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Well-known hair restoration company Clive Hair Clinics is being challenged by competitor SRS Hair Clinics over advertising claims.

SRS director C Sidhu made a raft of complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority's complaints board about Clive Clinics' website, television, yellow pages, billboards and newspaper advertisements.

In dealing with issues it probably would have preferred not to rule on, the ASA board partially upheld some of SRS's complaints relating to statements made on Clive's website, but did not uphold those about its other advertisements.

The complaints related to statements by Clive such as: "...in the long term, genetic predispositions towards hair loss can be averted".

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HLCC is excited to partner with the Toni&Guy salon chain to promote the launch of the Laser Therapy Lounge in Canary Wharf, London. Toni&Guy opened a new Laser Therapy Lounge in their flagship location at the promenade level of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London.

The celebration of the new launch is already scheduled and will be hosted with champagne, canapés and free hair loss consultations, plus a 30% discount given on laser hair loss treatments, which have been clinically proven to stop hair loss and effectively regrow lost hair.

Owners, Sajida & Saleem Rashid opened HLCC UK Ltd. after successfully establishing Glow Beauty in 2009, an award winning salon & spa in Leeds, England. Glow initially provided skincare services, laser hair removal, high frequency treatments and Botox injections, but shortly thereafter, added hair loss services.

The success and popularity of laser hair loss treatment grew so vast and wide that by the summer of 2011, the director of Toni&Guy salons visited Rashid with a proposal to create a pilot hair loss program, which went into effect of January 2012. Rashid says, "The Toni&Guy organization was researching hair loss companies and HLCC's name kept coming up. They wanted a successful global company with business integrity and ethics.

Personally, I have never met a company that has such business integrity as Hair Loss Control Clinic. I believe we are very lucky to be partnered with them. Our new affiliation with Toni&Guy is brilliant. Toni&Guy Salons are the global leader in their game, as we are in ours. We've now joined forces to introduce laser hair loss treatment services to men and women of all ethnicities and we look forward to great things transpiring from this joint venture."

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Dr. Robert Leonard, chief surgeon and founder of Leonard Hair Transplant Associates, has been selected to present at the annual DHI Academy Masters Meeting in Athens, Greece, on June 2nd. Dr. Leonard, an internationally recognized hair restoration expert, will deliver a presentation titled “Different Extraction Tools: NeoGraft versus Manual Punch Techniques."

NeoGraft™ is a revolutionary, automated surgical technique which provides patients with a more efficient, less traumatic harvest of donor hair. Dr. Leonard was the first hair restoration surgeon in New England to begin using NeoGraft™, and has more experience with NeoGraft™ than any other surgeon in this region.

The Annual DHI Academy Masters Meeting is an international conference where the latest developments and techniques in Direct Hair Implantation are presented, analyzed and discussed. The conference will take place from May 30th to June 2nd.

Dr. Leonard is New England’s foremost authority on hair restoration, the national spokesman for Rogaine® and the hair loss expert for Johnson & Johnson. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery and a founding member and former president of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, where he presently sits on several committees.

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Log into our live and interactive webTV show where Dr David H Kingsley, the world's leading expert on hair loss, will give his advice on how to deal with the condition

Show date: 8th May

Show time: 3:30pm

It's a condition that is usually associated with middle aged men, but new studies show hair loss is a problem that also affects millions of women. Despite this, many of those affected find the stigma and subsequent psychological impact hard to deal with.

When faced with endless pictures of women with flowing, thick and healthy hair, having to deal with hair loss is difficult to take and for many women it can make them feel unfeminine leading to a loss of self esteem and even depression.

But luckily the condition is one that can be treated, something Dr David H Kingsley, the world's leading expert on hair loss, has dedicated his life's work to and he's keen to help as many women as possible accept and overcome what is actually a very common condition.

There's no doubt that losing your hair as a woman, whether you are young or older can be a distressing experience. So if you are losing your hair, or you have noticed it is thinning do you know what to do about it?

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Dr. Larry Shapiro is one of the few physicians who will lecture about the diagnosis and prevention of hair loss at the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M)'s 20th Annual World Anti-Aging Congress May 17-19 in Orlando, Florida. He will introduce the S.H.A.P.I.R.O. Chart, which shows the biochemical pathways involved in hair loss. This chart helps physicians give patients a "Low Anabolic Profile" to help reduce hair loss.

