07/28/2006 (7:46 pm)
egads
how can this actually make people want to buy it? or is it supposed to give you the headache first?
so…i think you’re supposed to apply it to your forehead….
or something.
4 Comments »
Comment by Scott
It’s a total scam, too, in the great homeopathic tradition of:
1. Select an active ingredient that doesn’t really apply to the problem in the slightest.
2. Dilute the active ingredient to 1 part in a billion, or more, so that few or no actual molecules of said ingredient actually exist in the product.
3. ???
4. Profit!
Comment by blinkingline
so wait…
you’ve actually tried this stuff? know someone who has?
what’s the real story here, scott?
Comment by Scott
From randi.org:
“Each .2-ounce (<6 grams!) stick contains a “12X” concentration (?) of White Bryony – a type of vine – as one of the two active ingredients. That means that the whole damn stick contains 1 part of ingredient in 1,000,000,000,000 parts of wax, or a stick contains .000,000,000,005,67 grams of “ingredient!” Since there are some 100 applications in a stick, divide that quantity by 100… An additional ingredient is potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7) at a dilution of one part to a million parts of wax. Though this chemical is intensely red-orange in color, and is used as a disinfectant and as a stain for furniture, the 1:1,000,000 dilution makes the Head On product quite colorless – as well as without ingredients.”
Comment by lastewie
Gotta admit it’s a catchy refrain, though.
Gotta admit it’s a catchy refrain, though.
Gotta admit it’s a catchy refrain, though.
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