The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-16

A considerable amount of time
should be allowed for good shave
Forget your business, or your girl
or the horrors of war, and com,
with me to the bathroom, and al.
low me to show you how to do it
Scientific Background
We have a great deal Of scien-
tific information and background
on which to base our procedure for
comfortable shaving.
The preliminaries consist in
softening the beard. This has been
tested with various methods by
taking individual hairs after shaw.
ing and testing their rate of elon.
CATION. This rate of elongation has
also been tested when the hair is
immersed in different fluids and
soaps. Hot water alone will cause
a considerable amount Of soften
ing, far more than cold water-a
very important point. Hair alb
serbs water readily. Soap and
water give maximum elongation.
Preliminary Lathering
Shaving soap is valuable be-
cause it removes the sebaceous
secretion which the hair takes up
from the skin. This secretion de-
lays water absorption. The pre-
liminary lathering also lubricates
the blade and protects the skin
from trauma from the razor blade
There is also an antiseptic action
from the soap.
The time required for minimum
softening Of the beard with water
and shaving soap is forty to forty
five seconds; maximum softening
is not produced until after the
elapse Of two and one-half to three
minutes. When the water is cold
or the hair is gray, the time is
increased.
The angle at which the razor is
held in relation to the skins sur
face will vary with circumstances.
With most people the most effec-
tive shaving angle>is twenty-five
degrees.
Two Types of Hair
There are two types of hair on
che face; one, the delicate hair
with a diameter of 0.025 nm. and
the coarser hair with a diameter
Of 0.09 to 0.23 nm. 1t is the thick
hair that we attack with the pre-
liminary preparation. The real
difficulty Of shaving is due to the
fact that the razor must cut off
hairs which do not grow straight
out, and are DETECTED in different
directions on different parts of the
face and also are imbedded in a
stiff foundation.
To enjoy this great luxury, then,
the skin should first be prepared
by thorough lathering with hot
water and shaving soap. This
should be brushed in with brush,
and afterwards more water ap-
piled, and the entire surface
rubbed with the fingers. You can
not use too much water. All this
should be rinsed off with hot
water. This removes grease and
dirt particles, fine bits of silica
and sand and SCOT which impede
the progress Of the razor. This
preliminary preparation should
take three minutes.
For truly luxurious shave, the
shaving soap should also be re-
placed with some form of shaving
cream. After the shave, hot water
alone is usually enough to make
the skin feel not only comfortable
out delightful with proper prepa-
ration. Your lotion should contain
500 alcohol. More than this is
irritating; less than this has not
sufficient antiseptic value.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
f. p: "Is it possible to reduce
md dissolve an ovarian cyst by
,acking treatment? Have these
reatments proven successful, or
ssurgery the only relief ?"
Answer: 1t is silly to temporize
With packing treatments in this
condition. Surgery is the only real
,elief.
and fairly bulge with increased
prosperity for very long efterward.
Henry Ford predicts that "a
prosperous world will rise out of
the war-if competition remains
active"
Henry's an optimist, and even he
speaks only subjunctively.