Lj (Fort Edward, Ny) on 12/01/2018
Rubbing a small amount of iodine ( I used nascent as it's less drying) into the scalp at night. I would wait about 20 min and then add a very small amount of shark liver oils- squaleen. It's an oil easily absorbed into the skin. I tried coconut oil but it was messy.
As I also had fibroid breasts. Painting iodine reversed this. However I also took a 3mg Supplement oral, iodoral. Split into quarters.
Within a month peach fuzz new growth appeared.
Replied By Rob (Kentucky) on 08/05/2026
Home Medicine and Surgery A Dictionary of Diseases and Accidents, and Their Treatment when the Services of a Doctor are Not Obtainable, p. 10, by William Mackenzie · 1890
This is the name given to a not uncommon disease, which affects the hair. It chiefly attacks the
hair of the head, but sometimes the beard, whiskers, and eyelashes are affected. It is characterised by the hair falling out in a circumscribed region, leaving a bald patch of circular outline, which is
quite unmistakable when fully developed. Its causation is obscure; but it occurs more often in men than women. It is non-contagious, and unattended by any signs of ill-health. It is very chronic in progress, and is apt to recur. In most cases, after a longer or shorter period, a cure is effected, but sometimes permanent baldness results.
The treatment is purely local, and consists in applying stimulants to the affected part. Iodine liniment and the vinegar of cantharides form the best applications. Sometimes one remedy does good, and sometimes another. Acetic acid has been recommended. Benefit is often experienced by having the part regularly shaved.