Hers

To be completely honest, as with Hims, this is a brand that sells generic medicine rebranded and glorified. There are so many telemedicine startups that have started in the past year or two, why does hims or hers do that better? A connection to a VC. As a fellow Atomic dude, he got access to cash. Yes, it’s fabulous that more people can get birth control pills. Yes, women can now get generic rogaine. Is this changing the world? Idk, you tell me. Finasteride is a drug that causes suicidal idealation. Now, for those that know how studies are published, they aren’t obligated to state percentages of each study, only the bottom line. As a victim of Fin side effects, I think it’s ironic that they sell ED drugs as well. 🤦‍♂️ Roman and Keeps are doing the same here. Quick cash cow. Changing the world? Idk. Look at Instagram comments on hims page. People complaining about side effects from Finasteride get no response, whereas any potential sale gets quickly pushed down the funnel. Quick bucks, yes. But where did the startups that change the world go? Raise a round C, D, and E....

Hi @andrewdudum ! I organize the Women of Product Hunt meetups with @abadesi @jacq . This is such a reliable, worry-free service for women -- we know the female founders & makers that attend our events would enjoy. We'd love to create a Hers sponsored event or provide some type of preview of the Hers product at our next event. If you're interested in collaborating, would love to chat more in the DM!

The website had me first buy a $10 subscription after clicking a “try now - $30” button for birth control that is “easier to access for women” through their website. It gave me the hopes of being prescribed birth control for ovarian cyst pain and heavy periods. After my medical evaluation, the doctor told me she couldn’t help me and to go see my doctor to be treated. She gave me no other useful tips or advice. I feel like turning patients away to other doctors defeats the whole purpose of this website. It advertises the ease of getting birth control to women who need it, and many women receive it to treat their acne, heavy periods, and ovarian cysts. I paid for a membership for nothing. There also isn’t a direct button to cancel your $10/month subscription. You have to request for it to be cancelled.

Pros:

Fast responses through email and messages

Cons:

Must pay for a membership to get prescriptions, receiving benefit from your subscription is not guaranteed, little information on website

Especially propranolol. If a vital you report is too low or something you report is accidentally wrong, you could be seriously hurt- or worse, die.

Pros:

Birth control available

Cons:

The other meds should NOT be given without a doctor giving a physical exam. It's too dangerous.

Glad to see more medtech products like yours on ProductHunt, grab my upvote! I would like to publish an interview about Hers at https://startupradius.com/ at no cost at all - please fill the form on the website if interested, or PM at paul@startupradius.com

Hey @andrewdudum what's your average advertising $-spend in a month?

I had used a competitor for a bit before switching to a prescription tretinoin cream since I developed an allergy to the base change of the competitor. I had issue with what yoderm wanted to prescribe, then lemonaidhealth would no longer do my scripts after doing them before, and managed to find this place. I have no problem with the base ingredients at all, which is great. But I wish the tretinoin amount were aligned with the studies .05% (what I was using) as they only go to .02%. I also do wish they’d have Azelaic Acid included as well. The other alternative is dermacare whom I am told is no longer doing prescription ingredients for new patients (don’t know why). All in all I do recommend for clindamycin but I think it’s a bit expensive for that alone, hopefully they increase their tret amounts. Shipping took a week but the Dr seems friendly and thorough.

Pros:

Ability to get prescription acne meds without phenoxyethanol or comedogenic ingredients.

Cons:

Low tretinoin amounts