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Smoking link to baldness



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SMOKING may help make men prematurely bald, new research suggests. The habit is already linked to numerous aspects of ill health, including lung cancer, heart disease and impotence.
The findings of a study of Asian men, reported in the journal Archives of Dermatology, showed that smoking led to significantly more baldness even after taking other factors into account.

Researchers believe smoking may destroy hair follicles or damage cells at their roots.



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  • Last Updated: 25 November 2007 9:21 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Smoking issues
 
1

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 01:26:25

What about the Woman?
OK not affected, Hormone related?
Scare Story?
Propaganda Story?
I know many an auld Man, that smoked all his life and has a full 'Head-of-Hair'!
I know many a young Man, that has NEVR smoked and is a 'Total-Baldy-Heed'!
ME??...Well what do you think??
When I get to 103years old, the 'Babes' will still want and Love me!
Its the, 'charisma' you see!... not the smoke!
Stress is a main 'Player' in Men's Baldness!!
Take my 'Tips',
Find a 'Babe', enjoy who she IS!
'Settle-down' with her!
Live with her!
Appreciate that she is 'All-Woman'!
Maybe have 'Babies' Together!
Don't think 'Money' too much!
Money cant Buy the above, only True Love!
..
Now Class!!, has Uncle Charles, taught you something today?
'Very-Good'...'Benjamin-Bear'!!
You keep your Hair!!
Now go away early, you have been a good class today! and Uncle Charles is Pleased with you all!!
Haaaaaaaaaang On BW!! not you, I said Not you!!
You are a 'cheeky-little-runt', I want to know you have 'learnt' this lesson before you can go home early!

2

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 01:42:20

#2. Alien123,
"When will the public realise that all these anti-smoking studies are done by people to keep themselves in a job because they are no use to society."
..
When we get a 'ASH-TRAY', Big enough for all of them!

3

Scullion,

Canada 26/11/2007 01:50:10

Smoking also makes you talk rubbish (see above).

4

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 01:57:36

#4. Scullion, you getting 'Smart' or 'Somid'?
Get Back to my class NOW!!
You naughty Boy! ;-))

5

Pete39,

Tassy 26/11/2007 05:36:52

Can I sue the tobacco companies?

6

waldenman,

East Lothian 26/11/2007 06:56:47

Bread is bad for you... wait a minute, bread is good for you. Red meat may cause cancer... hold on, red meat may not cause cancer. A glass of wine whilst pregnant may harm your baby.... oops, sorry, a glass of wine whilst pregnant will do no harm.

I fully expect a report next week telling us that smoking actually makes us hairier.

7

Guga II,

Rockall 26/11/2007 07:43:35

What a load of garbage. The vast majority of bald younger men are non-smokers. So maybe its really smoking that stops you going bald.

Yet another example of junk science.

8

Boy Wonder,

26/11/2007 10:15:41

Smoking can turn you into a Charles Linskaill. Do you really want that?? How's the FYW, Charles?

9

Charles Linskaill,

Mondays suck, 'Need more coffee'! 26/11/2007 10:59:03

#9. BW, dont matter let my DYW, hear you say "FYW" or she will give you a,
"slap in the face, with a wet fish" as she says!
I dont know where that saying comes from, anyone heard it before?? Now BW, did your mentor, 'Charles', educate you this Monday morning? :-)

10

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 11:03:26

Oh what a load of rubbish. Men have gone bald ever since time began. Long before smoking was invented.

This is just another piece of junk science put about by antis.

They've got their nazi state smoking ban now. Is that not enough for them? Why can they not just leave us alone?

11

Charles Linskaill,

Mondays suck, 'Need more coffee'! 26/11/2007 11:03:54

#9. BW, dont let my DYW, hear you say "FYW" or she will give you a,
"slap in the face, with a wet fish" as she says!
I dont know where that saying comes from, anyone heard it before?? Now BW, did your mentor, 'Charles', educate you this Monday morning? :-)
(Re post edited, just cant get it right this morning, its the mobile to blame and Mondays)

12

Suzi B,

26/11/2007 11:11:12

Smoking makes men bald? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

And #2 says that it is an ASH conspiracy?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Genius! Get a grip!

