Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1902-08-15
HOW TO AVOID BADNESS.
Do Not Wear Your Hat Too Tight Over Your
Temples.
Medical Talk.

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Medical Talk.
The writer of this squib has much
hair on his head. As a young man it
was black as a crows wing, curly, the
"envy OF rivals and the despair of imi-
tators"; as a middle-aged man, iron
gray, thick, luxuriant, with no DISPOSE
ton to grow less. How does it happen
that this one individual is singled out
from all the rest to be the possessor of
so much hair? Has it been the use OF
hair tonics? Is it the result OF fire.
quent indulgences in shampoos by the
barber? Has he been spending money
for some famous hair restorer? Moth
ing of the sort. None of these things
has happened. 1t has been brought
about neither by wise management
nor heredity. This is the way it hap
pened: The head upon which this
luxuriant hair grows is of long diam
eter from before backwards, but OF
short diameter from side to side. That
is to say long, thin head, with rather
hollow temples. This makes it impos.
sible for him to buy hat that fits
tightly to his head. His head being
so long, he is obliged to buy y,
which is always too wide for his thin
head. He has probably never worn a
hat in his life that Gt tightly over the
temples.
Well, what has all this to do with
luxuriant hair? 1t has much to do
with it. The temporal arteries that
supply the scalp with blood run up
the side Of the temples. The average
person wears hat that fits tightly
over the temples. This construction
of the arteries and veins that supply
the circulation OF the blood and the
pressure of the hat upon these blood
vessels cut off in part the circulation
OF the blood to the scalp. This makes
the hair unhealthy and inclined to
drop out. Bald.headness comes on
prematurely. But in case Of the long
headed we are describing, no hat could
be found that would fit tightly across
the temples.
1t was no wisdom of his that pre-
served his hair. but merely thu acci.
dental shape OF his head. > He has al
ways been obliged to wear hat that
touched the forehead and back OF the
head, but did not touch the sides of
his head. This left the circulation OF
the blood free to the scalp. Hence
the bristling rugged, healthy mop OF
hair on his head. Each hair stays in
its place with the tenacity of a pine
stump. A pound weight would not
be sufficient to pull ont q single hair.
Now, if there is any lesson to be
learned from all this, it is simply to
avoid wearing anything on the head
that presses the temples. This is
probably the reason that women have
a better growth of hair. 1t is rare in
deed to see a bald headed woman. 1t
is very common to see . bald-headed
man. Women's hats are worn as
ornaments rather than for protection.
They rarely touch the head at all.
Men wear hats tightly clasped about
the head, interfering with the circula.
tion of the scalp. This is why they
are bald. They ought to be bald if
they don't know any better. Doubtless
they will continue to be bald in spite
of this article or anything else that
that can be written. Round-headed
men are bound to become bald head.
headed, simply because their hats hug
tightly to their heads.