The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-04-22
BALD HEADS IN CHINA.

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fhs Ingenious Operation Known NJ
"Hair-Plantlng" ~ Extensively En-
ployed.
Have the Chinese any famous inven-
tions? Since the days Of their discovery
Of the art OF printing, gunpowdcr, per-
petual motion by water, clocks, and the
mariners compass? why, certainly"
was a Chinaman's ready au9 proud
reply
One Of the most valuable inventions
for the happiness Of men and women is
now absolutely owned and monopolized
by the Chinese, and they regard it as a
sort of national heirloom. 1t is handed
down from father 10 son just as the
great dragoned throne Of the Emperor
| Kwong Swag is handed No outsider,
much less western barbarian, ever
dares to pry into this secret
The secret is the art OF hair-planting,
called in Chinese "Chi Now Shi Foo"
| 1t has been n settled fact for more than
five hundred years.
A bald-headed man of almost any age
can, within the space of forty-eight
hours, be transformed into n blooming
youth, as far as the hair is concerned;
or beardless youth OF eigh teen can be
made to look like sixty within the same
length of time, by having planted upon
his face a genuine gray beard four feet
long, or an old maid without eyebrows
can be transformed into girl of sweet
sixteen by being fitted out with beau
tiful pair of brand new eyebrows or
eyelashes Of any color IT is not very
costly operation in any case, although
it is little painful; but then, as it is
only temporary, what matter does it
make to have beauty restored to you II
you do have to suffer little pain for
only twenty-four or even forty-eight
hours; without it you may have to be
poor and homely all your life.
Chinese superstitions made the "hair'
planting business an imperative pro
fession. Chinese physiognomists say
that the eyebrows and whiskers OF q
man are just as essential in their rela
tions to his success in life as his other
qualifications. If the eyebrows are
thin, or his whisliers are siclSly, his lucl
! will be thin and his health will be poor
Therefore, in order to stop the train o
bad luck, which nature had unfortu
nately ordained for him, he orders hi
. eyebrows changed or replanted by
"hair-planting" professor This is don
I by first carefully pulling out the rebel
lious or unlucky hair in the eyebrows
q The next operation is to select spot o
, hair on the neck of the patient or be
E hind his ears that would suit for q fin
r eyebrow and reduce them down to tn
right length. A fine pair of shar
= pincers is picked up with the left hand
/, and selecting suitable sized hair tn
operator jerks it out by the root, an
= with the right hand he quickly pierce
| a minute hole in the skin of the bal
v eyebrow in u slanting direction, an
while the point of the needle-like ir
s strument is still on the edge of the hol
the root OF the pulled-up hair is care
@ fully inserted But if blood oozes ou
r of it before the hair is planted the hol
. will not be used on that day for fear {
1 inflammation and not sufficient muir
:. ment for the hair to take proper roo
c This operation is repeated until ever
t hair in the eyebrows is replnnted or er
:. larged. The patient usually experience
Il pain in the eyebrows for about twenty
;. four hours, after which he goes out an
10 shows himself to his friends
The professor charges more for plan
l. ing eyebrows than for planting whi
IT kers, because of the many varied 4
n grees of slanting each hair in order
A. make the eyebrows look natural to IL
n man or to suit the ideas of the physio
n nomist.
n Chinese common laws forbid n ma
j. to preside in court of justice; in oth'
Is words, to be mandarin of rank, unle
ID he has decent pair of mustache
re This law forces many ambitious me
N who are naturally beardless to go
- the "Chi Now Shi Foo" to make bran
. new faces for them. From this it ca
u u be seen that there is no excuse and uoI
u is tolerated in China for beardless fac
or bald heads in cases where it is nece
lo sary for those parts of the body to
y covered with hair.
~ Advertisements are often seen
American papers for removing hair b
never for planting it 1t is possib
that in this, as in so many other inve
sh tions, the heather are ahead of t
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