FDA Approves Laser Comb

American Voices

February 20, 2007 | ISSUE 43•08

The HairMax Lasercomb, a comb that purportedly promotes hair growth, was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration. What do you think?

The company is called HairMax, so it's got to work. It doesn't make any sense that it'd be called HairMax if the comb didn't grow maximum hair.

Jerome Harrison
Telephone Installer
My hair growth method still works better than anything out there. Every two weeks I get a blood transfusion from a Greek guy.

Kelly Tyler
Math Teacher
Yet another problem solved by shooting people in the head with lasers.

Matt Jackson
IT Director

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