Doctor Lists
Grooming Errors That Can Cause Baldness
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Mothers, think twice
before you pull your daugh
ter’s hair up into that cute,
but tight, little ponytai]. If
you do it too often- the
tension on the hair roots
could cause permanent
baldness at die temples.
- And, before you lean
your head back into the
washbowl for chemical
treatment at .the hair
dresser’s, be sure your
beautician knows exactly
what he or she is doing.
These are two of the mes
sages that Dr. Wesley
Wilbom, dermatologist.
emphasizes to his patients
and would like for other
doctors to share with
theirs.
Speaking at the derma
tology session of the
National Medical Asso
ciation (NMA) in Chicago
recently, Dr. Wilbom, an
Atlanta physician, told an
overflow crowd of doctors
of all disciplines that the
" most common hair and
scalp problem he's encoun
tered in his predominantly
black practice is caused by
frontal line and the
temples, is using rubber
band ornaments to achieve
a straight hair look by
employing tension. “The
hair is pulled back so tight-—
ly that it is slowly up
tension on the hair roots.
“The second most com
mon form of hair loss is
that caused by chemical
straightening agents of -
‘perms,’” he said.
Wilbom, who has prac
ticed dermatology for more
than 13 years, said that
more than 10 percent of his
patients have some type of
scalp problem.
His concern for the pro
blems he has seen led him
to develop formulas for a
line of hair care products
now being marketed under
the brand name
X-Ception by W&W Phar
maceuticals, Inc.
“Blacks alter their hair ,
for two basic reasons,” Dr.
Wilbora told the NMA
group, “to promote ease of
grooming and to permit a
variety of hairstyles.” He
noted that to achieve these
objectives, a variety of
techniques and chemicals
are used.
The technique that he
warns against most often
and which can cause per
manent hair loss at the
Molding takes place in this ultra contemporary version
of the pompadour, accentuated by the toft and full
•Up. Relaxed hair is swept up so the sides and pinned
into a swirl. Hair in back Is left free to float downward
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rooted from the outer mar
gin of the scalp inward, ’ ’ he
said. :
“If this type of trauma is
continued throughout child
hood, a teenager emerges
who is literally bald at the
temples,” he warned.
He also noted that when
heat or chemical straigh
tening are used, the tension'
usually occurs from using
rollers.
Poor application tech
nique and improper selec
tion of the diemical
straightening agent can
cause hair loss in people
with “perms,” Dr. Wilbom
said.---—:
“The chemicals are ca
pable of dissolving the hair
shaft entirely if left on too
long,” he cautioned. Short
of that, the hair shaft can
be weakened, with break
age resulting.
“The lower part of the
scalp and the nape of the
neck are most often af
fected,” Dr. Wilbom said.
His discussions with many
hairstylists have led him to
~ eonclude that improper m
rinsing of the hair rest
ing on the shampoo bowl
—could cause the problem
Dr. Wilborn also said
that manypeople find that
certain curl maintenance
products (activators and
moisturizers) aggravate
seborrheic dermatitis or
dry, itchy scalp. These
products can also induce
inflammation of the skin
around the ears, scalp
margins and neck. “Pro
ducts containing lanolin,
cholesterol, squalene and
other fatty molecules
' appear to be the major
offenders," he said
Dr. Wilborn cautioned
—care—when—hot—combing
hair to prevent the hot
pressing compound from
seeping into the scalp
pores and he warned
against forceful comb
ing of kinky hair that "has
not been moisturized or
lubricated.
Dr. Wilborn, president of
W'&W Pharmaceuticals,
Inc., is also clinical
associate professor of der
matology at the Emory
University School of
Medicine.
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