I'm back. And I have another company to complain about: Viviscal. Here's two reasons: (1) they use shark cartilage, which is "harvested" in the most cruel and inhumane way possible, and (2) they are fleecing American women, and that pisses me off.
SHARK CARTILAGE: DON'T BUY IT!!! Mermaid Kat, an aquatic performance artist and amazing mermaid shows here that sharks peaceful undersea creatures that should be treated with respect. They are warm-blooded creatures who have live young! Shark cartilage is a cruel, dreadful product and I hate that Viviscal supports the disgusting industry of "harvesting" shark cartilage.
$50/MONTH USD? HECK NO. If you wanted to, you could make your own cocktail of supplements to include ingredients equivalent to Viviscal. Here's how:
(1) 500mg or so of gelatin or collagen hydrolysate, twice a day (or 1,000mg daily),
(2) 15 mg zinc supplement
(3) 150 mcg biotin.
That's it. You can get these ingredients on the cheap. What I have paid for them is
(a) $0.56/day: $17 for 120 capsules of gelatin, 500mg/ea. (You can get it cheaper, but I insist on fish cartilage so as to not support the environmentally NOT sustainable meat industry).
(b) $0.17/day: $6 for 35 biotin gummy vitamins, 150mcg/ea (You can get this cheaper too--I like the gummies, and these are vitamin B gummies that have other B vitamins, not just biotin).
(c) $0.07/day: $7 for 100 capsules of zinc, 15mg/ea (You can get this a little cheaper too.
All together, buying those pills separately, each day the cost is $0.80, a total of $24/month.
So, for Viviscal, $49.99/month
For ingredients, $24/month (or less!)
Does it work? Yes. I tried it, and it worked for me. I have more hair, thicker hair, and longer hairs because I've been taking this cocktail the last four months. It has NOTICEABLY changed my hair, especially in areas near the front of my scalp where I was thinning.
I will be uploading more documentation (videos) of my personal results, but I wanted to make this recipe available to anyone who wants to try it out and see if it works. PLEASE leave a comment about your experience if you try it out. I can't fund a huge study like Viviscal did, but I'm convinced that these ingredients will have a similar effect.
If you try it, make sure to take a baseline video or pictures and then take some more every month for a few months. That's what I did and I see a huge difference between day 1 and day 100. I might not have noticed how dramatic the change was if I hadn't documented the change with detailed videos.
I make no money off of writing this. This is not a "monetized" blog. I'm not selling any particular brand of gelatin, zinc, or biotin. I'm putting this out there because I want to save sharks, and I want to help other women save money. I mean, seriously? $50/month? We aren't all lawyers and doctors here.
