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...solution is scalp-reduction surgery, which can shrink a bald spot the size of a palm to the width of a finger. The procedure, developed about eight years ago in Canada, is performed in a doctor's office under local anesthesia. The plastic surgeon or dermatologist makes an incision in the crown and then tugs firmly on the scalp, pulling hair-covered areas from the sides of the head toward the bare area on top (see diagram). A section of the bald scalp is cut away, and the incision is closed with stitches. The 60-min. procedure...
RECUPERATING. Michael Jackson, 25, rock-soul superstar; from an 80-minute laser surgical procedure to remove a palm-size patch of scalp tissue scarred from burns received while he was making a TV commercial last January; in Culver City, Calif. Healthy, hair-growing tissue was drawn across the area and stitched in place...
...instance half a dozen Sikh prisoners were held immobile and their beards and hair shorn as Hindus hooted and yelled. "There goes your hair power," cried out one Hindu demonstration leader, referring to the Sikh belief that spiritual power derives from long hair. Their heads shaved to the scalp, faces no longer covered with luxuriant beards, Sikhs lay in the street, blasphemed, humiliated and scorned. Last week, in an atmosphere of anarchy, Gandhi's government imposed harsh measures of its own. In clashes between police and terrorists in New Delhi, the Punjab and Haryana, at least eight people were...
...Michael Jackson's Thriller party at the American Museum of Natural History, it was strictly a hands-off evening. Almost no one got within hailing distance of the carefully shielded host, who sported a discreet hairpiece in his first public appearance since he was hospitalized last month for scalp burns suffered while filming a TV commercial. After accepting awards from CBS Records and the Guinness Book of World Records, which certified his Thriller as the biggest solo album ever (25 million copies sold), Jackson, 25, made a quick exit to a small, private reception in the Elephant Room...
...ordered the fireworks "heated up" a bit. The combination proved volatile. On the fiery fifth take, as pop music fans the world over swiftly learned, sparks from a smoke bomb ignited Jackson's hair, sending the singer to the hospital with second-and third-degree burns on his scalp. Jackson is expected to recover fully, though he may require cosmetic surgery to replace his hair in the burned area. His physician last week stressed that the injuries could have been much worse if the fire had not been doused so quickly...