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The May issue of Consumer Reports Health features a report about products that treat hair loss such as Rogaine® and Propecia®. It offers results of surveys by readers of the magazine about their experiences with remedies for balding.  I definitely have some problems with the reported results.  The entire story is based on results from a survey, and not a study. 

Who knows of how many of the more than 8,000 online respondents who began these treatments were ever made aware of their benefits, time table for expected results, realistic expectations of results, and what to look for and when, but abandoned the treatment before they even became effective because they didn’t realize that they needed to use them for much longer than they actually did use them.

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I recently was quoted in a national survey noted below about how hair loss affects people and how they feel about others who are losing their hair.  The results are eye-opening!  Take some time to read it. Doc Lines Blurred between Hair Loss Fact and Fiction -National Survey Reveals Most Americans Not in the Know when it Comes to Hair Loss MORRIS PLAINS, NJ. (February 1, 2010) -- A new national survey reveals Americans are at a loss when it comes to loss of a different kind: their hair. The new survey Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Myths & Truths Behind Hair Loss, conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of the ROGAINE® Brand, reveals a surprising lack of understanding of the prevalence, incidence, causes, and treatments for thinning hair and hair loss. Hair loss affects up to 40 percent of American men and 25 percent of American women. According to the survey of 1001 respondents, Americans consider hair one of their best features, second only to eyes - ye