Archive for January, 2010

Next time you travel by London Underground and are going to Kings Cross watch out for a number of advertisements for ProFusion hair loss shampoo and conditioner which are being advertised both on the up and down escalators. What is also very interesting is that, there is also an advertisement for Boots Hair Retention Programme on the same escalator. Good to see hair loss products in the mainstream. You can see one of the advertisements previewed on the ProFusion website http://www.prohairbiosystems.com

Receive an extra 5% off Profusion hair loss products during our London Underground advertising campaign by entering the code “tube” at the checkout.

Pro Hair Biosystems, the European distributor of ProFusion Shampoo and Conditioner for men with hair loss, have today announced that they have begun an advertising campaign for ProFusion on the escalators at London Underground. Advertising will initially begin at Kings Cross Underground Station for ProFusion shampoo and conditioner with a two poster campaign, featuring a young man in the shower (below) and a second advert showing a more mature man (image right), demonstrating that ProFusion Haircare System can be used by men of all ages. Advertising hair loss products on the tube will reach a large cross section of people and let men and women know that there are non-medical and non-surgical ways of dealing with hair loss. Adverts for… read more

As you know this blog is purely concerned about hair loss, so why am I going to talk about Agatha Christie, who to the best of my knowledge had a reasonable head of hair. I was watching the Hercule Poirot Christmas Mystery, starring the brilliantly cast David Suchet (whose brother incidentally is the newscaster John Suchet). The utterly immaculate and faultless Belgian detective with his usual charm and surgeon-like precision solved yet another unsolvable case, showing his absolutely superiority and expertise in reading and understanding the human psyche. Put simply David Suchet is brilliant at the part….brilliant and bald! Probably like so many others watching this program, I am so utterly captivated by Mr Suchet’s performance and the way he… read more

There has recently been some important health information published regarding Finasteride (Propecia/Proscar) that could save your life. The European Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency included a report in the latest edition of “Drug Safety Update” The report concluded that an increased risk of male breast cancer associated with finasteride could not be excluded. So far 50 cases of male breast cancer have been reported worldwide with use of finasteride at a dose of 5mg and three cases at a dose of 3mg. Most cases occurred within five years of starting the product. The MHRA have suggested that patients using finasteride should be advised to go to their doctor as quickly as possible should they experience any changes in their… read more

There is a lot of jargon around regarding hair loss and one of the descriptions people use to describe their hair loss if referring to the Norwood scale of hairloss which is often abbreviated to NW1 etc. The correct terms for normal hair loss (and hair loss in men is pretty normal) is androgenic alopecia. The scale goes from Norwood 1 to Norwood 7. Norwood 7 is what we are all trying to avoid and involves a total hair loss from the top of the head with only the hair around the sides remaining. NWI. This is where hairloss has just begun and is not really noticeable NW2. This is just where there is a very small amount of hair… read more

ProFusion shampoo and conditioner has been reduced in price. £19.90 for three months supply!Certainly good value.