Business
Stop & reGrow:
Taking Hair Loss
Treatments to the
Next Level
H
air loss is a common problem for almost
everyone. It can be genetic, caused by health
issues, it can also be stress related, or caused
by hair extensions that were too much for
the scalp to handle. The cure to baldness has been
researched practically since baldness became an issue.
There are numerous clinics who try to offer a cure;
and many have tried tons of other options. Cover-ups,
scalp massages, and DIYs are some of the go-to’s for
many who experience hair loss. The failure or success
of each treatment varies considerably person to person,
making it hard to find any one perfect solution. That
said, this month we’re taking a look at one company
that has given many their hair success story, We spoke
with Tracey Bowyer from Stop & reGrow to tell us
more about their company and their founder, Dr. Robert
Nettles.
1
. Tell us about the founder of Stop
& reGrow
Dr. Robert Nettles was predestined to be the inventor
of the first treatment for androgenic alopecia that can
support its success claim with a money back guarantee.
His high school thesis project at age 17 was studying
the genetic makeup of our DNA and its inheritance
patterns. At age 21 when graduating from college, he
noticed that his father was already bald and his older
brother was showing the beginning signs of balding.
This made Dr. Nettles concerned with maintaining his
own hair, leading hair loss to become an active research
project for him during medical school.
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By the time he graduated from medical school, Dr.
Nettles had discovered that DHT is the primary cause
of hair loss. He also understood that the then current
wonder-drug Rogaine didn’t really ‘work’ in terms of
regrowing lost hair and at most could only delay the
inevitable for a small percentage of users.
By this time, both his older brothers had significant
hair loss and his own hair had started thinning.
After graduation, Dr. Nettles undertook a fellowship
in ophthalmology, where he had the opportunity to
witness prostaglandin medicines (Bimatoprost and
Latanoprost) grow eyelashes 25% longer and thicker
over only a short period of time.
Originally studying as a hair transplant surgeon and
working alongside pioneers of the FUE method of
hair transplant, Dr. Nettles learned that while the best
option available at the time, surgery, was also not a true
solution for the hereditary hair loss that over time will
eventually take more hair than is available to donate
to replace it. His real breakthrough came when he
identified that just as we now understand the good and
bad types of cholesterol, so testosterone also has good
and bad components and the ratio between them would
lead to his ultimate discovery of precision medicine.
At the age of 29, after suffering significant hair loss
himself, Dr. Nettles began a regime of self-therapy that
included injection of the various medicines into his own