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Show Stimulate Bulbs to Grow New Hair THE Idea of curing business by injecting a serum under the skin to whero It will stimulate stim-ulate the hair bulbs Is set forth In the Indianapolis Indianap-olis Medical Journal by Dr. Edward Percy Robinson Rob-inson of New York. The serum he uses Is a "complex product of the elements of the sebaceous seba-ceous glands of the scalp, with cholesterin in an oleaginous base." Dr Robinson writes that he discovered its effect ef-fect upon the hair by accident when treating a woman for unsightly depressions on the region of the temples- After a series of experiments Jasiine over a venr. be hocran nsin if. and he now reports some eralifyine resulls. showing several photocrnnlis "tWore and after." After descr'b'ng some snecimen cases Dr Robinson Rob-inson croes on to expound b!s theory of baldness: "In man " he says "and In all animals having hair, the shedd'ng f the hair is continuous A hair about to be east off becomes loosened from its papilla and the cortieil portion break up Into a brush-like mnss This old hair is then pushed out by the growth of a new hair which arises from the region of 'be former papilla. By a process of nrol ifernt'on of the external root sV'.ith a bud grows downward and from this hml a new hair with its sheaths and connective tls-suo; tls-suo; is developed "It must be evident that nature has provided a tandard leneth to which a hair may attain, and have it fall when this leneth has beer, reached, otherwise the animal would be smothered in its own hair. "It must have been further orovided that the cell from which the hair had fallen should reproduce repro-duce another hnir. otherwise the animal would become bald Tn the wild and natural life of the animal such phys'ological changes are essen tial. It is also conlectural that the falling of he hair is so arranged that the animal will not suffer its loss, and this is adjusted by having a pro- portlonnte number 'n the stage of growing to take the plac3 of those that havo fallen. "According to V. Brunn. the life of a hair on the scalp is two to four years. Donders states tho eyelashes are changed In from three to five months, the other hairs more slowly The falling fall-ing of an eyelash after it has reached a certain length Is an act which passes unnoticed by the subject and Is looked upon as a trivial affair, but indeed it might indicate the possible existence of intellectual operations on the part of thp cell to know Just when the hair should be cast off "That this cannot be a haphazard process or be denendent upon chance is evident, for one has but to think for a moment to imagine what fatal consequence? might occur should all the eyelashes eye-lashes continue to grow and never fall, and likewise like-wise should this be the case with the eyebrows. the combined growth of both would create a mass of hair so great that vision would be entirely occluded through the curtain of hair hanging over the eyes "Th hair which has emerged beyond the surface sur-face of the scalp may be considered ns tissue In a moribund condition. Treatment applied to this superficial portion of the hair can do no more than to enhance its gloss and conserve its pliability plia-bility it cannot preserve Its existence nor in-creriFP in-creriFP its crowth. for the growth must come from the follicle in the skin. The deeply Imbedded follicle can be reached effectively only by the hypodermic method. "It may be appropriate to state here that In the treatment of baldness tho new growth of hair returns in exactly the reverse order to its manner man-ner of falling; that is. those which were the first to fall are the last to grow, and Irrespective of the location In which the treatment Is applied tho now hairs Invariably are seen to appear at the periphery of tho bald area and progress toward the centre. In tho healing of skin lesions the denuded surface is covered according to this mode o' procedure. Thus the analogy between the hair and the skin Is apparent. "In the light of this resemblance baldness might be considered a disease of tho skin rather than a mere mechanical falling of hair. Hair does not prematurely fall from a perfectly healthy scalp. Man should retain the hair on his head and on his body for his entire lifetime Just as he retains the nails In his fingers and toes, but the prevalence preva-lence of baldness, even In very youne men. and its enormous increase has familiarized the eye to such a degree that one has come to look upon the affection as the natural consequence of having reached maturity. "Any form of the varieties of dandruff If persisting per-sisting for a number of years will Inevitably lead to the loss of hair "It might be well to recall that the growth of hair Is first seen in fetal life about the third month, appearing as papillary elevations In the skin in which tho hair growth is to nppear later. Tn atrophy of the hair cells, on which baldness may depend, a similar phenomenon Is observed. From this it would seem that the old atrophied cells to become regenerated must bejrin from Ihc stage of the embryo and conform with the law of development. This is obviously so. for the young hairs that emerge from the papillae are light and downy and to all appearances resemble the hair on an infant's head Later these hairs become stronger in growth and larger in calibre until they approximate the texture and color of the surrounding hairs." |