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Lazy Eye? Blame Justin Bieber Hair

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:22:48 CDT

That hair-hanging-over-the-eye style so popular with Justin Bieber wannabes and emo kids alike may not be such a great idea: An expert described by Australia’s Daily Telegraph as a “leading optometrist” claims the haircut could cause amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye. "If a young emo chap has a fringe...

Islanders' Blond Hair Is Genetic Quirk

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:50:08 CDT

A peculiar pairing of dark skin and blond hair in the native population of the Solomon Islands is due to a unique gene and not, as previously thought, the intermingling of Europeans with the inhabitants, finds a new study. About 5 to 10% of the indigenous peoples on the islands...

Barbie Will Get Bald Friend

Dustin Lushing — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:33:34 CDT

Barbie-maker Mattel is creating a special doll for children who have lost their hair to illness. The new doll will be bald and a friend of Barbie, and she'll come with fashion accessories including hats, scarves, and wigs. Earlier this year, a Facebook campaign that garnered 150,000 "likes" urged...

Mitt Romney's Barber Wants Him to Loosen Up

Matt Cantor — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:02:05 CST

Michele Bachmann recently described Mitt Romney in a word: “Hair.” She’s not alone—Romney’s stupefyingly perfect coif is a matter of much discussion among political observers. Case in point: The New York Times today has a front-page story on the hair it calls a "cosmetological Rorscharch test on the campaign...

Amish Seek Help Over Hair, Beard Attacks

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:35:53 CDT

America's Amish have rarely gone to police for help—only over extreme cases like murder, rape, or a multi-million-dollar investment deal gone wrong. Now Amish leaders in Ohio are bending their rules and cooperating police to stop a spate of hair-cutting attacks, the AP reports. Five men from a breakaway...

Surgeon General: Here's Why Women Skip Exercise

Kate Schwartz — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:03:05 CDT

In a move that some are calling bizarre, the surgeon general has set her sights on ... women's hair. While visiting a hair trade show this month, Dr. Regina Benjamin spoke about what Anahad O'Connor, writing for the New York Times , calls "something of a pet cause": Her belief that women...

Thief Chops Off Woman's Hair at Bus Stop

Mon, 23 May 2011 09:26:37 CDT

A thief in Brazil cut off and stole a woman's long hair while she waited at a bus stop, according to authorities, who say the hair was virgin, meaning it had not been chemically treated, and will probably be sold for the production of wigs. The man used a knife-like...

Thieves' Fave New Target: Human Hair

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 17 May 2011 11:29:05 CDT

Across the country, beauty salons are hiring security guards and installing bulletproof glass, all to protect something even more valuable than the cash they have on hand: human hair. A rash of robberies—including one in which a beauty supply store owner was killed—has hit salons over the past...

Trump: I Take an Hour to Do My Hair

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:20:47 CDT

Donald Trump will have you know that his much-discussed hairstyle is no comb-over. But "yes, I do use a comb," he explains to Rolling Stone in an interview obtained by the New York Daily News . "Do I comb it forward? No, I don't comb it forward," he says. "It's sort...