7 'Cures' For Baldness You Won't Believe

4. A Cup Of Tea

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Many of the home-spun 'remedies' for taking the shine off your scalp involve liberally soaking it with a variety of common comestibles. You sort of get the impression the grocery giants are planting phony researchers in labs, who 12 months later just happen to recommend their easily-available product as the miracle cure for follicle fallout.

PG Tips weren't around in the 19th century, so they get a free pass on this one. The East India Company, on the other hand, were shipping, well, shiploads of tea fresh from the fields of the Empire's farthest frontier, just around the time doctors were prescribing a cold brew poured on the head as a cure for upstairs deforestation. What a coincidence!

A cracked tea-pot theory? Yes. No new hair, just bitterness.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.