He will discuss research on how anabolics -- such as anabolic steroids, DHEA, Andro, growth hormones, creatine, and Whey Protein Isolate -- can trigger or aggravate hair loss. And he will introduce his newest product to the Help Hair(R) line, ShakeMD Whey Protein Concentrate -- a nutritional supplement that contains nutrients selected for working out and healthier hair. Over 800 patients have used Help Hair(R) Shake and products successfully to help reduce hair loss and help hair grow in more quickly after a hair transplant.

At 3 PM on May 18, Dr. Shapiro will hold a book signing of "Fight Hair Loss and Win! Dr. Shapiro's All-Natural 4-Step Program" at booth 100. The first 50 visitors will receive a free, autographed copy of Dr. Shapiro's ground-breaking book about preventing and mitigating the most obvious symptom of aging: hair loss. A free copy of the book can be reserved in advance of the event by calling Dr. Shapiro's office at 1-800-799-4247.

A4M is non-profit with 24,000+ member physicians, health practitioners, scientists, and governmental officials, as well as members from all over the world, including actress and anti-aging advocate Suzanne Somers. The organization advances technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease, and promotes research into methods to delay and optimize the aging process. The event will include Suzanne Somer's lecture on BHRT, anti-aging medicine, stem-cell therapies, chemo-free cancer cures, and obesity, and Dr. Larry Shapiro's lecture (1 PM on Friday May 18) about LAP (Low Anabolic Profile) and assessing a patients' overall hair loss situation.

One week after the A4M congress, Dr. L. Shapiro will present his work at the 14th Annual International ISHR Congress in Italy during sessions titled "Low Anabolic Profile in Assessing a Patient’s Overall Hair Loss Program" and "Can EWPC shorten the Dormancy After a Hair Transplant?" He will also co-moderate a session on "The Clinical Treatment of Alopecia (Hair Loss)." This conference brings together hair restoration doctors from all parts of the globe. At the meeting, presenters and attendees will review current hair transplant techniques and investigate innovations in the area.

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Baldness or hair loss is usually something many women worry about. Although hair loss (alopecia) can affect not just the scalp or the entire body, it can be the result of heredity, certain medications or an underlying medical condition.

Research shows that up to 13 per cent of women have some degree of hair loss before menopause, sets in and afterwards it becomes far more common one piece of research suggests that over the age of 65 as many as 75 per cent of women are affected.

Women’s pattern of hair loss is different to the typical receding hairline and crown loss in men. While most men would prefer to let their baldness run its course untreated and unhidden, most women resort to cover it up with hairstyles, makeup, hats or scarves. And still others choose one of the medications or surgical procedures that are available to treat hair loss.

Although hair loss may not be a life-threatening disorder, it has a great impact on a person’s self-respect, mental health, and overall quality of life. At present, there are some medicines that are used to treat hair loss. But these medicines have several undesirable side effects: for example, impotence (erectile dysfunction), abnormal ejaculation, abnormal sexual function, testicular pain and impairment of muscle growth.

Many studies in Europe and the US have indicated that several varieties of plants have been used for preventing or treating hair loss, for hair nourishment, and for improving the aesthetic properties of hair.

For instance, Piper nigrum (black pepper) leaf and green tea promote hair growth. Others include American dwarf palm or saw palmetto extract which helps to prevent hair loss because of its richness in free fatty acids such as oleic, lauric and myristic acids.

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Top employees at Taiwan Svenson Hair Co were indicted on fraud charges yesterday for allegedly selling common shampoo products with no medical properties at unreasonably high prices.

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted the owner of the company, Chen Ying-chi, 48, and four of the company’s officials.

Prosecutors said Svenson has run seven stores in Taiwan since 2005. The company sells 47 highly priced hair health and restoration products and offers courses on hair health and rejuvenation.

Prosecutors said a customer surnamed Soong, 24, had spent more than NT$460,000 on Svenson’s products and courses, but found they had had no impact on his hair loss.

Soong subsequently filed a fraud lawsuit with the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office against the company.

Prosecutors said Hong Kong movie star Waise Lee had been hired to endorse the products in an advertisement.

