The Hair Club For Men- What's the Straight Dope?

Watching ESPN tonight I was BOMBARDED with “Hair Club For Men” commercials. This shit has been around for something like 20 years or more. Whay exactly does the HCFM DO to give a man more hair? Is a weave? Transplants? A toupee? A scam???

Does anyone know anyone that is a member?Is it a franchise? Isn’t Sy Sperling the owner? How did he get started?

Here’s an earlier thread with all the answers.
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=13975
That’s the power of searching :cool:

Thanks Hijack. Just for the record, I did try searching. My Search skills have a bit to be desired yet.

:slight_smile:

OK, then here’s another one you might have missed.

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37996
Sounds expensive but effective.