Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2018/09/18/the-scent-of-sandalwood-cures.html
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Sandalwood you say… Nah I am good with being bald.
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Sandalwood scented shampoo coming to a store near you in
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Print that study out and hand it to people when they ask why you’re burning sandalwood incense. Or just go with it and tell everyone you read about it on facebook.
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Yeah, Im not mad fond of being bald but I hate the sandalwood smell of soap etc.
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My future backyard:
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I’m guessing that if it has any real world effectiveness, it will only help with growing nose hairs.
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I don’t need help with that.
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I found some hair growing on top of my ears!
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This is nature’s way of showing you that it is time to buy a flat cap and a pair of driving gloves.
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In one month the pictured guy could have a head of hair like Terry Nutkins!
http://www.baldingcelebrities.com/2010/06/terry-nutkins.html
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Stopped reading right there.
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I wonder what kinds of baldness? I have alopecia. Would it work to rub sandlewood oil on it? I’’ let you all know.
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Looking over the study, there’s two significant things that refute the headline here (and really, weren’t even supported in the paper.)
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This is ex vivo, or not in humans. Basically, they took some scalp samples and did some science at them for a while and got potentially interesting results.
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The sample size appears to be 3. Again, for ex vivo studies, this isn’t a super big deal, but notable.
Basically they did some science, it seems to be interesting, and could be useful on a larger study or as a field of research - and for those conclusions it’s a perfectly reasonable experiment and paper, from what I can see. It definitely doesn’t say ‘HEY YALL PUT SOME SOCKS ON BECAUSE IT’S SANDALWOOD TIME’. But it’s not a bullshit study, and it’s not promising something that isn’t there.
It’s an open access journal so y’all should read it if you’re interested. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05973-0
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Why is baldness something that is to be “cured”? I’m offended on behalf of the bald community.
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At least those Giulianis aren’t pushing combovers as the cure for baldness anymore.
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But, the yard would smell wonderful!
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I’d rather keep my hair if i can, but i definitely want no part of this sandalwood scent nonsense.
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If this is true, which (see above) I doubt…
Holy shit! Inhaling traces of those compounds is enough to re-arrange your hormones to the point where you’re growing hair!? What else is it doing? That’s terrifying.
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