Dear all,
It has been a while since I last post. How are all of you? I am back again!
Today let me share the history of some hair loss treatments.
As you are battling with your hair loss and seeking cures to combat this dreadful disease, I would like to share with you that you are not alone in your fight against hair loss, this fight against hair loss dated back to some 4,000 years ago.
Back then, the ancient Egyptians might also have been losing hair (maybe not as common as today). A cure used around 1500 B.C was for a magic spell to be recited to the god of Sun, thereafter a mixture containing onions, iron, red lead, honey and alabaster was consumed. Whether or not it was effective, no one knew, but please do not try it today: you may lose your life!
Some 400 years after this cure, a common method to combat hair loss was gaining popularity among the masses: rubbing the fats of animals like lions, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, ibex, serpents and geese onto the scalp. Again, please do not go to the Singapore Zoo to hunt these animals, I do not want to hear another ‘white tiger mauling’ incident again.
The King of Upper and Lower Egypt consumed hair loss recipes, which are unimaginable: toes of a dog, refuse of dates, and a hoof of an ass. Though these Kings have now the essence of these animals in their bodies, most of the times, these recipes do not work.
Baldness was regarded as something shameful in ancient Egypt, with science and technology backdated then, little wonder that men and women tried all such unconventional means to regrow their hair.
It may be a solace to know that hair loss problems were experienced even in ancient Egypt, and the Kings and Royalty were not spared either! Nowadays, modern man has a myriad of hair loss treatment options, which those kings could only admire, and dream!
At those ancient times, baldness is tantamount to a man’s loss of virility, now we hear comments that bald men are ‘sexy and cute!’.
I discovered from my internet research that hair loss was also mentioned in the bible:
Old Testament, Kings 2: 23 “From there Elisha went to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said "go on up, you baldhead!" He turned round, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.”
It has been a while since I last post. How are all of you? I am back again!
Today let me share the history of some hair loss treatments.
As you are battling with your hair loss and seeking cures to combat this dreadful disease, I would like to share with you that you are not alone in your fight against hair loss, this fight against hair loss dated back to some 4,000 years ago.
Back then, the ancient Egyptians might also have been losing hair (maybe not as common as today). A cure used around 1500 B.C was for a magic spell to be recited to the god of Sun, thereafter a mixture containing onions, iron, red lead, honey and alabaster was consumed. Whether or not it was effective, no one knew, but please do not try it today: you may lose your life!
Some 400 years after this cure, a common method to combat hair loss was gaining popularity among the masses: rubbing the fats of animals like lions, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, ibex, serpents and geese onto the scalp. Again, please do not go to the Singapore Zoo to hunt these animals, I do not want to hear another ‘white tiger mauling’ incident again.
The King of Upper and Lower Egypt consumed hair loss recipes, which are unimaginable: toes of a dog, refuse of dates, and a hoof of an ass. Though these Kings have now the essence of these animals in their bodies, most of the times, these recipes do not work.
Baldness was regarded as something shameful in ancient Egypt, with science and technology backdated then, little wonder that men and women tried all such unconventional means to regrow their hair.
It may be a solace to know that hair loss problems were experienced even in ancient Egypt, and the Kings and Royalty were not spared either! Nowadays, modern man has a myriad of hair loss treatment options, which those kings could only admire, and dream!
At those ancient times, baldness is tantamount to a man’s loss of virility, now we hear comments that bald men are ‘sexy and cute!’.
I discovered from my internet research that hair loss was also mentioned in the bible:
Old Testament, Kings 2: 23 “From there Elisha went to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some youths came out of the town and jeered at him. "Go on up, you baldhead!" they said "go on up, you baldhead!" He turned round, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths. And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria.”
