The Proof that Hair Gain Works

Raena Morgan: Hi, I'm Raena Morgan with iHealthTube visiting with Dr. Erling Thom. What is your role in the Hair Gain product? Dr. Erling Thom: My role is the following. I was approached by the people having Hair Gain, a Norwegian Company, and were asked by them if I could set up and carry out a clinical study comparing Hair Gain with placebo in subjects with hair loss. Raena Morgan: So you're interest is clinical, not economical? Dr. Erling Thom: My interest is purely research based I have no economical interest in the product, as such. I am interested to see in this respect, if a natural substance or a combination of natural substances could have an affect on hair growth. Raena Morgan: In this Journal of International Medical Research, you did a study back in 2001. Could you talk about that study for us please? Dr. Erling Thom: Sure. What we did was to look into what kind of an efficacy and probability Hair Gain could have on subjects with hair loss and we designed a study that was according to the modern methodology it should be placebo controlled, it should be double blind, and it should have duration for more than 6 months because all the results have indicated that you have to treat these persons at least 6 months or longer. We started the study with 60 persons, 30 in the placebo group and 30 receiving Hair Gain, the active preparation. We controlled them at regular intervals, both with objective and subjective methods in order to evaluate the hair growth and the probabilities. At the end of the blind period, that's after 6 months, hair counting showed that it was 33% improvement in the Hair Gain group, while the results in the placebo group was almost zero. Self-evaluation in that period also was significantly in favor of the Hair Gain group. Raena Morgan: So very effective? Dr. Erling Thom: Very effective and very tolerable and none of the subjects stopped the treatment due to any side effects, so there was no side effects reported at all with this supplement. Raena Morgan: Well, you must have been very encouraged by those results for your product. Dr. Erling Thom: Yes. We were very encouraged by the results, of course, and we have continued studies after that trying to look more into the mechanism of action of the product and those studies are very complicated and are still going on. But we know that we have good reasons for saying that this is giving an improvement in hair growth. Raena Morgan: So hair loss is a big problem these days and you saw evidence with the Hair Gain that this really does taking something orally really does have an effect? Dr. Erling Thom: This supplement has a positive effect on hair growth. Raena Morgan: And that's what you wanted to find out. Dr. Erling Thom: Sure. Raena Morgan: And you did it. Dr. Erling Thom: Yes. And I published the data. Raena Morgan: Very good. Well, thank you Dr. Thom. Dr. Erling Thom: Thank you.