Hair Restoration Blog

Dear Parsa Mohebi,

I hope you’re doing great. I hope you also remember me - it’s ….. - I visited your office in January in Mission Viejo, California. I am currently in Dubai! Thank you for the letter which you sent me regarding the tests I should take. I appreciate the time you took out for me. I have taken the tests and wait for the results.

I wanted to ask you a question regarding the hair growth. Recently I was going through some websites and landed on a product called ScalpMed.  I was quite alarmed at how this product worked (as it says it does). I am aware that there are numerous type of products available in the market but for some reason this really got me interested. Can you please have a look at it and advice me whether or not to take it seriously?

I appreciate for your time. Looking forward to hear from you!

A:

As my patients ask, I often answer questions on hair loss products on this blog.  Scalp Med makes a series of products for hair loss and hair thickening.  They are put together as different kits such as a Detoxifying Cleanser Kit, Scalp Med For Women and Mega-Multi Vitamins.  Scalp Med ads, like many hair loss products, claim that they are FDA approved hair loss products. You can find many pictures, testimonies and so on from balding patients who try to promote the product.  Here are the ingredients of Scalp Med:

Scalp Med has different products including topical Vitadil-5A for men, Vitadil-2A for women, topical NutriSol-RM, and Cortex Enlarger hair thickening spray.  The firs two Vitadils are topical solutions that contain minoxidil, which is also the key component of Rogaine.  They claim that they have a unique delivery agent formulated to increase the absorption of minoxidil in men and women.

When it comes to NutriSol-RM and Cortex Enlarger thickening spray, Scalp Med is a bit more vague as to its ingredients. Basically, other than the active ingredient minoxidil, the other ingredients do not seem to be scientifically proven to help the growth and health of hair. The cleansers that are put into many hair loss products should not do anything with the growth of your hair and advertising on the effect of better cleanser for hair growth is more like a myth.

My recommendation to you is to complete your medical evaluation to make sure you are not losing your hair due to a treatable cause.  If you are diagnosed to have a typical female patterned hair baldness, then you can use Rogaine.