Hair Today Gone Tomorrow: The Ancient Chinese Who Battled Balding
A quick search for 脱发 tuōfà hair loss on TMall turns up a staggering amount of products, from shampoo to combs and pills to serums, all of which are meant to preserve your dignity should you find yourself hat-less in public (editor's note: here at the Beijinger, we think baldness is quite dignified). What's more, there's an equal amount of reasons that folks lose their hair, from work stress to greasy foods, and even hard water or Beijing's air pollution. However, we'd be foolish to think that hair loss is a recent phenomenon. Thanks to records diligently kept by ancient scholars...