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Christmas Lights for Children’s Hair Loss Charity
Most towns and villages have at least one or two houses that go that extra mile and are covered in Christmas lights and decorations at this time of the year. These festive scenes may not be a good for the carbon footprint but they bring joy to many, ...
4 Year-Old Must Cut Hair or Be Excluded in School
Occasionally children are kicked out of school, usually for disruptive behaviour that cannot be tolerated. But now a 4 year-old is apparently at risk of losing his place at a pre-school because his hair is too long. Elizabeth Taylor said that officia...
Skeleton Racer Zach Lund - Bald But Back For The Vancouver Olympics
Four years after Zach Lund was suspended from the winter Olympics in 2006 for using Propecia, the American skeleton racer is ready to man up for this year’s Vancouver Games in February. The former world No. 1 said he felt cheated of a gold medal wh...
Should Anti-Discrimination Laws Include Bald People?
Political correctness is often a heated topic and one that attracts a lot of attention. And one MP has even added hair loss to the debate. The Daily Mail recently reported that Conservative MP Philip Davies wrote 19 letters to Trevor Phillips, chairm...
1 in 5 Women Malnourished & At Risk of Hair Loss
A recent survey by Korea’s Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs reveals that 1 in 5 women are malnourished and at risk of developing various conditions including hair loss. Statistics show that 19.2% of women were found to be undernour...
Tiger Woods Loses Golf, Love and Hair
As the world continues to gain insight to the“transgressions” of golf’s leading man, Tiger Woods will himself possibly have to deal with the loss of many things – golf, marriage, and image, to name a few. Turns out Tiger is just your average...
Solicitor Calls for Regulation of Hairdressers to Prevent Hair Loss Accidents
Going to the hairdresser is a pleasant experience for most people and usually something to look forward to. Despite this, there have been a number of reports this year of people who have suffered the effects of bad hair care in their salon and been l...
Girl Who Had Hair Cut Off by Teacher Speaks Out
What’s the worst punishment a teacher ever gave you in school? Perhaps detention, or sent to stand in a corner or perhaps even a ruler across the back of the hand. But did you ever hear of a teacher cutting a pupil’s hair off? Apparently, that’...
Excess Radiation Exposes CT Scan Patients to Memory and Hair Loss and Possibly Cancer
When school teacher Becky Coudert started losing her hair and had trouble with her memory, she was told she may have received up to 14 times the radiation required during her CT brain scan. Coudert soon filed a class-action lawsuit against G.E Health...
Dr Shapiro’s Help Hair Shake – Any Good for Hair Loss?
A hair transplant surgeon has launched his Help Hair Whey Protein Shake to help boost hair growth. Dr. Lawrence Shapiro, from Florida, USA, developed his natural growth-hormone-free hair shake which provides the essential amino acids, proteins, vita...
TV Man’s Hair Loss Affects Career
With the exception of perhaps models who earn a living by their looks, most people like to be valued for their skills at work and not their appearance. But in the image-conscious world of media, such principles do not always apply. American Carl Arky...
Prince William’s Hair Loss in Focus During Charity Event
Prince William’s “receding and patchy hairline was only too obvious under the flashbulbs” as he attended a charity event this week, the Daily Mail reports. While the future king’s hair loss is by no means new news, it does seem as...
Alopecia Women Talk About Hair Loss on TV
Bald Girls Do Lunch (BGDL) was set up by Thea Chassin who developed a type of hair loss called Alopecia Universalis in 1997. This is the most severe form of Alopecia Areata which is hair loss caused by an auto-immune disorder. The hair loss starts o...
Hair Loss Lands Newly-Wed Man in Court
It’s supposed to be one of the best days of your life but for one young couple their wedding day and night was anything but. Nazia Ahmed (not her real name) had the shock of her life on her wedding night when she discovered for the first time ...
The MEAN-ing of Hair Colour: Virgin Ginger Dating Ad Banned
The wintery days may be dark, but this week everybody is seeing red. Following an apology by Tesco for stocking a Christmas card that apparently mocked people with ginger hair, the Advertising Standards Authority has banned a Virgin Media advert that...
