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Article: Hair apparent? For some, a new solution to baldness.
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- December 1, 1988
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Hair Apparent? For Some, a New Solution to Baldness
Samson's hair made him the strongest man alive, according to the Bible. He killed a lionwith his barehands, wreaked havoc on his enemy's cornfields, vineyards and orchards, and slaughtered a thousand Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.
Eager to capture Samson, the Philistines sent the beautiful seductress Delilah, who asked Samson to prove his love to her by revealing the source of his strength. Eager to please the woman, Samson told her his secret, his hair was cut while he slept, and he was captured by the Philistines.
Samson's story notwithstanding, hair serves no vital human function. ...