The result was surprising to this close and careful
observer, as he found in some cases the numbers were equal, but
generally the growth became slower after cutting, and he has never
observed an increase in rapidity.
I might also add that I believe many beardless faces and bald heads in
middle and advancing age are often due to constant cutting and shaving
in early life. The young girls and boys seen daily upon our streets
with their closely cropped heads, and the young men with their
clean-shaven faces, are, year by year, by this fashion, having their
hair-forming apparatus overstrained.
I also must condemn the modern practice of curling and crimping, the
use of bandoline, powders, and all varieties of gum solutions, sharp
hair-pins, long-pointed metal ornaments and hair combs, the wearing of
chignons, false plaits, curls, and frizzes, as the latter are liable
to cause headaches and tend to congestion. Likewise I protest against
the use of castor-oil and the various mixtures extolled as the best
hair-tonics, restoratives, vegetable hair-dyes, or depilatories, as
they are highly injurious instead of beneficial, the majority of
hair-dyes being largely composed of lead salts. But, should your
patients wish to hide their gray hairs, probably the best hair-dye
that can be used safely is pyrogallic acid or walnut juice, the hairs
being first washed with an alkaline solution to get rid of the grease.
Nitrate of silver is also a good and safe hair-dye, but its
application should be done by one experienced in its use.
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