Hair Testing for Drug Use - What You Should Know
Forget all you’ve ever heard about redheads being fiery and blondes being ditzy, the colour of one’s hair does not dictate their character, but experts say that hair can tell them about a person’s drug habits. Hair testing might soon take over ...
Metrosexual Man, His Hair & Hair Loss Prevention
The term Metrosexual was introduced in the 90s to describe men who took pride in their appearance. And as we approach 2010, it seems there is no let down in the number of men who are making an effort to keep their hair and skin in top condition. In ...
Survey Shows Women Have 36 Negative Thoughts About Image Everyday
‘Positive Thinking’ has become the major buzzword for people looking to make changes to their lives by ‘re-programming’ their negative thoughts. But how well are women doing at accepting themselves as they are and learning to love themse...
Hair Loss in Animals: Oscar the Bald Cockatoo
Over recent months, we’ve heard stories of bald bears, bald hedgehogs and bald penguins. Now Oscar, a 35-year-old bald cockatoo, has hit the headlines. Oscar was taken in by the Broward County Humane Society, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, thirte...
Charlton Heston Was Bald Says Star Trek’s George Takei
The late actor Charlton Heston was “as bald as a billiard ball” according to Star Trek’s George Takei. It appears that Heston disguised his hair loss for a number of years by wearing a hairpiece. Heston, known best for his leading ...
Hair Loss and the Link to High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease and Cancer
Although some doctors don’t regard hair loss as a major physical concern, it may not have just psychological implications. Researchers have found a strong association between baldness, high blood pressure, heart disease and prostate cancer. It ...
Sex Therapy for Women’s Hair Loss Taken to Court
A woman was made to watch pornographic videos and had her breasts and private parts fondled by an alternative doctor who claimed it would cure her hair loss, a Hong Kong court was told. Chan Tung-Choi, a 68-year-old man who claimed to be an alternati...
Complaints About China’s TV Infomercials for Hair Loss Creams
Many people know the internet is a hot spot for rogue outfits selling unsafe and untested medications for things such as weight loss, sexual dysfunctions and hair loss. But what about TV adverts? A large number of Chinese consumers are complaini...
Young Sisters Go to School Bald for First Time
Trying to fit in at school can be tough for any child at the best of times but could you imagine if the child had no hair? Yesterday the Daily Mail ran a feature on two brave sisters, aged just 9 and 11, who suffer from Alopecia Areata and have decid...
Did Wayne Rooney Have a Hair Transplant?
Wayne Rooney is indeed one of Manchester United’s most valued players but when teammates likened him to Sir Bobby Charlton, rumours that the young footballer was considering a hair transplant were rife. And who wouldn’t at least think about it if...
Sarah Palin Jokes About Vice President Joe Biden’s Hair Loss
Hair seems to be increasingly important in the world of US politics, at least for the Republicans. Following on from Andy McKenna’s bid to be Illinois Governor with his Hair Campaign video, Sarah Palin has been making comments about the hair loss o...
More Evidence That Hair Loss in Young Men is Increasing
Doctors in India are saying that hair loss in young men is on the increase and that, whereas ten years ago it was mostly middle-aged men they saw, today boys as young as 16 are complaining of a receding hairline. The problem is so bad that male hair ...
Rastafarian Inmates Bald Treatment: Ten Years For Not Cutting Hair
Bob Marley will be turning in his grave when next week marks a decade since at least eight Rastafarian inmates in the US were held in segregation for refusing to cut their hair. Members of the Afro-Caribbean religious group say the Virginia Departmen...
Men of a Certain Age Deal With Baldness, Says Ray Romano
When “Men of a Certain Age” come to realise that their balding is getting out of control and their pecs aren’t where they used to be, they sometimes hit the gym or start evaluating hair loss products. Ray Romano, on the other hand, makes a TV s...
Can a Person Go Grey at a Young Age?
Grey. Silver. White. Hair colours you may associate with old age, but did you know that some people can go grey as early as their teens? Dr Ang Chee Beng, a consultant dermatologist at Ang Skin & Hair Clinic at Mount Alvernia Medical Centre, Si...
