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Falling of the Hair
After the scalp has been thoroughly cleansed by the shampoo,
the following formula is to be used.
Salicylic acid
....... 1 part
Precipitate of sulphur
.. 2½ parts
Rose water
.......... 25 parts
The patient
is directed to part the hair, and then to rub in a small portion of the
ointment along the part, working it well into
the scalp. Then another part
is made parallel to the first, and more ointment rubbed in. thus a series of
first, longitudinal,
and then transverse parts are made, until the whole
scalp has been well anointed. Done in this way, it is not necessary
to smear
up the whole shaft of the hair, but only to reach the hair roots and the
sebaceous glands, where the trouble is
located. This process is thoroughly
performed for six successive nights the inunctions are commenced again, and
this
is continued for six weeks. In almost every case the production of
dandruff is checked completely after six weeks
treatment; and the hair,
which may have been falling out rapidly before, begins to take firmer root.
To be sure, many
hairs which are on the point of falling when treatment is
begun will fall anyway, and it may even seem for a time as if the
treatment
were increasing the hair fall. On account of the mechanical dislodgment of
such hairs, but this need never alarm
one.
After six weeks of such treatment the shampoo may be taken
less frequently.
Next to
dandruff, perhaps, the most common cause of early loss of hair is heredity.
In some families all of the male
members, or all who resemble one particular
ancestor, lose their hair early. Dark-haired families and races, as a rule,
become
bald earlier than those with light hair. At first thought it would
seem as though nothing could be done to prevent premature
baldness when
heredity is the cause, but this is a mistake. Careful hygiene of the scalp
will often counterbalance hereditary
predisposition for a number of years,
and even after the hair has actually begun to fall proper stimulation will,
to a certain extent,
and for a limited time, often restore to the hair its
pristine thickness and strength. Any of the rube facients may be prescribed
for this purpose for daily use, such as croton oil, 1½ per cent; tincture of
cantharides, 15 per cent; oil of cinnamon, 40 per cent;
tincture of
capsicum, 15 per cent; oil of mustard, 1 per cent; or any one of a dozen
others. Tincture of capsicum is one of the best,
and for a routine
prescription the following has served well:
Resorcin
... 5 parts
Tincture capsicum
..
15 parts
Castor oil
..
10 parts
Alcohol
.
... 100 parts
Oil of roses, sufficient.
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