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The Claim: Tight Braids and Ponytails Can Cause Your Hair to Fall Out
NY Times ^ | December 28, 2004 | ANAHAD O'CONNOR

Posted on 12/31/2004 8:22:05 PM PST by neverdem

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To: Ginifer

Might be too many male hormones.


21 posted on 12/31/2004 10:15:19 PM PST by shubi (Peace through superior firepower.)
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To: GOP_Proud
please let this mean I will not have to look at another man in a pony tail

My wife likes it, so tough luck.

22 posted on 12/31/2004 10:16:07 PM PST by Rytwyng (we're here, we're Huguenots, get used to us)
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
I don't do any of things like wear a ponytail,wear my hair in bun,wear baseball caps, or use hair dryers and my hair still fell out.

Bush's fault. /sarcasm off
23 posted on 12/31/2004 10:27:13 PM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: PennsylvaniaMom
Happy New Year!

I keep my hair short so It doesn't need much maintenance. It does grow quickly. Genetically I should be grey and balding by now. That isn't happening.

24 posted on 12/31/2004 10:53:29 PM PST by BobS
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To: zert_28

In your case it might be genetics...sorry.


25 posted on 12/31/2004 10:55:53 PM PST by Ginifer
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To: zert_28

Sometimes prescription medicines can make hair fall out. Stress can do a number on it, too.
(And who isn't under stress these days???)


26 posted on 12/31/2004 11:03:18 PM PST by Peace Is Coming
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To: zert_28

When not "going out" I wear my hair in either a braided tail or a bun. [otherwise my dogs grab it and try to drag me across the room]
Check my pic.
They must mean those super-tight braids some people have.


27 posted on 01/01/2005 12:15:38 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander
And you have hair and I don't. Just not fair.

It must be genetics. I'll blame my parents....and Bush too.

Maybe I should sue my parents for my lack of hair....I know, I'll call John Edwards.

Just kidding.
28 posted on 01/01/2005 12:39:33 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: Salamander

Seriously, nice hair. It must have taken years to grow.


29 posted on 01/01/2005 12:43:05 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: zert_28

You could call John-Boy and sue *both* your parents and Bush for your follicular disenfranchisement.

It's *not* fair and society ~must~ be made to pay dearly!.....LOL!

[ I'm just a short little runt and personally, I'm considering suing the highway department for building the road too close to my arse]....;)


30 posted on 01/01/2005 12:47:51 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: zert_28

Thanks....:)

I didn't set out to do it.
It just happened.
I got too busy/lazy to go have it cut and that's what happened.
This is my "7 year rest/shed" phase so it's unintentionally "multi-length" right now.....LOL!


31 posted on 01/01/2005 12:50:36 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander

Well, I'm short and hairless, at least you have hair. Guess my lack of height will be another reason I can sue parents/Bush.



32 posted on 01/01/2005 12:56:47 AM PST by Ticonderoga34
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To: Ginifer
Better believe it...look at Whoopi Goldberg (not that anyone would want to). She now has a receding hair line because of wearing corn rolls in her hair.

False. Whoopi has dredlocks, not cornrows. If you want to see what cornrows look like, click here. Yeah, that's me.

Overly tight cornrows cause hair breakage, not fall out. In fact, hair grows much faster with it braided like that.


33 posted on 01/01/2005 1:00:11 AM PST by rdb3 (Can I join the Pajamahadeen even if I sleep in the nude?)
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To: zert_28

Oh what the heck.
Just sue everybody!....;)


34 posted on 01/01/2005 1:00:57 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Ginifer

Whoopie has her hair in dreadlocks, doesn't she? Wouldn't that be more natural and not artifically pulling? Not that I am a Whoopie fan.


35 posted on 01/01/2005 1:03:51 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: rdb3

I always wanted to try that but it costs a fortune to have done if you don't know how to do it yourself...:)

36 posted on 01/01/2005 1:08:02 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: Salamander
I always wanted to try that but it costs a fortune to have done if you don't know how to do it yourself...:)

Having it done to yourself by yourself is nearly impossible. If you lived in Dallas, I could have you taken care of very, very reasonably. Hint: My wife just opened her salon in our house and does these styles. She did mine.


37 posted on 01/01/2005 1:29:14 AM PST by rdb3 (Can I join the Pajamahadeen even if I sleep in the nude?)
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To: rdb3

I can't even French braid my hair. Wish I could.


38 posted on 01/01/2005 1:31:45 AM PST by farmfriend ( Congratulation. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
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To: rdb3

If I lived in Dallas my husband would be very annoyed come suppertime....;))

I have an aunt who's a stylist but she's also scissor-happy.
I went to her for a "little trim" in the 70s and came home with a Mick Jagger shag....8-O


39 posted on 01/01/2005 1:43:20 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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To: farmfriend

So do I.
It would be so much nicer for motorcycling than the unending braid/unbraid ritual every time I get on or off the bike.....:-\
I've tried and I have *no* idea how those women do it.


40 posted on 01/01/2005 1:45:09 AM PST by Salamander (Life needs more cowbell!)
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