They said Lee, who has a hair loss problem, wore a wig to prove his hair had been restored.

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The Keranique Hair Regrowth Kit, an innovative and breakthrough new solution designed not only to treat female hair thinning and hair loss, but to address the root cause of issues associated with the aging of hair, was initially featured in four shows as a test run on HSN on February 14th.

Based on the great success of the launch, Keranique was invited to be back on the air just three weeks later on March 21st, but this time as a "Today's Special Value."

This outcome is very rare for a new product launch and very telling about the consumer demand expected for the new line. Repeating its prior success, the kit sold out as the Today's Special Value. Keranique will return again to HSN on May 22nd.

Keranique customers have responded overwhelmingly to the products online at Keranique.com, both in sales and positive customer feedback.

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In a pending issue of the Journal "Hair, Therapy & Transplantation" scientists at The University of Albany, Center For Functional Genomics, working collaboratively with Advanced Restoration Technologies (ART), DBA Hair Genesis® (http://www.hairgenesis.com), report their latest findings from basic science experiments undertaken to test a novel, naturally derived hair loss treatment formula developed by ART.

Chronic inflammation of the hair follicle is considered a contributing factor in the onset and progression of androgenetic alopecia (AGA) also known as pattern hair loss. Thus, investigators Sridar Chittur, Brian Parr & Geno Marcovici sought to test the study material's ability to block certain markers of localized inflammation in scalp hair through the use of a well-validated molecular technique which mimics human hair follicle gene expression. Interestingly, the research team found that the test material reduced gene expression of three inflammatory cytokines thought to be linked to pattern hair loss.

Common hair loss affects over forty million American men and twenty million American women. The hair growth treatment industry constitutes a multi-billion dollar revenue stream annually.

In addition to anti-inflammatory properties, the test composition was formulated with a subset of botanically-derived, highly potent DHT inhibitors. DHT is the most well-described trigger of common pattern hair loss in women as well as men. By combining potent anti-inflammatory agents with powerful DHT inhibitors the test formula was designed to offer enhanced clinical efficacy over conventional monotherapy, such as Rogaine® (minoxidil 5%) or Propecia® (1 mg. finasteride).

Lead scientist for the work Sridar Chittur, Ph.D. has been at the forefront of molecular research authoring published works ranging from degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD), to transcriptional changes associated with oxidative stress in the mitochondria. Co-author Brian Parr, Ph.D. brings a wealth of basic science expertise to the project with a number of peer-reviewed papers describing novel gene transcription and protein expression profiles in the Wnt and Frizzled pathways.

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Organ replacement regenerative therapy is purported to enable the replacement of organs damaged by disease, injury or aging in the foreseeable future.

Here we demonstrate fully functional hair organ regeneration via the intracutaneous transplantation of a bioengineered pelage and vibrissa follicle germ.

The pelage and vibrissae are reconstituted with embryonic skin-derived cells and adult vibrissa stem cell region-derived cells, respectively. The bioengineered hair follicle develops the correct structures and forms proper connections with surrounding host tissues such as the epidermis, arrector pili muscle and nerve fibres.

The bioengineered follicles also show restored hair cycles and piloerection through the rearrangement of follicular stem cells and their niches.

This study thus reveals the potential applications of adult tissue-derived follicular stem cells as a bioengineered organ replacement therapy.

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Dubai Hair doctors in the UAE are a busy lot as a large segment of the expatriate population believes that the water here contributes to hair loss.

"I found this clump of hair in the bathtub one day and it scared me," said one Indian expatriate who came to Dubai to work more than a year ago. She believes it is because of the desalinated water. "I had such thick hair. It's now thinning so badly."

Trichologist Mike Ryan, a hair expert in Dubai, said there were 50 reasons for hair loss, from life's daily stresses, bad diet, thyroid problems — mostly among women — to genetics.

He said a number of people also suffered from scalp disorders.

Get a shower filter

For starters, if you believed it was due to the bath water, then get a shower filter, the expert advised. That would cut out the calcium, chlorine and silica in the water from getting to your hair.

The dry weather here, not drinking enough water and dyeing and colouring hair with chemicals were among the other factors involved in hair loss, says Hassan Mokadem, a consultant at Direct Hair Implantation.

