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Mukul Sharma has a nice article at Mid-Day, sort of a Hair 101. He covers most of the basics:
Hair growth and the life cycle of the hair follicle
A bit on age related hair loss
Hair color… including graying
A bit on why hair is variously curly, straight, or something in between
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96% of Caucasian men will lose some hair.
That’s the figure quoted by Sara Schrock of the Indiana Daily Student. 96% of Caucasian men will experience some degree of genetic, pattern hair loss. That’s a lot of hair loss.
Is it any wonder then that so much energy and money is put into combating male pattern baldness. […]
Did you know that male pattern baldness has it’s own measurement scale? It’s true. The Hamilton-Norwood Scale is used to measure the degree of hair loss.
I’d guess that I’m about a 6. What about you? How do you rate on the Hamilton-Norwood Scale?
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Today, is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) Awareness Day. I mention it, because hair loss is frequently experienced by those who suffer from CFS and it’s related ailment, fibromyalgia (FMS). Adelle, co-editor of CFS-Squared, has asked me to help get the word out.
What is CFS? Adelle points to this article for a concise summary:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome […]
Just in case you still don’t believe me, here’s an article on the mineral selenium, which again praises the virtue of some.
“Too much of a good thing”, is a truism which would apply to high amounts of this nutrient. Levels higher than the upper tolerable level (400 micrograms per day) would result in minor selenosis […]
You know, those ancient Greeks were onto something. i remember a few things from my college Philosophy class, one of which is Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean. Briefly, Aristotle said that virtue lies in the mean (average) between the extremes. His classic example is courage. The one extreme is cowardice; the other foolhardy bravado. The […]
I thought this story from the New York Daily News was interesting. It’s on “distraction buys,” those things we purchase to cover up more embarressing items. Much of the article deals with condoms and tampons, but check out this bit:
Americans don’t differ that much from their Brit counterparts, according to drugstore.com’s Douglas Mott. The online […]
From Dr. Koop:
Baldness is not usually caused by a disease, but is related to aging, heredity, and testosterone. (link)
The article then lists a number of other causes of hair loss:
Hormonal changes (for example, thyroid disease, childbirth, or use of the birth control pill)
A serious illness (like a tumor of the ovary or adrenal glands) or […]
Great little article, again from The Plainville Citizen, covering many of the basics about male pattern baldness.
Hair loss can be broken down into several different types, including alopecia areata (temporary hair loss in a coin-shaped patch), telogen effluvium (temporary hair loss secondary to a stressor on the system), and androgenetic alopecia (male-pattern hair loss). For […]
Lets play a quick game using info from The Plainville Citizen. (article link) True or False for the following Five Myths.
Myth #1: Pattern Baldness Comes From Your Mother’s Side Only
Myth #2: Only Men Experience Pattern Baldness
Myth #3: Poor Blood Flow Can Cause Pattern Baldness
Myth #4: Pattern Baldness is Caused By Hair Mites, Plugged Follicles, Vitamin […]
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