Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — To Prevent Baldness. [ARTICLE]

To Prevent Baldness.

A writer in an English medical paper says that much of the prevalent idiopa hie baldness, that is, baldness not due to previous disease or exciting causes, could be prevented, or, at all events, modified, if people would take a few sensible precautions. A head-covering should be used as little as possible and never indoors, in trains or in closed carriages. In summer and still weather straw huts are best; in winter, light felt, ventilated and unliued. Too constant washing of the hair is unnecessary, as well us harmful. Once a week is quite enough for cleanliness as well us for maintaining the strength of the hair. The same remark applies to constant brushing; continued brushing, csp icially with harl brushes, should be avoided. There is a common notion that greasing the hair is vulgar, and it is now regarded as “bad form.” The consequence is that many people fall into the other extreme, and never apply any pomade at all. After the hair has been washed it is quite beneficial to apply a moderate quantity of some form of simple grease or oil.—[Courier-Journal.