation groups agree

things like this are actually what

motivated ralph trueb one of the biggest

names in hair loss research

to publish a paper exposing these

incentives that make dermatologists try

to sell people into bad

treatment recommendations for hair loss

all to the tune of more money

in their wallet every year this problem

gets worse and worse

as dermatologists have a harder time

burying poor patient outcomes from prp

they begin to bleed into the next new

intrabody derived therapy

prp plus acell adipose derived stem

cells and now the biggest thing is

exosomes

the cost for these therapies are

exorbitant i mean i've worked with

clients who have paid over 12 thousand

dollars just to try them

unfortunately before they connected with

me but what they don't know

is that regardless of these intra body

therapies

the clinical data all nets them around

the same outcome

ten to thirty percent increases in hair

counts i mean just look at the highlight

photos

from one of the only studies published

on stem cell for hair loss does that

look like a 5 000

result to you or these photos from this

prp study i mean that doesn't feel like

a fair trade-off to me

and don't even get me started on the

youtube dermatologist claiming 99

success rates for things like prp plus

acell these guys don't publish their

results in scholarly journals and they

also don't respond to interview requests

maybe because so many of their clients

have had a bad experience

and if they did have the interview they

might be exposed

and this brings me to my next point

number three for most men the drug

finasteride

works wonders if you've ever visited a

hair loss form

like hair loss talk or even reddit's

trustless

you've undoubtedly come across heated

discussions around the drug finasteride

is it safe is it effective are the side

effects permanent

it seems like everybody on these boards

has what's known as an

absolutist position some claim that the

drug gave them brain fog

erectile dysfunction impotence and

depression

others claim that people like this are

delusional and they should be checked

for a mental disorder a word of advice

if you want the truth about finasteride

don't go to an anonymous public hair

loss forum rather

take the time to read the clinical

studies on the drug

and the hair regrowth because there is

an overwhelming amount of data on

finasteride what does it show

in studies with thousands of people in

both the treatment arm

and the placebo arm one finasteride

stops the progression of pattern hair

loss for eighty to ninety percent of men

two finasteride leads to a ten percent

increase in hair count and significant

hair

thickening and three finasterides rate

of side effects

are lower than you might expect in one

of the largest studies conducted on the

drug

1.8 percent of the men in the treatment

group reported side effects

and 1.3 percent of men in the placebo

group

reported side effects that's just a 0.5

percentage point difference

and to me that feels relatively and

biologically insignificant

in fact other studies have shown that

simply by telling a patient that

finasteride can cause side effects

their risk of reporting those side

effects increases by 500 percent

the implication a huge number of these

side effects might actually be

psychosomatic

and these types of findings are not

uncommon in research

and the effect actually works both ways

for example

some studies on minoxidil show that men

regrow hair

in the placebo group some studies on

finasteride show that men

lower dht levels while taking a sugar

pill

the mind is a powerful thing and i often

wonder if people had no education on

finasteride if the drug might have a

slightly better reputation

online so when reading these message

boards remember

that these forums suffer from what's

known as the yelp effect

in other words you're way more likely to

review a restaurant after a

bad experience than you are after a good

experience

finasteride is the 86th most prescribed

drug in the world

think of all the people who see great

results and yet don't review the drug

at all even still if you are worried

about side effects

there's plenty you can do to mitigate

your risks

for example reduce the dosage

finasteride has a logarithmic

dose-dependent response curve for dht

reduction that's just a fancy way of

saying that

a little bit of finasteride has nearly

the same effect as a lot of finasteride

and you don't need to expose yourself to

high amounts of the drug

to see a positive impact on your hair so

if you're concerned

start with 0.2 milligrams of finasteride

daily instead of 1 mg daily that's what

they prescribe in korea

and they get great results number two

try topical finasteride

when formulated properly with liposomes

or chita sands

this can help isolate the effects of

finasteride mainly to just the scalp

skin

that means less systemic absorption and

potentially fewer side effects

number three try mesotherapy finasteride

this is when finasteride is injected

straight into your scalp

yes it's expensive yes it requires a

dermatologist but with the limited data

so far

it seems like there are great patient

outcomes and no reports of sexual side

effects

if you're dealing with pattern hair loss

and you don't want to try finasteride

