June 30 2009, 3:31 pm PT | Posted in: Hair Products
Dr,I am hearing lot of ads about ‘Segals Solutions’ in India nowadays and heard that this product is from Canada and claims to be working well for a long. Does this really help in growing new hair or reducing hair loss? Appreciate if you could pick up my question and give your valuable review/response,
Thanks in adv
The Segals Solutions website says the product is “100% effective” and then just below it is says an independent study shows “67% noticed a reduction in hair loss”. So it works 67% of the time, every time? Uh huh. It then goes on to say that it is very convenient to use, in that you only need to rub their lotion on your scalp and leave it there for a minimum of 6-8 hours, then shampoo your hair with their product, and then take their pill in the morning. Where is the convenience?
I haven’t heard of this hair loss “treatment” before, even though they say it’s been made for 30 years. You’d think that with 30 years of success, there would be more than 2 before/after photos available on their site (and even those are smaller than my thumb, making it hard to see what’s going on). The lotion you leave on your scalp for 8 hours contains biotin, saw palmetto, B vitamins, and some other stuff, but the shampoo is just listed as containing “herbs”, and I have no idea what is in the pill. They say the entire treatment contains African “herbal technology” including rooibos, which is a tea common in South Africa. It goes on to discuss a French lab study showing hair benefits, but no further details are given, I can’t find the study, and I doubt it’s been peer reviewed.
I’ve gone over this before — there are two proven treatments that are FDA approved safe and effective, minoxidil (Rogaine) and finasteride (Propecia). If anyone wants to give Segals Solutions a try, by all means don’t let me stop you. Just keep in mind you’re probably wasting your time and money, as even their own marketing information sounds confused about what results you are “guaranteed” to see.
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Dr.Rassman,
With due respects to you, I must state that your comments about Segals Solutions seem to be biased. It doesn’t matter how many photos (or what size photos) they have put on their site but the fact remains that I got immense benefit with Segals Solutions products. My years of agony came to a halt after 3 months of use of Segals Solutions. I may not exactly be wary of their claims, but it worked and hairloss hasn’t recurred over the past 8 months now, since I stopped using these. And that matters more than your “science” and “FDA”. Afterall isn’t FDA also about lobbying by big pharma companies….
So, is it works and that too without drugs, it’s worth ignoring what is on their site and what not. Peer reviews also have limitations…. You are being unfair by stating that they are not transparent. On the contrary, I haven’t come across any company that declares everything about their product so clearly. Their pill-pack not only declares what is inside it but also the concentration of each. So about their lotion, shampoo and conditioner; atleast the ones I used had all info, well labelled.
results is all that matters to anybody and I can vouch for the fact that Segals Solutions delivers, much better than Minoxidil and most importantly, without any ill-effects.
I’d love to see your before and after results, because anyone can just write testimonials such as yours without providing proof. Also, it isn’t about the transparency of the company — it is about the complete fabrications in their marketing material. You simply can’t state the product is 100% effective then later say its a lower percentage that got results. That is ridiculous.
Hi , I respect your comments. In the website of segals solutions the contents of the pill is clearly mentioned . I have been using it for the past one month. I have been undergoing treatment for the past 13 years inorder to prevent baldness which is my heridity. The contents are silica, Saw palmetto, Fo-ti and kelp.All of them contains hair growth properties. The FDA approved treatments that you have mentioned are having severe side-effects. I t has been proved that finasteride causes loss of libido and erection problems.and minoxidil too. Better dont give these sort of negative opinions on a product which you have never tried.
Doctor I have a question regarding the so called FDA approved treatment minoxidil. Can you gurantee that the new hair which was grown after the topical application of minoxidil will last even after someone have stopped that?
If you say yes then ill advice people to follow your treatment.No doctor dare to say yes for this question.Do you mean to recommend minoxidil usage throughout the life of a person??
Prakash-
Once you stop minoxidil treatment, benefits go away. You have to use it for life if you wish to retain the benefits. You’re right — I wouldn’t “dare to say yes”, because I have no reason to lie to folks.
My comments on Segals were more about the terrible wording of the marketing message. Usually when I see “100% effective” used when selling a hair loss treatment, it is easy to see it is 100% a scam.
Minoxidil has no loss of libido, and it has been proven time and time again that finasteride side effects are in 1-2% of users. The bottom line is though, those 2 products provide results… something that I doubt Segals can do. That is my opinion, but you’re welcome to disagree. I’d love for someone to actually post proof, as opposed to just telling me I’m wrong and spouting off wrong information to back that up.
Whatever said and done, Segals Solutions did produce results in me. It’s a fantastic product. My hair are thicker and dense now (using for 5 months now).
Hello everyone, Myself Venkat..
I recently visited Dermatologist. Doctor Spotted that my hair on vetex and top are getting thinner and prescribed me Mintop 10%. After using it for a 2 weeks there was huge loss of hair leaving behind my scalp visible. After this was conveyed to Doctor I was told to stop the usage of the product. Now I am worried about the hair which has lost, what should I do for regrowth of my hair??..Can I go for Low Laser Light Theraphy which would be natural booster for hairgrowth or would I go for Seagal Products…
Any Valuable review/responses are appreciated..
hi all ,
Im having serious hairfall problem from past 1 year ..please suggest some remidies .Is segals solution effective ?? please be frank about this products
Hi All,
I have been using the products for almost two month but i do not see any improvement yet. My hair loss increased in the frontal area. According to the site, they have stated that this is normal as the hair that falls out are normally dead hair.New and strong hair will grow from there. As per the site, visible result of growing hair will only visibile after 2 to four months.
I am a bit worried of the fallen hair that was resulted using the product but I will give it a try for the next few months as I am already using for two months. Hope it will works for me.
I have went through a number of website and products, they have stated when we are using a new product for the first time, normally we will be experiencing hair loss, so hope that this will be normal.
Anyone experiencing the same problem? Please share.
hi justin ,
didnt u express your concerns with the people from whom u got the products what did they say ??
Dear doctor. You are in think correct. Its now seven weeks since I have started using Segals solutions, no visible changes so far no new hair growth.Now I have one question.
Whether these poeple like segals, Foltene e.tc trying to make money by giving false hopes? But some blogged that these are working for them, are they mere illusions? and compared to minoxidil why these products are very expensive your views on that?
Recently I have studied so many articles on Internet that”EMU oil” is a DHT blocker and it grows new hair. Please visit the web site.http://www.add-hair.com. You comments on emu oil. Will you advice me to take that..
Doctor its me prakash again. Iam from India. We indians have a practice of applying oils to hair we use coconut oil, almond oil, olive oil. Whether oil grow hair? is it a myth or its simly nourishes hair?
hi prakash,
Even im using segals solutions from past 3 weeks .A guy above by name rahul as said that he used the above product and had good results depending on his review even im trying .In the website of segals they have mentioned that the new hair grows only after 2 to 4 months of usage ..did u ask the segals guys about your problem what did they say..