"The Greatest!" > wrote in message
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Nancy Young wrote:

> On 7/21/2016 3:24 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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> > "Nancy Young" > wrote
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> >> I don't forget how easy I have it. And! if my husband has ring
> >> around the collar, he doesn't look at me like it's my fault.
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> > Ring around the collar???
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> If you search on it, then click images, you will see examples.
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> When some poor man had this issue, everyone in the detergent
> commercial would look at the wife like What a Loser! and she'd
> blush in embarrassment.
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> This I saw at least into the 70s, we're not talking the 1950s.
> Ridiculous.


Remember the many ads for dandruff shampoo back in the day? There were
many, it's like dandruff was this terrible national disease or something.
Old LIFE magazines from the 40's - 50's TONS of these ads, same later with
TV. Now you rarely see dandruff shampoo advertising. Maybe it's simply that
peeps simply bathe more and wash their hair more?

Laxative ads, REALLY big back in the 40's. I listen to old time radio
shows, and the early 40's Tommy Dorsey Radio Show that starred a young Frank
Sinatra, that was sponsored by a laxative company - and this was a pop music
show for a young audience, very big in the day...guess we have better diets
now or something.

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I don't think shampoo such as we knew it today existed back in the 40's. I
recall reading about it coming in bar form and at least in some countries
such as Canada, it could be hard to come by. Most people washed their hair
with soap and that tends to make your hair sticky and leave a residue,
except perhaps for certain kinds like Castile or pure coconut oil soap.

People also used a lot of hair products that we tend not to now. Like
hairspray, Vitalis, Brylcreem and the like. Those probably left a residue as
well.

I think what we have available now to shampoo with can be more gentle and
effective and we had far more choices. Angela once had what appeared to be
dandruff but it turned out to be an allergic reaction to a shampoo I had
used on her. And following my foot operation, I had horribly flaky scalp.
Not sure what it was. Not dandruff but my hair and scalp were just horribly
dry. I tried product after product that had been recommended to me by
hairdressers. I finally hit on a coconut oil based shampoo and conditioner
and it stopped whatever it was right in its tracks.

I also remember the commercials for the heart break of psoriasis. Made it
seem like those of us who had it should be ashamed and never want to go out
in public.

But I think the worst of all were the ads aimed at females. Tried to make us
feel horrified and embarrassed about all sorts of things. Like a maxi pad
wrapper that might be heard by some woman in another stall. That one made me
laugh. Especially these days when some people are terrified of who might be
in the stall next to them.