What to Do for that Bald Spot of Yours.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3091, 11 August 1914, Page 2

What to Do for that Bald Spot of Yours.

«+» VOL CAN PREVENT VOIR HA IK FALLING OUT BY WEALING SENSIBLE HATS, EATING THE RIGHT KIND OF FOOD AND GIVING THE SCALP PROBER GAR::.

\By ARTHUR C. JAGOBSON, ]W.D.)

The l>ald person, or the one who is progressing in that direction, <ioe>n r agree with the scientists who class lu-s affliction among the minor complaints that flesh is heir to. lo him baldness is quite a serious problem. Those who actually become bald may become reconciled to the fact, but those who, day by day. see their hair steadily diminishing, worry greatly and too frequently resort to promising treatments that only aggravate the tendency. So that the discussion of the subject of baldness takes rank with almost any discourse on human maladies in the minds of the victims, whether vain or not. But vanity alone is not involved. A well-thatched dome undoubtedly protects one. and is a hygienic appurtenance as well as an aesthetic joy. It is to l>e remembered that falling of the hair is a perfectly normal process. The detachment and replacement 01 the hairs necessarily go on in slight degree. There is a natural termination to the life of our hairs, and the casting-oft process ensues. Indeed, at certain soas-ns. particularly in the Spring and Autumn, the falling is increased. Temporary declension in general health and vigour, as in anemia and acute illness, especially those attended by fever and digestive disorders, it? attended oftentimes with falling of the hair. There is nothing abnormal about this, provided the loss of hair is not persistent- and is milowed by proper renewal. Baldness is increasing, more especially in the cities. This has been connected with the wearing ot still bats the rims of which compress the hloou vessels of the scalp. The bead circulation being the highest m the body, and the vessels, terminal compression at this point produces bad results the more readily. This is probably one reason whv women are jit so often bald as men. Baldne-t> - "en armng

element of insane dietetic customs. 1 his tension may be iurther added to by eye strain. In the treatment ot baldness there is a tendency to pay too much atl tent ion to the local condition, without i looking into possible factors which may I be apparently remote mid uiia.s-sociateo. I Baldness is a preventable condition. I It is sonietinies spoken of as here litary. | A given candidate is regarded rattier I hopalesdv because iu> lather uas bald. In my humble opinion heredity has but little to do w nil it. It i.s my beliel that wnat is blamed upon heredity is simply the lesult of identical family iialui.s th.'.t iavour the occurrence ot baldness. L is much the same as with laniilies m which tuberciiios.s is .supposed to he in j the blood." As a maMer el !at : v.e lUlott i rat i'i li;<»i casts till' ocelli It'll' e oi many cases oi til b. it m a 't I v hi.e is all r i'til i a i'ie In identical ami

inherited hamis with respect i<> i. Hil..g cat ill. etc. i ill- 111 .t 1111 v r ill « !:•> !l '' a 1; 1 1 is ;.. (too tile .scalp Is cUoir_.li t > ■ -.i. 11l oile I 'la \ M .1,11. i.. |M"li-| I. I ■ ru ; ming is rn-Ni ii.;r:..i .ii t■ • t m ;> I,C cs. Ibe .same t liiug ii . > !>«• >a < . in;, v-agc. \\ alt !t -llollld m 1 a l 1 ;■ -t e-s. nil a ,l;t ■ 1 : '< tie s .i j- .-< , i,,i( i-\ ,M', I lull 11 aa \ I I'i 'ill Hie ,s i\ ill;. in - : .ligeiii uiassagc and \ 1 •i a' ,o.i ;u\ i. >- i il. the "et ting « i t i.v hail w i;!i v. a'. iobowtd i'V tne u taring ot i.ai.s e a . m lude air an.l - ' • a : • ;• .. c li.tir. It is not .s.li.ply a ie-1 i-.i. . . ■ Jit ha is. mn < i aa \ ; i'. mi.. m Use, , xcept M'lut' f ; i.i■ 1 ■ _-■ 1 > r l.t a....i'a r m v. oi.a n. \'i e sicen.; wear aad ed \ ent li.iU I I.at - Ik ... - S. -iiie I'll'' '-t.il 1i1t..: .1 v . i l.t) am. •II! ille-s lla' . V, iIICU .silt 111 -1 ' e lan p.l! - t i.t, but at u.e sa:i:e i nn. e\- . ,i.

