{"id":12895,"date":"2012-01-30T19:56:19","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T01:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=12895"},"modified":"2012-01-30T19:57:55","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T01:57:55","slug":"the-anti-rogaine-hair-loss-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=12895","title":{"rendered":"The Anti-Rogaine Hair Loss Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Garden Planning Moon<\/p>\n<p>On a round of errands. \u00a0First stop. \u00a0CVS. \u00a0Two items: \u00a0a knee brace, number 2 for my left knee, now complaining because I&#8217;ve left it unsupported. \u00a0I think.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/selfpsd2011-11-01_1766.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-12896\" title=\"selfpsd2011 11 01_1766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/selfpsd2011-11-01_1766.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"286\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/selfpsd2011-11-01_1766.jpg 408w, https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/selfpsd2011-11-01_1766-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a>And, of all things, Nair. \u00a0For my head. \u00a0Yes, that&#8217;s right. I&#8217;m about to try something I consider weird. \u00a0Sort of the anti-Rogaine approach to hair loss. \u00a0This stems from a period, recent past, when my hair grew out and the remaining hair on top insisted on standing up and imitating a mohawk, a really wispy, faint mohawk. \u00a0What to do?<\/p>\n<p>Comb it over? \u00a0Didn&#8217;t work. \u00a0Static electricity kept popping it back up. \u00a0Kate cut it with the rest of my hair but then the remaining lawn on top had a raggedy look. \u00a0So, I took the clippers and shaved the edges. \u00a0Ah. \u00a0More symmetrical.<\/p>\n<p>Still. \u00a0Looked silly. \u00a0Next stop. \u00a0The razor. \u00a0Yes, I shaved my head. \u00a0I know, but hey, I said adjusting to the last third of life had its moments. \u00a0This is one of them for me. \u00a0Kate suggested a hypoallergenic depilatory. \u00a0Say that one ten times fast.<\/p>\n<p>I find this product on shelf space devoted to waxing. \u00a0Specifically Brazilian bikini waxing. \u00a0I know. \u00a0Do I want products like that on my head? \u00a0Fortunately, the old standard from long ago, Nair, comes in several flavors, one of them for sensitive skin. \u00a0Mine. \u00a0Gonna try it.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next? \u00a0Johnson&#8217;s Wax for that all day shine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Garden Planning Moon On a round of errands. \u00a0First stop. \u00a0CVS. \u00a0Two items: \u00a0a knee brace, number 2 for my left knee, now complaining because I&#8217;ve left it unsupported. \u00a0I think. And, of all things, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=12895\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Anti-Rogaine Hair Loss Treatment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[3951,2620],"class_list":["post-12895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","tag-bald","tag-hair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12898,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12895\/revisions\/12898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}