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| Question: | I have recently heard about new-age magnetic therapy which used in conjunction with a newly discovered natural treatment, can regrow hair for those suffering from baldness and hair loss. What is the validity of this claim, and is it recognised by the medical profession? |
| Answer: | In the sixteenth century, the young (and not so young) gentlemen about town used to wear cod pieces. This was a cloth sack that contained the male genitals, and was placed strategically upon the front of the tights that covered the lower abdomen and legs.
In the same way that some less developed young ladies stuff their bras with tissues today, the sixteenth century lad used to stuff his cod piece with extra material in order to make it look more impressive. The material used for this purpose was called codswallop. Thus we have the modern expression of ' a load of codswallop' to denote something that is useless rubbish.
Some less imaginative scribes believe that the term codswallop refers to the guts of codfish that are discarded during filleting.
The reason for this detailed explanation is that the magnetic therapy and natural treatments espoused for the cure of baldness are also a load of codswallop!
There is no cure for baldness, which is usually a genetically inherited trait. It can be disguised by a toupe, and plastic surgeons can use hair transplant techniques or bald patch excisions, to help improve a man' s appearance.
There is no point in paying for expensive codswallop, that most certainly is not accepted by the medical profession. |
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