Thinning Hair Case Study

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Thinning Hair? A New Treatment Offers Hope At 42, Ava started losing her hair, her was next to go. She was scared if she kept her practice of blow drying her hair would make her long straight dark hair shed even more. To remedy this, she changed her sleeping patterns, and would wake up and shower two hours earlier so she would have the time to put in mousse and volumizers. She would then air dry her hair and when this was done hide bald patches by pulling her hair back. Her desperation was evident as she went from thickening shampoo to Rogaine. This is until she heard of a Danish company with a customized hair extract. The thing is this extract was only offered to those who passed a rather rigorous selection process. This was the Harklinikken …show more content…

The company is said to be doing double-blind, placebo controlled studies. This will give dermatologist the scientific evidence the need before recommending the product. Most dermatologists, as such can only say this of Harklinikken: It won’t do any hair. This is the best that dermatologists such Marianne Gemma can advise patients, short off scientific evidence. With all the options out there, dermatologist hope that it will be a solution that works. They would love to be able to cut through the noise and give patients a product that not only works but also gives them value for money. The formula behind Harklinikken is constantly being refined and has been at it for over 20 years. The only information you will get it is that it is extracted from plant and cow’s milk. The process started in the 90’s when people started mixing it with Rogaine. After looking at results, it was decided to purify the formula by removing the Rogaine elements. There have been some minor studies that have proving the effectiveness of different ingredients derived from plants. But this was mostly in mice. However, the success of Harklinikken may be attributed to elements other than its