13

Sinnerman,

Another Planet 26/11/2007 11:30:42

I bet the geneticists who discovered that male baldness is determined by genes passed down from the maternal grandfather are really p*ssed off by this study.

14

I'm no really here,

26/11/2007 11:32:48

These people are just too tall for their hair - simple.

15

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 11:38:38

If smoking make you bald, how come the notable heavy smokers like Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Eric Clapton, Anita Pallenburg and Marianne Faithfull all have full heads of hair?

Well go on you anti's, explain that to us all...

16

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 11:48:22

#11, p.h.
Gladly, nazi boy.
Notice none of those above deriding the smoking and baldness theory seems to want to comment on his appearance, hirsute or otherwise. Just for the record, I have a fine head of hair.

17

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 11:53:53

Various postings from Charles Linskaill.
What on earth does Charles consume in the early hours to make him come out with so much drivel?
Was it just a heavy dose of sour grapes when he saw his cranium in the bathroom mirror?
Charles' call, I think.

18

Douglas,

Bathgate 26/11/2007 11:58:01

Given that this was a study involving Asian men is there any chance of a mis-translation at some point?
I only ask as the term 'smoke a fag' does not cross the Atlantic. :o)

19

Charles Linskaill,

On the go on the mobile 26/11/2007 11:58:13

~16. Jen, your going back in time there, is there no modern Man you fancy?
I got two groups of women I fancy, one is just the, 'down right sexy babes' (a man thing)
But then, there is the, 'All Woman' 'Beautiful Woman' :-*

20

G,

dundy 26/11/2007 12:39:11

HA HA HA HA!!!!

As well as killing them off young, making them less fertile and the stench making them less attractive to the opposite sex, the smokers go bald!!!!

Maybe this is all part of God's great plan to weed out the stupid and ill-equipped from the gene pool....

21

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 13:09:03

#18:

"I have a fine head of hair."

Pity it surrounds an empty vessel though isn't it?

I asked the following:-

"Is that not enough for them? Why can they not just leave us alone?"

...to which you replied "gladly, nazi boy"

I don't get it. What are you on about?

22

Boy Wonder,

26/11/2007 13:12:22

#19. David from New Mills! Sorry, you are wrong. Charles has ALL his hair. You can see his picture, which he lent for an article here ...

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1849612007

Show some respect please!

23

El Capitano,

Mexico 26/11/2007 13:13:09

Studies have shown that Crispy Pancakes are another cause of baldness. My cousin lived on Crispy Pancakes for years and his barnet is now completely hairless. I on the other hand couldn't stomach the things and now have head of lustrous curly hair (silver but lustrous none the less). I rest my case.

24

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 13:14:49

#18:

...And before you say you just got the number of the post wrong, you didn't even answer the question in #17, which asked how notable heavy smokers still had full heads of hair. Go on then David, why do the people I mentioned have no problem with baldness even though they smoke heavily?

For the record, I don't have any problems with baldness either.

25

Charles Linskaill,

On the go on the mobile 26/11/2007 13:24:11

#18,19. David, what I speak is no "drivel", dont come 'running-tears' to me, when you wake-up one morning totally bald,
Your "fine head of hair" a distant memory! :'(
Whilst, I to have a "fine head of hair", but unlike you, I will keep mine with my non stress life and the "babes" at my 'beck and call' :-D B-) :-* !!!

26

El Capitano,

Mexico 26/11/2007 13:34:03

It's Monday Charles L; shouldn't you be at school? Hmm?

27

Charles Linskaill,

On the mobile 26/11/2007 14:17:38

#28. El Capitano, I take it you also have the 'stress factor'!
I am at the "School", the School for 'Heavenly Bodies', mine being one of them! B-)

28

El Capitano,

Mexico 26/11/2007 14:26:35

Hee hee hee.

