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What happened to the late night hairloss adverts on TV?

bullitnut

bullitnut

4 awesome repairs with SMG
When i was younger i remember there used to be loads of different hairloss products advertising on TV and in the newspaperstoo. These days in the UK it's very rare to see tv advertisements for Hairloss treatments and clinics etc. It got me thinking were they banned because of complaints or did the products and clinics just go out of business?
I know in the US there are still plenty of late night infomercials for hair loss treatments and clinics but this just doesnt seem to happen here anymore and i don't know why?*nl
 
topccat29

topccat29

29 year HT veteran
My guess is that the government regulatory agencies have cracked down. I don €™t own a TV so I don €™t know what is being advertised here in the US but I can tell you the rules have gotten much tighter over the last 20 years or so. The FTC regularly cracks down on fraudulent advertising and the fines can be very high.

They even have specialized firms here to help with the wording of advertising copy as not to overstep the FTC boundaries.

There is a clinic here in the States that makes claims regarding Acell, donor regeneration etc. What I don €™t quite understand is how they do not know that this is illegal. I think this particular clinic does very good work but when I see the incompetence of not knowing something is illegal as far as marketing it really makes me wonder. You cannot makes claims for drugs that have not been approved for a specific purpose most especially when you are in the business of making a profit which involves it €™s use and making what can only be construed as marketing statements €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦.everyone knows this so why does this particular clinic not know €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦..it €™s beyond me. And this is why you don €™t see as much of the marketing crap with hair loss cures. Imagine if everyone made claims for which there was no proof.

Even those that sell something as simple as food cannot make claims €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦ €¦..it €™s illegal. I can make a statement about my own experience but I don €™t make money selling eggs or anything else. As an example if I was in the business of selling eggs I cannot make any health claims, faster wound healing etc.
 
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Bigmac

Bigmac

Administrator
Staff member
There's a Rogaine foam ad on the tv and the Alopecian caffein shampoo ad.
 
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Jessop

Valued member
Belgravia advert is on loads. Especially sport channels. It doesn't promise anything, though. I think they sell massively overpriced finasteride to customers.
 
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