TOO MANY BALD MEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 867, 10 January 1930, Page 16

TOO MANY BALD MEN

“INSULT TO NATURE” AVOID TIGHT COLLARS There are too many bald men in the world today. Go where you will—the theatre, the club, the railway carriage and the office—ypu will see that bald heads are increasing in number, writes “A Hair Specialist” in the “Daily Express” (London!. ’litis is not as it should be. Nature endowed man with a well-thatclied head, and undoubtedly meant him to keep it. Bald heads are an insult to Nature.

Those who lead sedentary lives—clerks, business men, and other brainworkers—are most commonly attacked. The continuous wearing of tight-fit-ting hats is chiefly responsible for this type of baldness. Another cause is the daily use of water on the hair. The water, in drying, mixes into a paste with the secretion normally formed by the glands in the scalp. This paste sets like mortar round the hairs, causing their early death and premature fall. Tight collars cause baldness. They press on the neck arteries, and so reduce the blood supply to the roots of the hair. The first remedy is to eliminate any cause which may be at work increasing the baldnes. A hard, tight-fitting hat should be replaced by something softer and looser. The hair should not be wetted daily. Tight collars must be avoided. Every effort should be made to im- ! prove the circulation, and to loosen } the scalp by massage, both lengthways and crossways. This massage is most important, and should be carried out for at least ten minutes every day. Plenty of outdoor exercise is necessary, plain, nourishing food should be eaten, and long hours of close mental work avoided. Good indoor ventilation is also essential. Many people who have suffered from typhoid, scarlet fever, or measles ; find that their hair falls out in handfuls during their convalescence. The reason is that the blood has become poisoned during the fever, thus destroying the vitality of the roots of the hair.

Convalescents thus afflicted should not worry. Within a few months new and vigorous hairs will take the place of those destroyed during their illness.