Hair! From personal statement to personal problem. (baldness)

From: FDA Consumer | Date: December 1, 1991| Author: Pine, Devera | Copyright information

From the shaved heads of medieval monks, to the long-haired hippies of the 60s, to the spiked hairdos of today's punk rockers, hair has always made a personal statement.

"It's one of the leading ways people can establish their individuality and express their style," says Jerome Shupack, M.D., professor of clinical dermatology at New York University Medical Center in New York City. "Hair has had sociological importance throughout the ages."

Because of its impo...

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