“I participated in an Influencer Program on behalf of Dad Central for ROGAINE®. I received a product sample and promotional item to thank me for participating.”
Contractually obligated to put that in there. As well as the #gotitfree hashtag for social media. Because there are legal issues and whatever.
What am I doing with Rogaine anyway? Oh, sorry, ROGAINE. The brand is spelled using all capitol letters according to the legal doctrine. But why is the box only capitalizing the first letter as in every other proper name?
Not my call.
And before I even open the box I realize I may be the wrong guy for this trial. Apparently this ROGAINE (see, I’m using legal use of capitol letters instead of how it is presented on the box) foam is only proven to work on growing hair on the vertex, that part of the head which is the topmost and begins to slope backwards. Not quite the crown, but darn near close enough. Think of it as that stereotypical “male pattern baldness” that forces guys to eventually get a comb-over.
Will I try it? Sure, but I’m kind of scared to.
Some of the warning labels on the box are intimidating. Apparently side effects include sudden weight gain or unwanted facial hair.
I’m not the typical kind of person for this, really. I’m not utterly vain (I can’t be the way I look) but the receding hair line and thinning hair bothers me. I wouldn’t care if it were grey. Or gray. When the call was put out for dads to try ROGAINE I thought it wouldn’t hurt. I tossed my virtual hat into the ring and was sent a 3 month supply free to test out with the stipulation I adhere to some guidelines as I write up my experience.
After a couple of days nothing happened. I didn’t expect it to. Actually, I’m not going to expect much because as the box says, this is meant for hair loss in a different area than mine. But I said I would try it, so I did. And will continue to do so until the trial runs out or am told to stop.
ROGAINE is having a “Grow Your Game” initiative, a marketing push that would include guys like me (dad bloggers) talking about “growing our game” in 2014. What is my game? Frankly, I’m not sure. I have 5 kids and another on the way. It takes everything I have to keep up with them and help keep the house running. Since I don’t have an outside job there’s not much professionally for me to “up” in that aspect of my life.
With kind number 6 on the way in a few months there’s definite “game” to “up” there. I’ll be up at night and busy helping take care of an infant getting the other kids to and from school along with homework help. ROGAINE may not be able to help me be a better father, but if it could help my scalp not get sunburned this summer that would be nice.