Do you follow Dancing With the Stars? I will admit, that I don’t watch it. In fact I don’t watch any reality or celebrity based reality show. However, some women that I work with go on and on and on about this show. So I thought I would tune in. I found out that Jason Taylor the famous bald defensive end for the Miami Dolphins is a contestant.
After being scolded by the judges for relying too much on his partner and not dancing enough; JT broke out his moves last week. This is …read more

How did this escape me? I had no idea until tonight, that Hulk Hogan was bald. No idea. It didn’t even occur to me, that this may be the case. Man am I losing my bald-ar. To defend my stupidity, I had never seen him without his ‘do rag. but still you would think that with his I don’t know what you call his hair cut- somekind of mutant mullet, that I might come to the conclusion that he is over compensating, But no. I completely missed the boat on this.
Mr Hogan, …read more

According to the Department of Research Writing at Quick Hair Loss Treatment Centre in Atlanta, studies are showing that swimming in chlorinated pools can result in hair discoloration and hair loss. OK this doesn’t seem like entirely big news to me. When I was a kid we all knew someone who once had blonde hair that turned green – because they swam everyday. I hadn’t heard about it in awhile, but I guess that has really never gone away. There are hair care products that can prevent your hair color from turning – and if it …read more

It’s Superbowl Sunday, which makes me think of athletes and their superstitions. I know a few, don’t wash your gear when you are on a winning streak (yuck), growing beards, shaving your heads for team unity, eating the same thing before and after every game. There are tons of things that people do.
Do you believe in superstitions, and would any of them involve shaving your head. Say, to support your team?
Please answer the poll below. If you feel like elaborating – leave a comment, to let me know why you chose your answer.
**picture source – flickr
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The bald look is in! According to hairstylists and male fashionistas everywhere, going completely bald is called “going NBA”.  As this was the look popularized by Michael Jordan and other basketball stars in the 90’s ( I must be out of touch, if I have just heard about this now).
Anyway, shaving your head if you are going bald is THE thing. So, if your locks are starting to thin or your hairline is starting to recede, why wait until its unsightly looking. Why not “jump” on the bandwagon now. You will be very trendy!
Thanks to …read more

In November, Stan Lazaridis will be returning to the game he loves so much.  He has just been cleared to go back to playing soccer for his club, Perth Glory.  Last year Lazaridis was banned from the game, due to testing positive to a banned substance.  A drug that was prescribed for alopecia.
Lazaridis had been taking the drug finasteride.  The reason for the ban, is that finasteride is considered to be a masking agent.  While the authorities slashed the max. sentence (24 months) in half…essentially he was being punished, for taking a drug to help a medical condition.
It has been …read more

Here’s a story that makes me think one day… perhaps… my own children will still get on with each other.
Meet Sharod Gandy. He plays basketball up in New Jersey… All-Bergen County for Englewood, which means he’s pretty good.
Now meet Ariel Williams. She’s seven. She’s Sharod’s little sister. And she’s got alopecia.
“She ignores it. She takes it pretty good for a little kid,” Gandy said. “Most little kids would see it and start crying and stuff. But she’s taking it. She doesn’t cry anymore. She used to. But not anymore.
Big brother’s going one step further. He’s organized a fund-raiser at his …read more

I know I’m late with this, but Trump won.

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Seems balding athletes don’t read each other’s press. You’d think everyone would be aware of finasteride and it’s complications from Zach Lund’s Olympic ban. Or perhaps not…
Australian international soccer player Stan Lazaridis recently tested positive for finasteride. Of course he claims to be using it to regrow hair. Of course he also forgot to get the therapeutic use exemption that would avoid this trouble altogether. Lazaridis, 34, could be facing a two year ban, which would likely end his career.
I remember Lazaridis from the Cup last summer. I liked him; I was rooting for him. You’d think someone at the …read more

This falls into the initial category of follow up from the Tim Hardaway fiasco. John Amaechi, another former NBA player, has signed on as spokesman for HeadBlade, a brand of razor designed especially for shaving one’s head.
What’s the connection to the Hardaway fiasco?
Amaechi went public with his homosexuality in February 2007; Hardaway’s comments were made in reaction to Amaechi’s coming out. Amaechi is the first NBA player to come out. He has a book out, Man in the Middle, in which he speaks of his time in the NBA.
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