I've found before and after pictures of someone who used Dr.Brotzus lotion. She used it only for a month and she said it was not easy to get it. Her son got the lotion last November. So it seems that she used the lotion only for a month. The after pictures are from April 2017 and the before pictures are from November 2016.
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You know what I really don't like?
The fact that the hair is parted in different ways and the fact that she is wearing the exact same sweater.
I have no way of telling if the lotion worked or not. I have no way of telling if the pictures are a month apart, a year apart, or a few minutes apart.
And inb4 "the difference is so obvious, how can you question it?" Bros, I have hair down to my nipples. It's very apparent that the direction in which I part my hair greatly changes how bad or good it looks. I just go to work with a bun these days and nobody can tell that I have thinned up top.
What I am saying is that I spend every day consciously playing the "hide the baldness" game.
This is certainly "better" evidence than just a paragraph saying it works, but unfortunately, not all photographical evidence is of the same quality.
My thinning is very similar to hers, except my hair line is decent. The thinning is from the center top to the crown. What I see in these pics is the same thing that I see each day when I look in the mirror.
Pics 1, 2, 3 - hair brushed upward: more scalp exposed.
Pics 4,5 - when my hair naturally settles down, it looks just like these pictures - enough density is lost to reveal multiple large part lines all in different directions. I especially have that "single-lock-of-hair-surrounded-by-scalp" thing going on right on top of my head - similar to what pic 5 shows.
Pic 6 and 7 - hair brushed flat and allowed to go in the direction in which it erupts - this makes the hair lie down flat against the scalp and give most coverage. But the part lines reveal the thinning. I know this feel too well.
So anyway, I'm not saying anyone is lying. I hope it is clear why I am skeptical though. I'm just suggesting that I envision an alternate way to create the same pictures without any treatment.
Edit: Since I made a claim, I suppose it is only fair to provide pictures. Full disclosure - I washed my hair recently so it has no oil in it, so it is difficult at the moment to get it to stand up, so I used around a tablespoon of mousse. Nothing fancy. Also my hair is longer than the lady's so it's not gonna stand as easily.
I hope you can look past the differences in hair length, color, and location of thinning and consider my point about hair styling influencing the appearance of thinning. I kept as many things the same as possible, lighting, shirt, location etc.
Figure 1: (Left) Hair parted "against the grain" and encouraged to stand up. (Center) - a "Lock" surrounded by visible scalp - the hair in the center of the thinning region has clumped together. Lock shown with red line and is brushed toward the back. (Right) - hair brushed "with the grain" revealing the standard part line and to the keen observer, underlying thinning.