Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1913 — DON’T BRUSH HAIR TOO MUCH [ARTICLE]

DON’T BRUSH HAIR TOO MUCH

Gentle Treatment Will Do More to Retain Beauty Than Over-Vigorouk Use of Toilet Articles. Healthy hair grows five to seven inches a year and faster in warm weather than in cold. Overbrushing is one of the prevalent fallacies. The “hundred strokes” a day is fatal practice for any one who would have nice hair. Brushing should be resorted to as a polish, not for cleansing purposes, and then the strokes should be of the lightest character. Likewise ,the benefits of the finetooth comb are a delusion, the coarse teeth of the ordinary toilet comb answering every purpose. Cheap brushes arfi to be avoided, for the bristles are generally stiff and prone to split, and the bristles should be of different lengths In order to reach and properly polish the different layers of hair. The indispensable quality of combs is that the teeth be perfectly smooth. Even at that the comb Bhould be used most carefully, never being drawn roughly through snarls, but rather beginning the combing below the4angle and working upward. Parting the hair continuously In the same place is not advisable. The hair should not be unduly exposed to the elements por yet too closely covered by heavy hats. Sun and air baths are excellent, provided they are not overdone. But prolonged exposure to hot sun’s rays dries and weakens as well as fades the hair. Baldness in women usually Indicates a weakened nervous systiem and, obviously, nothing can be hoped for in the way of correcting it unless the system Is in condition. A tincture made of one-half ounce of oil of mace mixed with one pint of deodorized alcohol rubbed upon , the bald spots three times a day should induce hair to appear again. Friction is invaluable. I would advise friction treatments once a week, not only as a cure for debilitated hair, but for keeping good hair in condition.