that isn't the end of the line for you

which brings me to my fourth point

number four if you don't want to use

hair loss drugs there are

other options no i'm not talking about

prp

low-level laser therapy or natural hair

loss supplements topicals devices or

shampoos

most of those things aren't worth their

costs in hair recovery most of those

things don't regrow a lot of hair at all

i'm talking about interventions that are

essentially free to try

and have some degree of evidence

supporting them we've already covered

one of them

microneedling a growing body of research

now shows that microneedling can help

improve a variety of hair loss types

ranging from

androgenic alopecia to alopecia areata

to scarring alopecias the cost

15 the time investment 15 minutes

once every one to two weeks the

expectations about a 10 to 15

increase in hair counts over a three to

six month window now to be clear

microneedling is not a replacement for

fda approved drugs

and it works better when it's combined

with other treatments but it also works

in similar ways to prp

seems to be somewhat effective and is

also free or nearly free to try

another option that is actually free

massaging i personally saw major

improvements from a standardized set of

pinching

pressing and stretching based scalp

exercises most of the people that i've

worked with have decided to employ

similar tactics in fact you can see

dozens of their progress photos on my

site and inside of our membership

community

here i'm just showing you a fraction of

what's available inside

but you get a good idea of what the

regrowth can look like in fact in 2019

we published a survey-based study on

these massages showing that after eight

months of adherence

over 75 percent of participants with

pattern hair loss reported a stop or

improvement

in their hair loss with a degree of

regrowth varying depending on the person

obviously the quality of evidence here

is relatively low

this is a survey-based study but the

intervention is also free

in fact we give away the exact massage

instructions

and video demonstrations from that study

inside of our free email course on hair

regrowth

and you can access that below so rest

assured that even if you're not taking

finasteride

you may still benefit from other

interventions ones that you don't have

to break the bank

trying this brings me to my last and

final point

which i feel is super important if

you're gonna dive down the rabbit hole

of natural

hair loss treatments number five just

because something is natural does not

mean that it's safe

there are so many examples here but here

are two that relate to hair loss

treatments

first large-scale studies have shown

that certain natural ingredients

particularly vitamin e and selenium

might be harmful

in supplemental form in one study of

over 30 000 people

researchers found that vitamin e

supplements were linked to a 60

increased risk of high-grade prostate

cancer for selenium

that number was closer to 90 and here's

the irony many men avoid finasteride

because they've heard the drug

can increase the risk of high-grade

prostate cancer by 68

yet many of these men turn to natural

hair loss supplements

things containing selenium and vitamin d

as the alternative they don't even know

that they're facing the same

if not a worse risk with the natural

stuff

on top of that many of these men also

have no idea about the follow-up studies

which refuted and washed out the link

between finasteride and prostate cancer

so they're making these choices off of

limited and outdated information

another example essential oils many

people looking for natural treatments

often resort to things like essential

oils tea tree

lavender peppermint rosemary as an

alternative to finasteride they'll apply

them topically to the scalp

and they think that doing so is safer

than the drug route what they don't

realize

a recent endocrine society report just

linked the use of topical essential oils

again lavender and tea tree oil to an

increased risk of gynecomastia in young

boys in other words man boobs ironically

many people fear finasteride for the

same reason it can lead to gynecomastia

in between zero to two percent of users

at the five milligram daily dosage but

these alternative essential oils might

be just as problematic

again just because something's natural

does not make it

safe so the bottom line is this truth is

always contextual

if you lack the full context of

something you'll never really know the

facts about that so do your research

learn how to read studies and prioritize

education over product purchases

in doing so you'll pretty much avoid all

the mistakes that i made while fighting

hair loss

and if you'd like to learn more please

feel free to check out my email course

on achieving hair regrowth

with drugs or without drugs below it's

everything that i wish somebody had told

me when i was first diagnosed with male

pattern hair loss

and you'll get our free massage video

we'll uncover information about the dht

paradox we'll dive into the importance

of identifying your hair loss types and

so

much more regardless i hope this video

helps guide you in all of the ways that

doctors dermatologists and even

online health gurus failed to guide me

thanks for watching and best of luck

with your hair regrowth