Spencer Kobren – Staying In The Game

This week on Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, Spencer and the crew discuss how staying in the “game” seems to be the driving force behind those seeking help from the 3.5 billon dollar a year hair loss industry.

For daily updates on the world of hair loss follow Spencer Kobren on Twitter @spencerkobren

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Spencer Kobren – The Cost of Propecia

This week on The Bald Truth, Spencer Kobren speaks with callers about their experiences with Propecia and some of the non-FDA approved medications that many in the hair loss community are trying with varying results.

For daily updates on the world of hair loss follow Spencer Kobren on Twitter @spencerkobren

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Spencer Kobren – Propecia In The UK

Spencer Kobren and Spex take a call from Hariri in Dubai, who wanted to discuss his hair loss journey, and his experience with the UK hair loss industry.

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Spencer Kobren – Young Guys On Propecia

On this week’s Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, Propecia is once again the topic of discussion for two young guys calling in to provide their personal experience and perspective on using the drug to effectively treat their hair loss.

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Spencer Kobren – Is It Safe For Women To Conceive While Their Men Are On Propecia? 5/20/12

This week on Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth: Sam from New York calls in to ask if it’s safe to continue taking Propecia if you are planning on starting family in the immediate future. Andrew Zarian checked in to discuss his hair loss consultation experience and what his prognosis is, and Spencer Kobren fields calls and answers questions in the TBT chartroom from hair loss sufferers around the world.
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Spencer Kobren Discusses Post Finasteride Syndrome 5/5/12

This week on Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth: Spencer speaks with Board Certified urologist and anti aging specialist, Gary Bellman, M.D. about the harsh reality of Post Finasteride Syndrome, how it’s properly treated and how it can possibly be prevented.

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Spencer Kobren Discusses Propecia Relabeling To Add Long Term Side Effects 4/15/12

This week on The Bald Truth: Spencer Kobren discusses the FDA ruling concerning Merck’s relabeling of Propecia to add possible long term sexual side effects and also fields calls from Propecia users who discuss their experiences on the drug. Bill calls the show to ask why science can grow hair on mice, but not on humans and Board Certified plastic surgeon Andrew Klapper, M.D. calls the program to discuss the current state of cosmetic surgery in the United States as well as his breakthrough over the counter acne treatment.

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Spencer Kobren Talks About Propecia – The Bald Truth 3/18/12

This week on The Bald Truth: Spencer Kobren’s close friend Rafael hangs in studio with us to share his experience with hair loss, and using Proscar for the past 14 years. Joe calls in to tell the guys why his family said he was going to hell. George from Mobile calls in to tell us how his birthday went and being mistaken, once again, for being much younger than he he really is. Vic from DC asks Spencer to clarify how Replicel affects follicles. Spencer reiterates that he doesn’t withhold information about the hair loss industry from listeners, even though that’s the general consensus among many of the conspiracy theorists on baldtruthtalk.com. And Sam from New York calls to discuss how deceptive advertising can be. Should any hair loss advertiser be taken seriously?

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Propecia Does Not Increase Prostate Cancer Risk According to Chief Medical Officer of The American Cancer Society

The news has spread far and wide through the hair loss community that the Food and Drug Administration expanded their warning last Thursday on a group of drugs which includes finasteride (Proscar/Propecia), stating that using these drugs may increase the risk of high grade prostate cancer.

The latest  warning indicates that 5 alpha reductase inhibitors (which include the hair loss drug Propecia) are linked to a greater risk of high grade prostate cancers. However, many physicians, including prostate cancer specialists, believe that these drugs actually improve the ability to detect aggressive tumors that already exist in patients, which can prove to be life saving.

According to Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, this latest FDA warning has been misinterpreted by many and he felt it was important to set the record straight.

Spencer Kobren speaks with Dr. Otis Brawley of The American Cancer Society

Propecia Feared To Cause Permanent Impotence

The hair loss community is in a panic, and our email boxes are full with correspondence from frightened hair loss sufferers from around the world.

According to reports on a recent study originally published online in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, men who choose to take the drug finasteride to treat their hair loss are playing russian roulette with their sex lives. Some researchers, anti-Propecia blogs, and the mainstream media assert either accept hair loss or risk permanent impotence by attempting to treat it.

According to the latest study conducted by Dr. Michael Irwig and his team at George Washington University Medical School, 92 percent of study participants reported developing erectile dysfunction after taking finasteride, with 94 percent reporting that they experienced low sexual desire, 92
percent reporting a decline in sexual arousal and 69 percent claimed trouble achieving an orgasm.

Well, these findings shouldn’t be too surprising especially since 100 percent of the study participants were men who reported suffering sexual dysfunction after taking the drug finasteride prior to participating in the study. [Read more]

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