Hereditary hair loss affects 80 million Americans who spend billions of dollars every year looking for a cure, that's a hair raising amount of money. The question is... are those cures raising any hair?
NBC Dateline asked 5 balding men to try out a series of products and procedures that promise to restore hair. Dateline followed these men over the course of 12 months.
The products and procedure on trial were as follows:
Richard - Propecia pills (a prescription drug also known as Finasteride).
Joe - Propecia pills and Minoxidil lotion
Hector - Viviscal pills - fish extract supplement
George - HairMax laser comb
Paul - Hair transplant plus Propecia & Minoxidil to stop existing hair loss.
Part two - 12 months later, and the results are in. Which one's worked and which didn't... You may be surprised.