HAIR TREATMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 101, 2 May 1927, Page 13

HAIR TREATMENT

Whatever may be one's opinion of the present short-hair fashion, the latter would seem to have swept sway the scalp troubles prevalent in the days when the woman with lengthy tresses was admired and envied by her less endowed sisters, says a writer in an overseas journal.

Before shingling banished what was termed a girl's crowning glory, my let-ter-box teemed with pleas for advice on scurf, greasiness, dryness, falling, splitting, and other scalp maladies which the hairdresser's scissors'have apparently cured,' and that once indispensable friend of many years, hair tonic, has ceased to be a power in tho land. We spend our shekels instead on tho weekly clip, wash and wave, on bottles of perfumed oleaginous mixturo to keep our shingles neat and glossy, and on caps to protect its undulations during sleep.

In the days of long hair wo \/cre warned against frequent washing. The dust and dirt of everyday life might be painfully evident on brushes and combs, but shampooing more often than once ia six weeks was pronounced detrimental to the hair' condition. To-day a fortnight between hair-washing is the utmost the shingled girl allows, and oddly Inough scalp—and hair—seem all the healthier for tho gain in cleanliness.

An eminent hair specialist told me years ago that half the hair troubles arose from dirt permeating and chok uij: tlin pores, and his very drastic and somewhat painful treatment was designed to sree these minute channels from their grimy contents. Possessors of long hair —and these still exist, I bnHeve—who are troubled about its condition, might lay his remarks to heart. "Treat your hair gently and your scalp ltughly," was the advice of an authority on the subject. Mere biushing onje a day is not sufficient, ilie scalp should be stimulated and loosened, and a brisk circulation indnced by regular massage, not rubbing but moving the skin about briskly from nape, forehead, and ears to crown Combing tlys scalp firmly with a not too blunt comb removes scurf and is otherwise beneficial, with vigorous brushing afterwards to froe the hair from dust. When brushing your hair remember to make partings all over the head and brush the scalp. Hair specialists advise brushing the hair up instead of with tho usual downward stroke.