Treatments & topicals
Prescription medicines, serums and gels.
7 pages, each grading the claims by what the studies found. How we grade.
Skin, hair & teethHair Loss Treatments, Graded: What Actually Regrows HairMinoxidil, finasteride, laser caps, and the serums in the ads — procyanidin, adenosine, caffeine, copper peptides, rosemary, biotin — graded by the trials.Skin, hair & teethHydroxyapatite Tooth Serum (Dentite): Can It Strengthen Enamel? GradedA fluoride-free hydroxyapatite toothpaste matched fluoride in one adult trial. The night-time enamel serum in Dentite’s ad has no study.Skin, hair & teethLIVFRESH Dental Gel: “40+ Clinical Studies” CheckedLIVFRESH says 40+ clinical studies back it. We found seven small trials of its EDTA gel, all from one lab, each against another toothpaste.Mood & mental healthOxytocin for Stress and Mood (Healthspan)Placebo-controlled trials of oxytocin nasal spray found no significant effect on stress hormones or on symptoms. The ADHD story in the ad is one customer’s.Skin, hair & teethEighth Day Regenerative Serum (“Peptide-rich Plasma”)Eighth Day says its serum addresses 10 visible signs of skin aging. We found no study of the serum or of its Peptide-rich Plasma ingredient.Drinking lessNaltrexone to Drink Less (Oar Health)Naltrexone helps people with alcohol use disorder cut heavy drinking in placebo-controlled trials. Oar’s “73% in 2 weeks” is its own figure.Skin, hair & teethChilcuague (Heliopsis longipes) Healing SprayChilcuague’s main compound eased pain responses in mice and slowed microbes in a dish. We found no study in people.