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Male pubic hair shaving Tuesday April 3, 2007 in: Hair Tag(s):
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Err, this is not a very comfortable topic to discuss especially if it involves exposing your sensitive genitals to a sharp razor. However, pubic hair and scrotum shaving can be both a healthy and sexy affair.
You might ask why there is a need to shave your hair down there. Most guys would give you the most apparent reason. Your erection looks positively huge when the surrounding area is hairless. Pubic hair covers up part of the shaft so it does seem a little shorter. Once the hair is removed, the hidden part of the shaft will be exposed and will make your tool a half inch longer.

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No effective treatment for hair pulling disorder, says study Thursday January 18, 2007 in: Hair Tag(s):
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Did you know that there is such as thing as a hair pulling disorder? Although rare, it does exist, and it's called trichotillomania. People suffering from this condition repeatedly pull their own hair out, and hair loss is an all too-common result.

And unfortunately, there is hardly an effective treatment for this disorder, according to a study led by Dr. Douglas W. Woods of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Reuters gives more details:

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Concerns raised about hair dye as cancer risk for kids Saturday January 6, 2007 in: Hair Tag(s):
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It is but natural for grownups to dye graying hair to look younger. Kids, on the other hand, take to dyeing in the spirit of fun and looking fashinable, what with celebrities sporting a highlight or streak here and there every now and then. This is not to mention the sight of people like Dennis Rodman changing their hair color like they were changing clothes.

There are, however, concerns that frequent dye use can possibly raise cancer risk among young people. According to CBS2:

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SHAMPOOS, HAIRDRYERS AND OTHER MYTHS Sunday January 15, 2006 in: Hair Tag(s): Women
Using too little or too much shampoo to prevent hair loss is one of many myths being parlayed into the markets by manufacturers of personal and beauty care products to an easily excitable public.

These hair growth shampoos are being promoted as offering more than they can actually deliver. There are those which claim to reduce DHT, a chemical that supposedly blocks hair growth.

While some of them do work others have little or no effect at all. Unfortunately many people are buying into this gag as evidenced by the multi-million dollar advertisements being played out in TV channels and over the Web.

And people often don't find the results they desire. Also some uninformed people go around claiming that excessive use of the hair dryer can inflict hair loss because concentrated heat on some parts of the scalp can burn out sensitive follicles.

No evidence for that theory as evidenced by hair models who frequently use the device. Hair loss can happen whether or not one uses these hair loss prevention or hair growth shampoos as frequently prescribed by the manufacturers.

As cited in previous blogs other factors come into play on one's receding hairline.

Unfortunately in the frantic search for answers people have resorted to every possible medical hair restoration and hair loss prevention scheme available in the market today.

But the solutions are sometimes found right in front of one's nose.

For one a healthy diet had been emphasized as among the primary factors in contributing to one's maintenance of an equally healthy scalp.

Crash diets which shock the system are definitely a no-no. Not just proteins but carbohydrates and other foods rich in lipids like tomatoes and tomato-based foods and products like your everyday catsup provide nutrients that build up one's body and restores hair growth.

Aside from this sleep can do wonders on one's hairline since it is the number one solution for stress alleviation. Stress not only afflicts the body but also the hairline.

Ever wonder why you feel lightheaded after a particularly grueling all-nighter prior to exam week?

Likewise people should avoid using too much hair coloring or dyes to allow one's hair some room to "breathe and rest." Often the solution remains not to mess around with one's hair too much.

Thanks for now and keep posted.

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THE EVOLUTION OF HAIR CARE Wednesday January 11, 2006 in: Hair Tag(s):
THE idea of men caring about their looks is about as strange or even laughable to both men and even women back in the good, old days-good old days defined as having less pollution, less taxes and cheaper goods.

Back then men are men and women are dates. We are the "alpha male", the provider, the pater de familia who go out into the fields to hunt, chop wood and do all those manly jobs to bring home the bacon.

Good looks-bah! Those are for sissies and "girly men" as Arnold Schwarzenegger calls them then and now as "Governator" of California.

And back then and now men shudder at being called sissies, wussies, wimps and other names that belie their masculinity.

But in came women's liberation and gender equality and pretty soon being macho isn't that cool anymore.

And along with those changes came other ideas like the concept of personal grooming for men.

Now looking at the mirror isn't so unmanly for guys anymore. And women appreciate them all the more for it.

But with appreciation came criticism and criticism giving way to all sorts of misperceptions about what constitutes good looks in a man. Like the idea that a full head of hair signifies youth and manly vigor.

Ergo it is said that thinning hair or baldness in a man is equated with impotence and old age. As such baldness and thinning hair became as much of a concern for men as sagging breasts are for women.

Thankfully science has come out with a lot of treatments for thinning hair or complete baldness and thus men have options to cure these maladies.

But while that Rogaine, Zoloft or Propecia is still kicking in, what's a guy to do to cover up his receding hairline? As stated there are some options.

First, one can resort to hair repair transplant to hide that growing bald spot though for some it's a continuing process that doesn't stop at one session..
If that's the case a good haircut or hairstyle may be just what the style doctor ordered.

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Man In The Mirror Wednesday January 11, 2006 in: Hair Tag(s):
Everything starts innocently at first.

You wake up in the morning, clean up, eat breakfast and otherwise get ready for what promises to be yet another refreshingly routine day in the office.

Except that as you gaze in your image in the mirror a different man stares back at you and he looks nowhere near the virile, macho man you thought you are.

The man who looks back at you has several pounds of flesh in his gut, droopy, bloodshot eyes and an alarmingly receding hairline that is more closely resembling Elmer Fudd.

You ask how you came to be this creature and some quick theories surface in that pinkish, cobbled organ of yours that we call the brain. Overwork, a hard lifestyle, mounting bills, the nagging girlfriend etc.

Not to mention that annoying sales rep. All these conspired to make you the balding man you see in the mirror. You contemplate on poring over those magazines for baldness cures but pride won't let you do it.

But no matter how you try to deny it this image cuts right through your manhood like a knife through the heart.

All together now, with bulging veins and throbbing throat, open wide and scream "AAAAAARRRRRGGGGH!."

Or you can act cool like Keanu Reeves, point your index finger at your reflection, retrieve said finger and stare at it for a few seconds like it had mud or morning wood on it.

Then you gaze back into that image and utter in true Matrix fashion that most profound of human expressions: "Whoa."

Whatever your reaction is you can't change that image in the mirror---unless of course, like the Matrix, it's just an illusion built by those damn Machines to destroy your hopes of social and economic success.

Whoa. Then you rub your eyes and find out it's no illusion. So what to do, what to do?

You can buy clothes that make you look thin, wear sunglasses even at night and say you're a bit tired and people, especially your dates, may not see through your camouflage.

But hair is a different matter. Too much covering up can make people suspicious and in this era of 9/11 the slightest change in appearance may lead some to think you're a terrorist.

So how does one hide that receding hairline aside from hats and tacky wigs? Here's an advice or two from the so-called experts:

Either undergo hair replacement surgery or shave off whatever hair you have completely for that clean, military type look.

That way the girls would dig it and think you're either going for that dignified Patrick Stewart or that macho Vin Diesel look.

Grow a mustache or goatee so people would look at your face first instead of your hair.

Be careful though; too much face hair can make you look like you're trying too hard to be a Backstreet boy.

In that case add tattoos to your arsenal. Finally use hair products that are DHT (dihydrotesterone) inhibitors.

DHT is a chemical responsible for the formation of male characteristics and DHT products are safe to use with hair growth drugs like Propecia and Rogaine.

Signing off for now...

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