Word: scalps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...HEAD, YOUR ARM Why would anyone take hair from a man's head and grow it on a woman's arm? To advance science--and maybe a new treatment for baldness. In a novel experiment, researchers removed patches of a man's scalp--hair, roots and follicles--and transplanted them onto the forearm of an unrelated woman. The patches took root and after more than two months showed no signs of rejection. This suggests it may someday be possible to cover bald spots with a full head of hair from someone with hair to spare...
TODAY: Transplants, hair plugs and scalp grafts...
...will these two media chieftains get along? Karmazin, who went to CBS when his Infinity Broadcasting was acquired by that company in 1996, has been known to depose long-standing corporate kings, while Redstone has a scalp collection any corporate warrior would be proud to own. Recent additions include those of his top lieutenants, deputy chairmen Philippe Dauman and Thomas Dooley, who got the blade (and a pile of money) as soon as the CBS deal was concluded...
...pate: Kenny Svendsen scowls and swabs his scalp while finding some electric relief outside a store in the New York City borough of the Bronx on Tuesday...
Lindane can damage the nerves in the scalp, resulting in biting and stinging sensations "that you don't get with head lice," says Meinking. In extreme cases, the feeling of infestation precipitates paranoia and delusions. Some describe bugs crawling out of their skin; others wind up fumigating their homes. "It's a vicious cycle," Meinking says. "The more infested they feel, the more lindane they...