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American Hair Growth Centers Steals Copyrighted Information - Are They Trying to Deceive Consumers?

by admin on December 30, 2009

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American Hair Growth Centers (aka Natural Hair Growth Institute) Steals Copyrighted Information - Are They Trying to Deceive Consumers?

What do you do when you are being sued by the state after numerous complaints have been filed against you and your company? Well if you are Steve Bennis’ Natural Hair Growth Institute, you change your domain name, steal other people’s copyrighted information and hope for a new start in the cyber world.

On Nov 17th 2009 the State of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit against two Chicago based hair growth institutes, The Natural Hair Growth Institute, Omega Hair Group and their owner, Steve Bennis. [ Read About The State of Illinois Vs. Natural Hair Growth Institute, LTD ]

On Dec 4, 2009 the domain American Hair Growth Centers was registered, and the domain for The Natural Hair Growth Institute now forwards over to this new domain and website.

On December 23, 2009 William Gaunitz from Evolution Hair Centers, wrote a blog post titled “Warning Issued to American Hair Growth Centers (aka Natural Hair Growth Institute).” In this post he explains how Steve Bennis and his new American Hair Growth Centers, stole copyrighted photos directly off his website claiming to be the before and after photos of American Hair Growth Centers.

On December 29, 2009 William Gaunitz updated his blog with a new post titled “American Hair Growth Centers Took Down Stolen Photographs.” Apparently Steve Bennis is claiming he is merely acting on behalf of American Hair Growth Centers, in this far fetched explanation he states he sold the company to a firm out of Florida. Is it just me or does anyone else find that funny? There was a firm interested in buying a company that was being sued by the State of Illinois? In this post Mr. Gaunitz further reveals that there is no DBA registry for the company called “American Hair Growth Centers” in the state of Illinois.

The whole thing gets even more hairy. The new Natural Hair Growth Institute website, calling themselves American Hair Growth Centers has stolen most of their educational “Hair Loss Info,” seen on their home page, directly (word for word) off the non-profit organization website, The American Hair Loss Association (see photo below). I mean how low can a person really be? Stealing copyrighted before and after photos from another company, and stealing copyrighted information off a non-profit website is in my opinion, deplorable behavior.

The American Hair Growth Centers website is also listing an organization in their “resources” section under “organizations,” called “The American Hair Loss Society” What is that? Do you think someone is trying to confuse consumers, and make them think that is actually the legitimate non-profit organization, The American Hair Loss Association? The majority of the information on that website (if not all) is stolen directly (again word for word) off the AHLA site.

So lets recap, The Natural Hair Growth Institute (owner Steve Bennis) is currently being sued by the State of Illinois. The Natural Hair Growth Institute website now forwards to The American Hair Growth Centers’ website, which has previously stolen pictures and content from Evolution Hair Centers. In addition they stole the majority of educational content for men, women and children directly off the American Hair Loss Association. In addition to that (as if it could get worse) they, in my opinion, attempted to create a organization to confuse consumers and chose a name nearly identical to the American Hair Loss Association, and in doing so, also stole the majority of content directly off the non-profit site also. [click to continue...]

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Laser Comb and Other Laser Hair Loss Treatments

by admin on September 18, 2007

Laser Comb and Other Laser Hair Loss TreatmentsI was asked yesterday what my thoughts were on the lasercomb and other various laser hair loss treatments currently available. Admittedly, I’m not incredibly knowledgeable about them, rather I just have a personal opinion. This is what I wrote in response:

“As far as the Lasercomb, I haven’t tried it. Any hair loss treatment (no matter what it is) can cause what they call the “dread shed,” which is excessive shedding for a couple months before you see improvement. Truth be told, I can’t afford to shed anymore hair than I already am. Since I personally don’t think very much of the laser treatments, it’s really not worth it to me. I think that there would be women screaming from the mountain tops “I got my hair back, look at my pictures” if it were really all it was hyped up to be. Hair loss treatment is always a very personal choice, but for me I wasn’t willing to try the lasercomb.”

Like I mentioned this is just my opinion. I would love to hear other women’s experiences with laser hair loss treatments, whether it was the Hairmax Laser Comb, the Laser Hair Brush by Sunetics etc.

What concerns me more than the hefty price tag these treatments have, (ripping off vulnerable women is always a concern) is that I would hate for any woman to experience ill effects from it. Proponents of the laser hair loss treatments will inevitably say that the shedding caused by the laser treatment would be an indication that the treatment is working. They might go on to explain that this means the laser is exerting it’s effect on the hair follicles which in time will prove to be positive. Maybe. Maybe not. After all there are tons of medications that cause hair loss and shedding that certainly are not having a positive effect on your hair.

We all must form our own opinions based on the very limited information out there about the laser hair loss treatments. If it helps women I would definitely like to know and be able to share that with the other women visiting this site. But for now my thoughts remain unchanged.

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