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Milkweed

Milkweed is popularly known as a favorite food of the monarch butterfly caterpillar.
Historically, farmers considered the native American plant a noxious weed. Today, however, common milkweed is being cultivated for its soft, silky floss, which is used commercially as a hypoallergenic filler in high-end pillows, comforters, and jacket linings.
Floss isn’t the only useable portion of [...]

Laser Combs

There was a huge rumble in the “stop hair loss” products industry in January 2007 when the FDA approved the HairMax Laser Comb® for promotion of hair growth in males with androgenetic alopecia (Norwood IIA to V with Fitzpatrick skin types I to IV). The FDA has only approved two other products as solutions to [...]