Facts!

M. Slither says: “These are just facts. Where's the editorial content…?”, regarding my most recent blog. As a matter of fact, after a bottle of wine or so, I personally find Chinese haze, exploding volcanoes, and African floods and dust storms interesting even without being accentuated on with my personal comments on the subject.

I do have to admit that the next morning, none of these events seemed nearly as interesting as Elin or her twin.

But I still like facts. And in spite of your slithering editorial, I am determined to mint some more useful factage. I’m going to blog about “Facts about Hair Loss”.

Hair Loss

“Hair loss affects about 35 million men and 21 million women in the United States alone. 40% of men have noticeable hair loss by age 35 and 65% by age 60.”

So, what are some of the more efficient, albeit drastic, measures to at least hide the baldness?

Appliance and method for facilitating hairpiece attachment – Summary of the Invention

In accordance with the present invention there is provided an appliance for facilitating the attachment of a hairpiece. The appliance hereof comprises a male snap member having a suture secured thereto. The suture is a monofilament member for hygienic purposes. Preferably, the suture comprises a monofilament of silver, sterling silver or stainless steel.

The present appliance is utilized by securing the male snap member to the user's scalp. This is achieved by surgically inserting one end of the suture into the scalp at a first point, withdrawing the suture from the scalp at a second point and tying the one end of the suture to the other end thereof.”

Hippocrates

The other day, I quoted Aristotle in my blog. Whilst looking for his quote, I came across some research done by Hippocrates. Apparently, Hippocrates was a bald guy and as he was, decided to discover a cure for hair loss.

One of his medical formulas was a mixture of opium, horseradish, pigeon droppings, beetroot, and various spices that were applied to the head. It didn't work.

Hippocrates eventually became so bald that two thousand years later, we still refer to extreme cases of hair loss as "Hippocratic baldness”.

So M. Slither, go slather some of that on your head.