The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-07-10
To Prevent Badness.


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 prevented 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 GO0 hairs to
the square inch. These have bulbs or
folicles that are supplied with life from
the minute blood vessels under the scalp.
In ninety-nine cases out Of one hundred
loss Of hair is caused by bad circulation
in these blood vessels. When the hair
first begins to fall out is the time for the
individual to look after it. II proper
treatment is now followed the loss Of
hair may be easily stopped.
There are numerous symptoms Of ap-
preaching badness that give warming to
an expert, but most people do not know
until the hair actually falls out. All hu-
man beings shed their hair at different
times, but when the hair continues fall
ing, then there is lack Of vitality in the
bulbs of the hair. The germ has not
sufficiently healthy action 10 produce
another growth Of hair. People who DO
not understand the treatment Of the hair
should simply wash the head with warm
water and pure CASTLE soap. The water
should be % degs below blood heat.
CASTLE soap is the best, because 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 thirty days, In seven cases out of
ten this treatment will check the con-
sumption in the blood vessels and in the
bulbs The washing removes all organic
matter from the pores of the scalp and
helps to allay any Inflammation that
may be present. Under such circum-
stances in no case should ammonia or
borax be used, although they are often
recommended.
l hold individually, from twenty-five
years experience, that in no case should
the head be washed with cod water
The cold creates to sudden a 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 fall
ing of the hair has not been arrested by
the first treatment, more active measures
are needed, First cut the hair with scis-
sors close to the scalp. Then shave the
topof the head where the hair is falling
out. Be sure TO use warm water and
genuine CASTLE soap in shaving Then
a proper stimulant should be applied to
the scalp, and the shaving and applica-
ton should be continued twice a week
for from one 10 four months. This will
allow the bulbs to regain the strength
that they have lost by becoming impaired
by bad circulation 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 10 accumulate in the bulb.
The drain on the blood vessel is also less,
and by resting they gain strength. In
no instance has man received injury
from shaving the scalp if it is prop
erly done, but, on the contrary, the re-
suits have, in nearly all cases, been bene-
fetal. Care should be taken to avoid al
kalies and cheap soaps, rs the pores are
open and the hair is susceptible to inju-
ry at this time.
Where the first two stages have been
neglected and the hair has apparently
fallen out, leaving 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. \ close examination 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 treatment. The
other cases where no protrusions through
the pores ofthe scalp can be seen, and
fine hairs are not visible, are hopeless.
Ifa man is thus actually bald, there is
no power on earth that can produce
hair, and it is foolish to spend money on
nostrums.-N Y. Maa and Eepress.