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Freedom Laser Therapy is pleased to announce the release of the iRestore Hair Rejuvenation System's Rechargeable Battery Pack with Belt Clip; now iRestore users can treat their thinning hair effortlessly, since they no longer need to be positioned near a power outlet to use the at home laser hair restoration treatment device.

The iRestore Hair Rejuvenation System's Rechargeable Battery Pack with Belt Clip is an external and optional accessory allowing the user the freedom of mobility while treating their thinning hair. The battery pack offers the user the ability to have 3 hours of usage without needing to recharge it. The iRestore remote control clips into the battery pack holster, and the pack easily plugs into the remote. The user has a choice of clipping the ultra lightweight battery pack to their belt, laying the pack next to them or placing the device in their pocket for easy mobility. The iRestore Rechargeable Battery Pack with Belt Clip sells for $79.95 plus shipping and handling.

At home laser hair therapy treatment devices have become hugely popular as a drug free method to promote healthier hair and to prevent future hair loss. Previously many people experiencing hair loss were paying as much as $4,000 per year and traveling weekly for two 20-minute low-level laser therapy treatments at a professional hair loss prevention clinic. These new high tech at home Laser Hair Therapy devices are truly benefiting consumers, because they are comparable to professional clinic units, and now save hair loss suffers substantial time, money, and hair.

In Touch Weekly Magazine recently reported that even soon to be 50 year old Actor, Tom Cruise, is using laser hair therapy to retain his movie star head of hair. At home Laser Hair Therapy devices have become the new hot celebrity choice to treat early to moderate stages of hair loss.

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Aderans Research reached a major milestone this month with the completion of enrollment in one of its key Phase 2 clinical protocols. A total of more than 350 subjects across the country are enrolled in the trial, which evaluates the effect of Aderans’ unique Ji Gami™ family of cell products on pattern hair loss.

“We’re thrilled to reach this landmark in our research,” said Vern Liebmann, Aderans Research Chief Operating Officer. “We are looking forward to sharing the advances we’ve made in the field of hair regeneration.”

Aderans expects to tabulate, analyze and present their findings at the conclusion of the trial. In the meantime, more clinical protocols are in the works to test additional products coming down the pipeline and see how they might benefit patients with male and female pattern hair loss.

“Our cell engineering solutions offer a completely new approach to treatment for the millions of people who suffer from hair loss,” said Aderans Research Chief Executive Officer Ken Washenik, M.D., Ph.D. “The results to date are promising, and with the enrollment complete in this Phase 2 protocol, we’re getting even closer to a solution.”

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The Consumer Council of Fiji is coming down hard on hair salons for the alleged use of unregulated hair and beauty products.

This follows a complaint from a 21-year old student who lost 80 per cent of her hair as a result of chemical treatment by a hair and beauty salon in Suva.

The student paid $100 for a hair-straightening procedure at the salon on February 27.

She claim she was exposed to hair treatment chemicals, unknown to her, and put through a hair steamer for an hour which caused severe damage to her hair and scalp.

Upon investigation, the council found the complainant's hair was severely damaged, and that she was suffering a condition called traumatic alopecia. Her hair had fallen out in clumps allegedly because of the chemicals used.

It's understood the student will have to lose all her hair before it grows back again. There is a need to examine the hair and beauty industry which remains unregulated. Even cosmetics and hair products entering Fiji are unregulated," council chief executive Premila Kumar said.

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Independent Clinical Testing Confirms That Nanogen Hair Growth Factors Outperform Minoxidil by 237%

Thinning hair experts Nanogen ( www.nanogen.co.uk ) carried out extensive research into the efficacy of Hair Growth Factors to both maintain hair growth and increase hair retention. Nanogen Hair Growth Factors (VEGF) were tested on human hair versus 5% minoxidil, the standard treatment, with these startling results:

Nanogen Hair Growth Factor Treatment Serum can significantly increase hair growth rate, up to 237% more than the standard 5% minoxidil solution.

Nanogen began researching Hair Growth Factors as part of a continual search for natural treatments to thicken and improve hair, without side effects. VEGF is a particularly interesting example as a key mediator of hair growth. With the aid of DNA technology, safe and identical copies of VEGF protein can now be made. These are now available in Nanogen products.

