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Hair scams in history
Snake oil sellers have been with us for a long, long time.
Burnett's Cocoaine
Burnett's Cocoaine for the hair.
Newbro's Herpicide
Newbro's Herpicide.
Dr Scott's electric hair brushes
Nineteenth century supplier of many quack medical products for hair loss.
Koko for the Hair
An English snake oil
Hall's Hair Renewer
One of the most well known 19th century hair loss snake oils
Barry's Tricopherous
A product sold for over 60 years
Ayer's Hair Vigor
Ayer's Hair Vigor was one of the most widely used hair loss treatments in the 19th century
Seven Sutherland Sisters Hair Grower
The Seven Sutherland Sisters were a well known act at Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth with the extraordinarily long hair