Baldiness

June 18th, 2007

Laser Hair Treatment Report - BBC Watchdog

Here’s a nice YouTube video on Advanced Hair Studio, which has come under fire of late for it’s misleading advertising claims. The clip - about 10 minutes long - if from a BBC program (or should I say “programme?”) and takes the form of investigative, hidden-camera journalism .

h/t - Balding Blog
Tags: advanced-hair-studio, advertising, alopecia, bald, […]

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May 29th, 2007

Shane Warne Sales Pitch Censured

Shane Warne is an Australian cricketer who has been seen in print ads for Advanced Hair Studio and its product AHS-FP. Well, today the Advertising Standards Authority, the regulatory authority that governs advertising in Britain, spoke out and said the advertisements should be banned.
Ad copy goes like this:
“I’ve been hearing it for years, but to […]

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May 18th, 2006

The Fragile Sportsman

I’m sure a number of you caught the Zach Lund story back during the winter Olympics. He’s the US skeleton racer who was banned for having used finasteride (aka Propecia), which not only helps regrow hair but also masks a few performance enhancing drugs. Zach says he was using it to grow hair, and there’s […]

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