Our commitment, together with our R & D partners, is to develop products which are proven to deliver the results promised. Viviscal tablets were developed by Finnish scientists and the formula has been scientifically tested and clinically proven to be effective. Please see below to read about the research and time that is put in to each of our products.

Scientific Pilot Study #1

A recent study was conducted by Thomas J. Stephens & Associates, Inc. in Dallas, TX to evaluate the  overall acceptability of a Viviscal supplement in females with thinning hair.

The group included 40 women of the following ethnicities: Caucasian, African American, Asian, and Hispanic with the average age being 35.

Viviscal was well received by test subjects and the analysis of hair counts showed a mean reduction in hair loss of 46% in only 10 weeks. 

Over 75% Of Viviscal customers see resutls in less than 6 months

 
• Click here to see fuill results of the Pilot Study
  

 Scientific Study #2

Journal of International Medical Research. 1992. 20: p445-453. Lassus & E. Eskelinen.

 A Comparative Study of a New Food Supplement, Viviscal® Professional, Containing Marine

Derived Polysaccharide, with Fish Extract for the Treatment of Hereditary Androgenic Alopecia in Young Males.

• 100% of patient’s reported, hair stopped thinning after 2 months of treatment.
• Mean increase in non-vellus hair of 38% after 6 months of treatment.
• 95% indicated clinical and histological solution after 6 months of treatment.

 Summary

Twenty patients with alopecia areata (mean duration 9 years) and 20 patients with alopecia totalis (mean duration of 7 years) were treated with 2 pills of Viviscal® Liniment once daily and Viviscal® shampoo 2-3 times/week for eight months.

Viviscal® is a preparation containing mainly compound of marine extract and colloidal silicic acid. Both group included 10 females and 10 males. All patients had earlier received topical steroids and 15 had had been treated with systemical corricosteroids. Most of them had also been treated with topical minoxidil and photochemotherapy. Seventeen of the patients with alopecia areata (85%) were completely cured and two showed significant improvement. One of the patients in this group deteriorated during the treatment period. Five (25%) of the patients with alopecia totalis were completely cured and four (20%) showed significant improvement, while 11 patients developed only minimal vellus hair.

This promising study showed that Viviscal® is a further complement to the rather short list of remedies which alter the clinical course of alopecia areata and alopecia totalis.

Click here to see the full results of: Journal of international medical research study

Scientific Study #3

Treatment of Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis and Alopecia Universalis with Oral Viviscal® for 12 months

Swedish Alopecia Association, administrated by B. Prästbacka (chairman) and Patricia Brosdotter-Johansson (vice chairman)
The study was clinically monitored by M. Majass (md) and O. Puuste (md)
Department of Dermatology, Central Hospital, Tallinn, Estonia, 1994

Summary

Altogether 97 members of the Swedish Alopecia Association (RFH) with either alopecia areata, alopecia totalis or alopecia universalis volunteered to participate in a 12 months study to evaluate the effect of oral Viviscal® on regrowth of scalp hair. Thirteen patients withdrew after 3 - 4 months because of lack of effect of the treatment. The remaining 84 patients fulfilled the treatment and were therefore evaluable.

Fifty of these had alopecia areata, 12 alopecia totalis and 22 alopecia universalis. They all took two tablets of Viviscal® daily for 12 months. Before the study, after 6 and 12 months they fulfilled a questionnaire regarding the start of regrowth of scalp hair and the estimated area of the scalp with regrowth of permanent hair. In the areata group regrowth of permanent hair started to appear after approximately 6 months in 46 patients, in the totalis group in 10 patients after 4 months and in the universalis group after 5 months in 7 patients. After 12 months 7 patients in the areata group (14%) showed complete regrowth of hair, 27 patients estimated a regrowth of 70 - 95%, 10 a regrowth of 50 - 65% and 6 a regrowth less than 50%. In the totalis group 3 patients had a complete hair regrowth, 3 a regrowth of 70 - 95%, 4 a regrowth of 50 - 65% and 3 a regrowth of hair less than 50%. In the alopecia universalis group one of the patients reported complete regrowth of hair, 4 had a regrowth of 70 -95% and one a regrowth of 50 - 65%, while 16 had less than 50% regrowth of scalp hair. Better nail growth was reported by all patients with weak nails prior to the study.

Overall 34 patients (68%) of the patients in the alopecia areata group, 6 of the patients (50%) of the patients in the alopecia totalis group and 5 patients (23%) in the alopecia universalis group were highly satisfied with the treatment results, while 10 (20%), 4 (33%) and 1 (5%), respectively estimated the end result as good.

There was a significant correlation between the treatment results and the type of alopecia, but no significant correlation between the sex and age of the patients or duration of hair loss could be observed. No adverse reactions or unexpected events were reported by the patients.

Scientific Study #4

A Comparative Study of a New Food Supplement, Viviscal®, with Fish Extract for the Treatment of Hereditary Androgenic Alopecia

A. Lassus et. al.
Department for Dermatological Research, ARS-Medicina, Helsinki, Finland
The Journal of International Medical Research 1992; 20: 445-453

Summary

A controlled, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study compared the effects of Viviscal® (a new food supplement incorporating special marine extracts and a silica compound) with those of a fish extract in the treatment of young males with hereditary androgenic alopecia. The pretreatment histological diagnosis was alopecia with a mild to moderate perifollicular inflammation zone. The study consisted of 20 subjects who received two tablets of Viviscal® once daily and 20 who received two tablets of fish extract once daily for 6 months.

The mean patient age and mean duration and severity of baldness compared well between the two groups. Most patients had been treated with long-term topical 2% minoxidil for 1 year or more prior to the study. At baseline and after 6 months' treatment, a biopsy was taken for histological examination. A non-vellus hair count was performed at baseline and after 2, 4 and 6 months. In the fish extract treatment group three patients withdrew from the study before the fourth month due to lack of therapeutic effect. After 6 months' treatment, patients receiving Viviscal® showed a mean increase in non-vellus hair of 38% compared with a 2% increase in the fish extract treatment group (P<0.0001). In the Viviscal® group, 19 (95%) subjects showed both clinical and histological cure, whereas none treated with fish extract showed any clinical or histological difference after 6 months' treatment (P <0.0001). In both groups, a minimal decrease in the erythemal index was observed.

In conclusion, Viviscal® appears to be the first highly active treatment for androgenic alopecia in young males.

Scientific Study #5

Revista Brasileira de Medicina. 1997. Vol 53; No. 3; p 1-5. Pareira, Jose Marcos.

 Trial carried out on 200 individuals with results suggesting the use of marine-based polysaccharides is beneficial for stabilizing hair loss in treatment of androgenetic alopecia:

• 75.3% observed a significant decrease in hair loss in 6 months.
• 14.6% of patients showed partial regrowth.

Results suggest use of marine-based polysaccharides is beneficial for treatment of Androgenetic alopecia in order to reach stabilise hair loss. Also, the earlier Androgenetic alopecia is treated the greater the likelihood of positive results.

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 Viviscal Luscious Locks Diet Plan - The foods chosen to make up this diet will not only help you loose weight but also provide the nutrients essential to help recovery from hair loss as well as overall nourishment and maintenance of healthy hair.

Our Heads Up Guide provides essential information about causes of hair loss, stages of re-growth and styling tips to boost your confidence.