Male-pattern baldness is a dilemma that a lot of middle-aged men face and try to beat. Millions of dollars are spent on different drugs, cosmetics, shampoos and various operations that offers to cure or prevent baldness. Though some of them may have some positive effect on some men, there is actually, only one effective way to prevent male-pattern baldness. And I am going to reveal this method to you before the end of this post. No, I am not selling an ebook or going to advertise a product. I will give you the secret, all for free. But first, let me tell you some odds and ends about hair.
Do you know that during early ages, barbers, in addition to cutting hair, are also practicing surgery? Barbers began performing surgery in 1163 because monks, who had traditionally done so, had to relinquish any bloody duties (deemed unholy) to secular citizens. Since barbers were already adept at wielding sharp instruments, they were the natural choice. The red stripes on the modern-day barber pole come from that earlier times when bandages were aired out to dry. It was only in 1745 that surgeons were separated from barbers.
Today, barbershops seems to be dwindling in numbers as more and more people prefer to go to salons for their hair cut. In 1963, there were about 106,000 barbershops in the U.S. By the year 2001, the number was estimated to be just 45,000.
In 2004, most salon in the U.S. charges between $10-$25 for a haircut. Sally Hershberger set the going rate when she raised her price to $600 at her Manhattan salon in 2003, but was soon outpriced by Orlo, a new salon opened by Orlando Pita in New York. The said salon charges $800 for an 80-minute cut, making it the world's most expensive regular haircut. Pita defended the price by saying, "You can spend a lot on clothes, but you wear you hair every day."
By the way, if you are planning to have a haircut, the full moon is the best time to do it. According to ancient superstitions and still hold true to some people (mostly Italians), cutting hair during a full moon will make it grow back faster and fuller.
Humans have an average of about 100,000 number of hairs on his or her scalp. Redheads tend to have less - about 90,000 hairs, whereas blonds typically have about 140,000 hairs, with brunettes falling somewhere in between. About 100 hairs fall out every day, to be replaced by 100 new sprouts.
The animal with the most hair is sea otter, which have 170,000 to 1 million hairs per square inch. Humans seem bald in comparis0n - we have only about 1,000 hairs per square inch.
Popular people can also earn money with their hair. Here are the cost of strands of celebrity hair on some recent auctions:
Do you know that during early ages, barbers, in addition to cutting hair, are also practicing surgery? Barbers began performing surgery in 1163 because monks, who had traditionally done so, had to relinquish any bloody duties (deemed unholy) to secular citizens. Since barbers were already adept at wielding sharp instruments, they were the natural choice. The red stripes on the modern-day barber pole come from that earlier times when bandages were aired out to dry. It was only in 1745 that surgeons were separated from barbers.
Today, barbershops seems to be dwindling in numbers as more and more people prefer to go to salons for their hair cut. In 1963, there were about 106,000 barbershops in the U.S. By the year 2001, the number was estimated to be just 45,000.
In 2004, most salon in the U.S. charges between $10-$25 for a haircut. Sally Hershberger set the going rate when she raised her price to $600 at her Manhattan salon in 2003, but was soon outpriced by Orlo, a new salon opened by Orlando Pita in New York. The said salon charges $800 for an 80-minute cut, making it the world's most expensive regular haircut. Pita defended the price by saying, "You can spend a lot on clothes, but you wear you hair every day."
By the way, if you are planning to have a haircut, the full moon is the best time to do it. According to ancient superstitions and still hold true to some people (mostly Italians), cutting hair during a full moon will make it grow back faster and fuller.
Humans have an average of about 100,000 number of hairs on his or her scalp. Redheads tend to have less - about 90,000 hairs, whereas blonds typically have about 140,000 hairs, with brunettes falling somewhere in between. About 100 hairs fall out every day, to be replaced by 100 new sprouts.
The animal with the most hair is sea otter, which have 170,000 to 1 million hairs per square inch. Humans seem bald in comparis0n - we have only about 1,000 hairs per square inch.
Popular people can also earn money with their hair. Here are the cost of strands of celebrity hair on some recent auctions:
Abraham Lincoln (2004) - $3,750 (for 40 strands)
King Louis XIV (1998) - $5,636
Mickey Mantle (1997) - $6,900
Beethoven (1994) - $7,300 (578 strands)
Napoleon (1998) - $9,200
Marilyn Monroe (2004) - $11,500
Elvis Presley (2002) - $115,120
And of couse, everyone knows about Britney Spears shaving her head earlier this year and apparently finding its way getting auctioned at ebay with starting price of $1 million. Ebay pulled the auction off saying that it was a fake, but re-surfaced again by setting up its own website - buybritneyshair.com. While that website is now closed, a lot of other websites popped out claiming to have britney's hair, and now a few locks claiming to be part of that are being auctioned in ebay.
Ok. so now it's time to tell you what I promised - the best preventive measure against alopecia (clinical term for male-pattern baldness). Because testosterone is the reason and the trigger of this baldness, the best way to prevent is... castration. Yes, that will stop men from producing testosterone and therefore no cause for the said baldness. The only question is, would you rather have a full set of hair or a full set of balls?
Ok. so now it's time to tell you what I promised - the best preventive measure against alopecia (clinical term for male-pattern baldness). Because testosterone is the reason and the trigger of this baldness, the best way to prevent is... castration. Yes, that will stop men from producing testosterone and therefore no cause for the said baldness. The only question is, would you rather have a full set of hair or a full set of balls?
Random Odds & Ends
- Hair is the fastest growing tissue in the body, second only to bone marrow.
- Hair grows faster in warm weather.
- The number of disulfide bonds between hair proteins is the reason why some people have curly hair while others have straight. The greater the number of links, the curlier the hair.
- There was once a law in Ireland that a man must have all facial hair above his mouth shaved in order to be recognised as an Englishman. This law was kept for 200 years.
- Razors were found among relics of the Bronze Age (circa 3500 BC) in Egypt.
- For world's longest hair records, click here.
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