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About — Hairmore

Hair regrowth,
backed by data.

An independent research site by RK.
Read the source, not the marketing.

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Editorial watercolor portrait of RK — a researcher in his thirties reading dermatology papers at a sunlit desk.

I'm RK

Independent hair-loss researcher · Software engineer by training

I started losing my hair in my late twenties. The internet was full of conflicting advice — Reddit threads, sponsored videos, "miracle" oils, $4,000 clinic packages. I wanted to know what the actual peer-reviewed literature said, so I started reading it: PubMed, JAAD, British Journal of Dermatology, Cochrane reviews.

This site is the synthesis of that reading — what the evidence supports, what's marketing, and how to tell the difference. Every article has 5+ citations you can click through and check.

  • 15articles
  • 9topic pillars
  • 75+PubMed/PMC refs

How I evaluate evidence

Four working principles applied to every claim on this site.

01

Source-rank everything

Cochrane > meta-analysis > double-blind RCT > single-blind RCT > observational > case report > expert opinion > marketing copy. I label each piece of evidence with its strength so you can decide how much to weigh it.

02

Caveats up front, not buried

When a centrepiece study is open-label, small-n, short follow-up, or industry-funded, I say so in the same paragraph that introduces the result. Skipping the limitation looks naive at best, dishonest at worst.

03

Cost-per-month, always

If a product is in a recommendation, the article includes a real US dollar cost-per-month and cost-per-result comparison. A 3× price for the brand-name version of a generic should justify itself or get called out.

04

Mechanism, not vibes

Every recommendation explains how it works on the follicle — receptor binding, vascular effect, telogen-to-anagen push, whatever the mechanism actually is. If I can't explain how it works, I won't tell you to buy it.

What I cover

Nine topic pillars, structured as hub-and-spoke. Click any to browse the articles.

Editorial standards

The short version of how the site is run. The full version lives on its own page.

  • Citations are required. No "studies show" without a clickable PubMed/PMC link. Every numeric claim traces to its trial.
  • Affiliate links are currently NOT active. When Amazon Associates is activated, every affiliate placement will carry a disclosure inline.
  • AI assistance is disclosed. I use Claude (Anthropic) to help with drafting and editing. Every clinical claim, citation, and dose value is verified by me against the cited source before publishing.
  • No paid placements. No sponsored articles, no pay-for-recommendation, no brand exchanges.
  • Corrections are welcomed. If you spot a misquoted study, wrong dose, or stale citation, email me — I'll fix it and note the change in the article footer.
Read the full editorial standards →

What I don't claim

Honesty markers. None of these are obvious from reading individual articles, so they belong here.

I am not a doctor. No medical degree, no clinical license, no patients. I'm a careful reader of dermatology literature, not a treating clinician. Anything on this site that resembles a treatment plan should go past a licensed dermatologist before you act on it.
I do not diagnose. Articles describe how conditions present and which tests are useful — they do not tell you what you have. Diagnosis requires examination by a clinician.
My results are not your results. Individual response to every hair-loss drug is high-variance. A 60% responder rate to minoxidil means 40% don't respond. Statistics from the literature do not predict your personal outcome.
Personal anecdote is not evidence. Where I share what I noticed personally, it's labelled as anecdote, not as data. The cited RCT is the data; my experience is colour.

Contact & corrections

Email

hello@hairmore.info

Replies usually within a few days. Sponsorship and link-exchange requests will be ignored.

Reporting an error

Include the article URL, the specific sentence or number that's wrong, and (ideally) a source for the corrected version. I'll fix it within a week and add a note at the article footer.

What's coming

Roadmap, not promises.

  • Phase 2 (Months 4–6, 2026): cluster expansion — building 25 more cluster articles around each of the 9 anchors. Target 50 total articles, 5,000 monthly visitors.
  • Phase 3 (Months 7–12, 2026): author-bio block on every article, dermatologist medical-review on 5–10 flagship pieces, email newsletter, affiliate activation with full disclosure.
  • Forever: annual refresh of every article. The year in the title is a commitment — when 2027 rolls around, the article gets re-reviewed against newer evidence, not just renamed.