Are NISIM Hair Loss Claims Legitimate?
Shannon at A Girls Gotta Spa Wants To Know:
I just received an invite from NISIM to become an affiliate, however the claims of their products sound too good to be true. I figured you guys were the experts, so can you please take a look at this website and tell me if it is quackery? Thank you!
Shannon
Most of the products on the NISIM website are geared toward reducing hair loss and or stimulating hair growth. Here’s the problem with that: Any product that actually affects hair growth is considered a drug under US law. Right now there are no approved drugs that are delivered by shampoo or conditioner. Minoxidil is the only approved topical treatment. So, any product, other than Minoxidil, that makes direct claims about increasing hair growth or reducing hair loss is illegal.
How can companies like NISIM and others that sell this kind of product get away with making “false” claims like this? There are two possibilities.
Option #1:
They’re making blatently fraudulent claims that can’t be supported but they’re “below the radar” so to speak. In other words, they’re a small company, they don’t advertise on TV, and so the FDA or FTC doesn’t bother going after them.
Option #2:
It only LOOKS like they’re making real hair loss claims. In reality, they’re only making a cosmetic claim. For example, saying that their product reduces hair loss due to breakage and splitting or due to styling damage is perfectly fine. Any good conditioner will prevent this kind of damage related hair loss. But there’s no shampoo or conditioner that will prevent hair loss caused by male pattern baldness.
The Beauty Brains‘ Bottom Line:
Should you become an affiliate of this company or one like Scalp med? We can’t give you that kind of advice, that’s really up to you. But if you’re comfortable dealing with companies that are playing “a little fast and loose” with their claims, then go for it. A lot of people are making a lot of money with these kinds of products. Once in a while the US government goes after this kind of company, but it doesn’t happen all that often. And not all their products make outrageous claims, maybe you could only sell the products that aren’t controversial.
If you do hook up with them, it might be interesting to ask for their clinical studies or their claim support data. We’d love to see what they have to say! Good luck and let us know what happens.
By the way, we love answering questions from other Beauty Bloggers. So here’s a question right back at you guys: have you ever thought you might incorporate or form an LLC? (Limited Liability Corporation?) We’ve heard that it’s easy to do and there are advantages to running your run under corporation rules. If anyone has any thoughts, please leave us a comment.
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