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To put it baldly: Treatment of hair loss is a losing proposition

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To put it baldly: Treatment of hair loss is a losing propositionPage 1To Fut It Baldly:Treatmentof HairLossIs a LosingProposition. .r....l.l.4anlm4Numtrer5u>eDtemoerz I1%IFor centuriespeople have searchedfor remediesfor hair loss The ancientEgyptians prescribeda concoctionthatconsistedof the fats of the lion hippopotamuscrocodileand snake.Otherfolk remedies handed down through thecenturiesinclude elm bark; watercress;onions and honey; quinine; and crushedbees wasps and horse leeches with salt.In the 1930s some barber shops in theUS were equippedwith vacuummachines that were applied to the scalp. Itsusers believed this would stimulatethescalp and promote hair growth 1The search for solutionsto baldnesshas not stopped.Each year Americanspay aboutS3 million to a mailorderbaldneswemedyindustry.Fortheirmon ey they get lotionsvitaminsoilsperfumesand otherproductsof noproven value. The US Food and DrugAdministrationis trying to take theseproducts off the market.zThere is of course no sure cure forbaldness.In fact there are several differenttypesof baldness.It canbecausedby malnutritiondiseaseandperhapsby emotionalstress. In somecases it can be reversed.Howeverallof us are geneticallyprogrammedtolose some scalp haii throughoutMe.Some of us lose more than others Genetics is the reason behind the vast majority of cases of baldnesss and there isno knownadequateway to stop orreverse genetic hair loss.It is not even certain why people seemto want a cure for baldnessCommonbaldnessis not in itself unhealthful.Some people may regard it as a sign ofold age and lost strength. But noticeablehair loss can begin by age 20 or earlier.1Interestinglyin our search of the literature on baldness we found no studies ofthe averagepersonsattitudestowardbalding. Some literaturedoes cover thepsychologicalproblemsthat have beensaid to cause baldness. 11 Therearealso psychoanalyticalstudiesthat examine hair as a sexual symbol. 1213 Itseems odd that social scientists have nottaken a closer look at ...

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