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MARKS, MD:  But if someone doesn't want surgery and doesn't want to take pills, there are some options for them, too?

MICHAEL REED, MD:  There's always cosmetic options of hair styling, hair body builders, hair replacement systems, hair cosmetics.  There are medications that are made of keratin fibers that can be sprinkled on the scalp that add bulk to the hair.  Those are basically the cosmetic systems.

The two medicines that we mentioned, though, are the only real medicine where there's real evidence, hard scientific evidence from proper studies in peer-reviewed journals that is legitimate.  Everything else that you hear on the radio is pretty much either unproved or some kind of phony scientific research is behind it.  Every time I look into it, I'm more and more amazed that these people are not arrested for what they advertise to be true.

And remember this rule:  Any medicine that works has to have side effects in some people sometimes.  If you see any medicine that says it works with no side effects, either it doesn't work or they didn't figure out what the side effects are yet.

DAVID R. MARKS, MD:  So if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is?

MICHAEL REED, MD:  Correct.

DAVID R. MARKS, MD:  Okay.  We'll leave it at that.  Thank you both for being here.  Thank you for joining our webcast.  I'm Dr. David Marks.  Goodbye.

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