The Alaska citizen., 1912-03-11
TREATMENT OF THE HAIR

the hair so that it does not entirely
fall out She let's the worst and
deadest of the old hair drop. but
she renews the roots of the rest of
the hair so that the patient manages
to get trough the very disagreeable
ordeal without recourse to a wig
One of her patients whose head
was as bare as a billiard ball soon
had nice growth of hair without
waiting for the slow process by
which the hair renews itself.
The treatment of the head after
fever, or after any other fit OF
sickness, is a critical careful task.
and it is only an expert who can
do it,
The Empress Elizabeth Of Austria
was noted for her beautiful head of
hair All her pictures were taken
with her hair falling far below her
waist line. 1t was IA inches long
at the time of her death, and she a
grandmother.
The tonic used by the Empress
was, after her death, placed upon
the market and sold for exorbitant
prices. 1t was warranted to make
the hair grow thick and long. The
figures that We're demanded for the
mYigorator were so high that its Sc
cret became exposed. The tonic
was nothing more nor less than CO.
coanut oil, which was applied to
the scalp with the finger tips.
An after dinner coffee spoon Of
the oil was used twice week. The
night before it was used the hair
was treated with a quinine hair
tonic, which consisted of water and
quinine. The hair was not allowed
to be shampooed more than once
in three weeks, yet so little of the
Oil was used that the head did not
get greasy.
When hair falls it is generally be-
cause the little cells at the roots
are dried up. Very often the roots
get dry from excessive heat. In
hot weather the hair will fall, and
after violent headaches, when the
scalp has become heated, it will
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roots and sudden shocks cause the
moisture to leave them.
To restore the oil to the roots 10
the only rational way, and so hot
is the head that it Immediately alb
serbs the oil that is fed to it, leay-
ing the scalp as dry as before, The
OIL must not touch the hair. but
must be fed to the roots after the
hair is parted off, so as to expose
the scalp in white lines. 1t takes
an hour to treat the whole head, but
1t we'll repays the time and trouble.
Dandruff is traced to various
causes. 1t is an unpleasant fea-
ture of the head, and no sufferer
but wants to get rid Of it. Dandruff
really comes from some irritation
Of the scalp. 1t is always worse
where the hairpins are placed and
Is is bad indeed when the hair is
tied with a string in the hairdress-
ing, for the head becomes greatly
heated under the cord and the
scalp is irritated.
Shampooing the hair to take away
the dand"uff is the most natural
thing to do. The dandruff disap-
pears, and the next day 1t begins
to come back, and within a week
the head is almost as bad as ever
There are two kinds OF dandruff, |
the dry kind, which flakes off on
ones clothing, and this is the kind |
of dandruff from which men suffer
and which makes bald heads, and
another kind of dandruff which is
the oily sort, which clings to the
scalp and looks exceedingly untidy.
Both kinds yield to the same
treatment: The head must be gent
ly massaged with almond oil or
with castor oil, and the dandruff |
let alone. Next day the head can
be washed in plain soap and plenty |
OF water, and after the rinsing the |
oil can be massaged into the roots |
again.
To perform this task, part the |
hair down the middle, dip two fin
gers in the oil and run up and down
the parting, slowly, but touching
it in little spats.
Part off another strand and, with |
out dipping the fingers again, spat |
this new parting. Keep on this way,
seldom touching the fingers in the
oil, unless they are so dry that they
must be renewed There are cool
hands that are specially fitted for
this Will other hands are far too
hot and feverish to carry the oil
well.
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