29

fred bloggs,

26/11/2007 16:25:23

Smoking also makes your legs fall off:

Smoking is already known to increase the tendency of the blood to clot, causing heart attacks if the blood clot blocks a coronary artery or more minor damage if the clot occurs in a peripheral blood vessel, most usually in the legs. Cumulative damage to peripheral blood vessels caused by smoking can ultimately lead to gangrene requiring amputation. More than nine out of 10 cases of peripheral vascular disease which lead to amputation are caused by smoking.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3196254.ece

30

Reason - voice off,

26/11/2007 16:28:02

I was going to treat this report with the contempt that is deserves, but:

1. Uncle, never smoked any form of tobacco in his life died at the young age of 55 of cancer and was always, as far as I can remember, bald as a cue-ball.
2. Uncle, smoked all his life, fought throughout WW 2, including Anzio and Normandy, fathered three children, died aged seventy-something of war related condition. Had a full head of hair.
3. Visited my father in law last week in a nursing home in Ayrshire. Fought throughout WW 2, mostly in India and Burma. Smoked all his life, mostly Woodbines, fathered two children still has a head of hair that I would be proud of. Celebrates his 92 birthday later his month.

Cynical, what?

31

Suzi B,

26/11/2007 17:07:37

#31 Fred.
Och, away you go! You'll never convince this lot that there is a link between smoking and ill-health. Nice try though.
I would be interested to se the stats for erectile dysfunction and smoking but I fear all the boys here would jump in to say they've smoked 40 woodbine a day for 50 years and could still hang a towel on it in the morning ;->

32

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 19:57:04

#31, your a 'laugh-a-minute' Fred!
Bald heed and no legs! just the perfect image for a Monday!!
....
Suzi B, Im 'shocked' :-D you Girls are worse than us Men, but I always knew this!
Maybe not as 'Perky' as it was in my 'teens', but it works fine, when asked! ;-)
As for the towel holder, if Jenny Ellison walked in, im sure she would find an instant "Towel-holder' on demand! :-DD...........(DD get it?)

33

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 20:25:22

#23, petrol man.
"it surrounds an empty vessel though isn't it?"
Craniums are usually just a hollow enclosure, unless you are solid between the ears. Is that petrol man's condition, perchance?
"can they not just leave us alone?"

...to which you replied "gladly, nazi boy""
Delighted to leave p.h. alone with his his "nazi" allusions?
Alles jetzt verstanden Benzinkopf?

34

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 20:28:34

#24, Boy Wonder.
Who'd have thowt it?
Clarification much appreciated.

35

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 20:36:51

BW, OK I missed this yesterday! BY GOD just as well for you, you can thank my DYW for getting me out and not using the laptop!

36

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 20:39:00

#26, petrol man.
I never actually agreed or disagreed with the findings of the report. I'm sure we could all scratch our heads, bald or otherwise, and come up with examples of non-smoking baldies and hirsute smokers, but selectivity is all.

37

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 20:47:42

#27 et al, Charles Linskaill, Edinburgh.
Dream on boy. Liked the picture.

38

Charles Linskaill,

Edinburgh 26/11/2007 20:55:59

#40. David, Dinny you start to! its bad enough with that BW on the prowl!

39

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 20:58:09

#31, fred bloggs.
There used to be a nice old boy with both legs amputated in a pub I occasionally frequented. After one or two visits where he was no longer around, I enquired after him, only to be told he had died.
In the course of the ensuing conversation, I asked if he had been in some kind of accident, as I'd never known the cause of his disability, only to be told it was as a result of losing both legs because of blood clots, following a career of smoking 100 cancer sticks a day.
A selective anecdote perhaps, but food for thought.

40

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 26/11/2007 21:05:40

#41, Charles Linskaill, Edinburgh.
Charles flatters himself just a toatie wee bit.

41

David from New Mills,

Pleasantville, U.K. 27/11/2007 19:55:40

#44, chas winfield, suffolk.
I trust the ladies don their hairpieces when they're out and about in Suffolk, so as not to frighten the Punches.


 

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