Trivial fact on Historical Baldness
Anything
that we have for our hair maintenance and care these days has been carefully
researched and history has a big contribution in this regard.
Anything that we have for our hair maintenance and care
these days has been carefully researched and history has a big contribution in
this regard. During the early years, baldness is considered inappropriate or
something that needs to be hidden from the public eyes. Bald people at times
during the early century are either ridiculed or mocked upon. Baldness is a
growing concern actually to most people during those years.
In fact, anthropologists believe that even cavemen from
the Neolithic Age were concerned about the importance of keeping hair on their
heads trimmed, based on the short cropped hair on a frozen caveman whose body
was discovered along the Austrian-Italian border. This only implies that even
in pre-historic times, hair care was a big consideration of life that humans
can’t live without.
The Egyptians too had a special concern about hair loss,
which is why they had a special ritual dedicated to their sun god that was
combined with consumption of a special solution made up of alabaster, honey,
red lead, iron and onions and some fats from geese, serpents, ibex, crocodiles,
hippos, and lions as scalp rub solutions. The King of Upper and Lower Egypt may
also have thought that a hair re-growth solution he was using at the time (made
up of an ass’ hoof, refuse of dates, and dog toes) was going to work but
unfortunately it was proven to be useless. Further, even during the early
Christians’ time, baldness issue was a concern. For one, a prophet named Elisha
was a bald man and was ridiculed by some youths for being bald.
Why the fuss over baldness in the first place? As
researches indicate, hair growth is related to humans’ capability to secrete
hormones. As such, the male hormone called testosterone is being processed by
the body into DHT (dyhydrotestosterone) which is recognized as the culprit
behind human baldness. Women who have significant amounts of testosterone in
their bodies may also develop DHT later on so they are also at risk for hair
loss.
In order to hide the baldness, a commonly-used technique
known as the Comb-Over technique where the remaining hair is allowed to grow
long then “combed over” the bald spot, was even used by the late
great Julius Caesar. And no, not even during his time was this known to be an
effective way to hide a bald spot ? but then, how many people would tell that
to Caesar’s face? That may explain why he also used to sport a laurel wreath on
his head, which may have been more effective than the Comb-Over and definitely
more stylish.
These days, the most effective way to treat progressive
baldness could be the hair transplant technique was pioneered in 1939 by Dr.
Okuda (a dermatologist from Japan.)
Though World War II may have prevented Dr. Okuda’s discovery from being
immediately disseminated to the global medical community , eventually his
findings did help in making hair transplants a new field of study in treating
baldness in people. Other medical professionals and researchers have followed
in Dr. Okuda’s footsteps which is why now hair transplants have become so
realistic-looking that it is nearly impossible to tell them apart from real
hair growth.
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