Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-21
A DERMATOLOGIST'S ADVICE.
Hope Held Out to the Frequenters of Front
Rows in the Theaters.

Hope Held Out TO the FreQuenters of FronI
Rows in the Theaters.
The principal cause for hair falling out
is neglect Very few people understand the
nature of hair and the proper way of taking
care of it. Premature badness may be pre-
vented, and hair made to grow on the heads
of over half of the people who consider
themselves hopelessly bald. In the first
place, every persons scalp should produce
from 450 to 600 hairs to the square inch.
These have bulbs or follicles that are sup
piled with life from the minute blood YES
sells under the scalp. In SO cases out of 100
loss of hair is caused by bad circulation in
these blood vessels. When the hair first
begins to fall out issthe time for the individ-
ual to look after it. If proper treatment is
now followed the loss of hair may be easily
stopped.
There are numerous symptoms of ap-
preaching badness that give warning to an
expert, but most people do not know until
the hair actually falls out. All human be-
ings shed their hair at different times, but
when the hair continues falling, then there
is lack of vitality in the bulbs of the hair.
The germ has not sufficiently healthy ac-
ton to produce another growth of hair
People who do not understand the treat
ment of the hair should simply wash the
head with warm water and pure CASTLE
soap. The water should be 100 lower than
blood heat. CASTLE soap is the best, be-
cause it is made of olive oil, and contains
very little alkali. This operation should
be gone through with at least three times a
week for 80 days. In z cases out of 10
this treatment will check the consumption
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washing removes all organic matter from
any Inflammation that may be present.
Under such circumstances, in no case should
ammonia or borax be used, although they
are often recommended.
1 hold, individually, from % years expe-
rience, that in no case should the head be
washed with cold water The cold causes
too sudden reaction, and the results must
be injurious. No one in ordinary health
need become bald if he will follow sensible
treatment that he can grasp himself.
In the second stage, or when the falling
OF the hair has not been arrested by the first
treatment, more active measures are needed,
First cut the hair with scissors close to the
scalp. Then shave the top of the head where
the hair is falling out Be sure to use warm
water and genuine CASTLE soap in shaving.
Then proper stimulant should be applied
to the scalp, and the shaving and application
should be continued twice a week for from
one to four months. This will allow the
bulbs to regain the strength that they have
lost by becoming impaired by bad circula-
iton of the blood vessels. The object of
their treatment is to keep the strength in the
bulb instead of its passing into the hair and
exhausting the bulb. By shaving the head
the strength is allowed to accumulate in the
bulb The drain on the blood vessels is also
less, and by resting they gain strength. In
no instance has man received injury fiom
shaving the scalp if it is properly done, but,
on the contrary, the results have, in nearly
all cases, been beneficial Care should be
taken to avoid alkalies and cheap soaps, as
the pores are open and the hair is suscepti-
bic to injury at this time.
Where the first two stages have been neg
lected and the hair has apparently fallen
out, leaving a bald head, there is still a
chance of regaining the hair. About so per
cent of the men who are generally termed
bald are not absolutely bald. A close ex-
animation shows fine silken hairs remain.
indicating that the life of the bulb is not
extinct. About two-thirds of these cases
can have their hair restored by proper treat
ment. The other cases where no protru-
sions through the pores of the scalp can be
seen, and fine hairs are not visible, are
hopeless. If a man is thus actually bald,
there is no power on earth that can produce
hair, and it is foolish to spend money on
nostrums. MATTHEW BRUCE.