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Rome - The Health Ministry has recalled hair-loss treatment drug "Crescina", on grounds that it doesn't make hair re-grow. Consumer organisation Codacons announced that it will take legal action against the move in support of those people who have already bought the drug.

"All the people who bought the product, out of confidence in the miraculous effects of Crescina, have the right to be refunded.

Moreover, after the molecule that was supposed to make hair re-grow was proved to be ineffective, those who in good faith used Crescina can even claim compensation for the moral damages caused by the deceit", said Codacons president Carlo Rienzi.

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Approximately 80 million American men and women experience some form of hair loss. Premature balding or thinning hair can often result in a decrease of self esteem. Freedom Laser Therapy of Los Angeles is dedicated to change all that by bringing their iRestore Hair Rejuvenation System to the mass market.

For the past decade, Freedom Laser Therapy has become an industry leader helping smokers successfully break their nicotine addictions using low-level lasers. With a decade of using lasers in his Freedom quit smoking clinic, company President Craig Nabat discovered that the low-level laser therapy technology which helped him break his nicotine addiction also promotes thicker hair, and decreases the progression of hair loss.

Professional laser hair therapy clinics have been charging hair loss clients approximately $4,000 for 12 months of treatments. Another available option on the market has been an FDA cleared personal use laser brush device ranging from models equipped with 7 to 12 lasers. While these laser brushes only cost between $295 and $545, many users have declared that the brush device can be exhausting to use.

Once Craig learned about the laser hair therapy technology, he and his engineering team dedicated 3 years to inventing a more effective and user friendly laser treatment device for treating hair loss. Freedom Laser Therapy has just announced the release of their revolutionary invention, the iRestore Hair Rejuvenation System, which is now available for $599. Fortunately, males and females experiencing early to moderate stages of hair loss can now own the same strength laser hair restoration technology used in professional hair loss clinics, and perform the treatment process now in the privacy of their own homes.

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The specific ad space and location itself is an important factor in making the ad effective.

The location of the ad gives time for transit commuters to interact with it as they are stationed on the train for a period of time.

A mirrored ceiling ad placed on rapid transit trains gives follicly challenged commuters a panoramic view of their comb overs.

Panorama Hair provides solutions for those suffering from hair loss.

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More than two-third, or 67 per cent, of women in the UAE are experiencing hair loss, according to an independent survey released on Tuesday.

This is significantly more than the other most-reported beauty problems experienced by UAE women, including weight gain (45 per cent of those surveyed), dark circles (31 per cent), eye wrinkles (28 per cent) and ageing (26 per cent), said the research which was commissioned by INVERSION and conducted by research experts Nielsen.

The research is based on a survey of one hundred Dubai and Abu Dhabi-based women aged 25–60. It includes UAE nationals, Asians, Western and Arab women.

The survey results showed that hair-fall concern was highest amongst expat Arab women, with 92 per cent experiencing some degree of hair loss in the UAE. Expat Asian women were similarly affected with 80 per cent experiencing hair loss.

Of the Emirati nationals surveyed, more women reported experiencing hair loss (60 per cent), then any other beauty problem. Only western women considered other beauty problems a significant beauty obstacle, whilst 36 per cent of westerners quizzed experienced hair-loss, the same percentage of western ladies experienced weight-gain. Surprisingly, age was not a significant factor in categorizing women that suffer from hair loss; 76 per cent of women of all women aged 25 – 29 reported the condition, only one per cent less than women 20 years older aged 45-49 years old.

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Hair Clubr, North America’s largest provider of all proven hair restoration services, today announces the appointment of hair transplant physician, Dr. Roberto Sandoval, M. D., to their medical group.

Based in Los Angeles, Sandoval will perform hair transplant procedures at a number of Hair Clubr locations in Southern California and Fresno.

Dr. Sandoval is a graduate of UC Berkley/UCLA with an M. D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his surgical career following a residency at Martin-Luther King-Drew/UCLA Medical Center, Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Sandoval brings a unique passion to his surgical practice, personally understanding the positive impact of hair restoration on one’s confidence and self-esteem. His interest in hair transplantation surgeries was sparked by his personal experience with hair loss and his own hair restoration through hair transplant procedures.

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