I ,i\ > ot tl.e Mill v,!il< 11 ' rail. - i'i "per . o!oi .»;ntn w oul-.i vn« tu i « ).. J v lilt tup i l l the h.inerd ''V iiiili,- . ar. ;it. An Knglidi authority mi :g ! ! the constricting r:111 could 'h- on- ; • I I to! hy ha\ 111 ill UN," ha h r ! . I u.g snaped liiu> a shul! i a; . a-, v : ui>;ie ]' h helmets m too nucule a._ -. V\ iiile this v.mi.d meet ; 1.,> me. !i,;: t M 'l'vMt ie>. ■: Weill-.! 111u„ H to' J a I" It- j li.eiiients. such ;.s we iia\e int'iit d le-iK'.-t to Lgb; ..n. 1 air. We ,i a\« .. Pro 1 11 eii! w .ih inVeil' i rs ,11,• i i!.i n n ; : r.aie. It is worth c.>git;it.«»n. tor ;j.,. ' • rclai Ileld Op' He. I up \\ olihi e>; ~li d It ui ar l m-."siipp<ir* ing >!:••< > Tie. n ; - ■ 'UId I'e insuriiii l uiit :' l .■ ;i,.,si ~ . v :ch -. I o:e is a form < f jnji i ;:x • 'i ctri e;t y w Inch ;nai'kedly impniv. <- j ■■ a I cuculat ic.ii ami v. hi;-!) Las Leeii i j : 11\ .• m restoring heal: i.: a! .-ui.di ton--. J 1• a:t4-rua:»• application <a \erv ! c ! \ i" y v. a' i ; i- amu !i,■ r : . i .«• «»i "tiiulal mg Inc.il <irul.it: Ai'ei severe illr.t ss, ■> nded ! v . • « and oi long .jurat n-n i:ie tend* m-v 1 •" ' ddi . s ' s a -rentnate J and may , I ia par; I.y dnsr en.|.| it. T' r . '• a I admins: ra; : "!i <•; jir.M-.'iie :, a } \. •.i'a 1c n."..5:11-,.. 1 .:j• . i.. , "dv m'-n w it L t ii" phy>:e;au. V iiiet !:<)(! o: »re.. ■. i n g mi;, -in;. \ i a - j i La - ivi •••!>:\ 1 ■ n n' r. d \ 1 j. h ' ci id ' mil s !.:• •'! -!•, • ' - ■ . \ : • I t admmisTr.ii ion •>; a. hiuh!v i ! L'plid | a I iil I e o I !. \ , 1 V i < ' ' c e i !... I: | i . , • • T'o-'i ' r I ; ' hj.• ;>' a . < , . ,d [• - '■ -Lani •;.!!>• p< o «!•!,% ,c ,i ~ j... !

Diagram Showing lf"V. Oar Ha s iVeAgainst the Largo Arte!;« •> A i the Temple* am! Cut ( 'ti the N< n; ishmeiit the Hair Need?-. '1 ins v .sure Is (Greater When a Man'f 11. a. Is Broad and Hound and Sin ! i a Mai Is More Liable to Baldne-s Il;an t!a Long. Narrow-Headed Individual

the races who wear 110 head .a ar. m- at least nothing comparable to our s hats and derbies. llalaness :> <n-t ' less common countr> peopa' sudors. A convincing point hi connection with this matter of stiff hau is the la •. that the baldness that we commonly ,m < affects that part of the s"alt> above t agrip of the "hat and not be low it. !<■" pie whose heads are narrowband are naturally le»> affected tna:: th< -. whose heads are broad and round mi in the latter the mam side aru-iw. ru.. ning over the region oi the temple an distributing nourishment t■ 1 - "i : scalp, is more t" pressure . 1! degree of lateral come\r \ ■ 1 r.rethe degree of bal lm>. It were iu r.i: 1> oui disease of the liair luil !• - i:i t!;*• swliy should the low• r /.on* - cm - e • a central proposition * • 1;i: ■ 1: i:ti scalp thinning and UMninisliing tnie,.nee.: and length or hair, splitting «•' are cnie to the art 11 1•• tai eu.iir.g oh .scalp nutritwm occasioned by tne i- • t«h hats wo wear. W «• e.in ae ' the distribution and degree ot oaidr. - bv the differences in the course and o tribution of the scalp Mood ve--els. \ ing somewhat into conMderat.on tn. sliape of the head. Iu the early stages <u the pn>.» -■ there is a catarrhal condition <>t ;■.< icalp known as seborrhea, Ik's r< in the deposit ef .-.ale., and a tine branlike dubt. Ir th.- mm-' - r pan > n..: removed from the scalp and becon.. contaminated with dirt yellow or gia' crusts form. While yolk ot egg aio fc i: the removal or this materia!, it m ia way prevents renewal. Sometimes the: - ' is blight itching. The process is n.et. rapdd in anergic, debilitated with feeble circulation, cold e\-;ea ties, poor digestion and moist han Is are feet. Women who suffer iiyui; pek a disease are prone to tlie affection. The sel>orrhea usually begins lnH'-eta the ages ot twenty and thirty : the t.aldness commonly supervenes m Inm tw< to tax years. At lirst. and tor a long time, the prospective bald one does not realize that he is a candidate. 1"':. his concern is finally excited it is fe"mutinies too late to arrest the process. 1 be root-sheaths of the hairs are then iiieparably damaged. Tlie baldness begins over the area farthest to the iront mid over that part of the scalp wlncli eownrs the ton and back ot the head. lhe v " two areas finally coale.ve. 1 lie scalp when denuded ot hair is thinned out and stretched tightly over tlie skuil and cannot easily be pinched up. So long as tine, short, slightly pigmented apDear, there is hope that pro|>cr treatment v '"dl effect results. It is possible that auto-intoxication meaning by that, in a general way. poisoning of the system through absorption of the products of abnormal inUstina! putrefaction may have some bearing on the question ot baldness. I - is a fact that the reduetion of those element*; of the diet favouring this condition. such as eggs and meat- and the administration of lactic-acid forming germs after the manner nt Metehnikofl. have seemed to affect the affection favourably and to aid other measures. Perhaps one reason whv baldness is more i commonly observed among city than j countrv dwellers is because of the rlietetic habits of eitv dwellers. Thev cat j things which are apt to cause intestinal , auto-intoxication in vast quantities I tak* little exercise, suffer from diges- j troubles of one sort or another, and , in various wnvs encourage systematic | poisoning. The very tension of eitv life ; disorders digestion, without the added J

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