HeadOn

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Against allopathy

Alternative medicine

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Apply directly to forehead. HeadOn, apply directly to forehead! HeadOn, apply directly to forehead! HeadOn, apply directly to forehead! HeadOn, apply directly to forehead! HeadOn, apply directly to forehead!
—"Clever" commercial

HeadOn is a topical homeopathic medicine, meant to cure headaches. It claims to have a "clinically proven active ingredient for topical headache relief" inside it. However, there have been no peer reviewed studies showing it does anything beyond the placebo effect.

It consists almost entirely of wax, with a few plants and potassium dichromate, a substance that causes cancer. However, the quantities of its non-wax ingredients are measured in parts per trillion, akin to putting an eye dropper amount into 5 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The same people who make HeadOn also have made other quack products, especially in treating arthritis pain. Most people probably know of HeadOn for the constant spam of amazingly awful commercials. [1]

Some respect must be given to the makers of HeadOn for one of the greatest practical jokes of all time, resulting in millions of gullible Americans rubbing wax on their foreheads.


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  1. Including commercials making fun of their own commercials
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