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rms2279
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TheresaTheresa
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 2:36 am Post subject: Re: Do Your Students Have Bald Spots??? |
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I've been here about 6 months now, and in the last couple of months I've noticed that almost all of the elementary and middle school students I teach at my hagwon have either a bald spot on the crowns of their heads or have thinning hair. The latter is especially noticeable w/ the girls.
Has anyone else noticed this w/ their students? Just curious. |
This is sooo funny!
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War Eagle
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:19 am Post subject: Re: Do Your Students Have Bald Spots??? |
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| rms2279 wrote: |
I've been here about 6 months now, and in the last couple of months I've noticed that almost all of the elementary and middle school students I teach at my hagwon have either a bald spot on the crowns of their heads or have thinning hair. The latter is especially noticeable w/ the girls.
Has anyone else noticed this w/ their students? Just curious. |
This does not only apply to the students. It is the same for many Koreans, especially women. It's not a thinning of the hair as in they are losing hair. I think it's a combination of having thin stranded hair and less of it on the crown region. It will stay that way their whole lives, not getting any worse (until the appropriate age for it to begin actually thinning). I am sure it's genetic.
<--- General discussion, maybe? :p |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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i don't think it's genetic! there's been talk that there's something really bad for your hair in the tap water here and that the pollution in the rain isn't so hot either.
OP, do you have long hair? it'll be more noticeable if you do. i think you'll find that you'll start losing quite a bit of hair when you're living here. 90% of the people i've talked to over the years, predominately the girls, have noticed lots of hair in the drain and over their floors. |
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TheresaTheresa
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
i don't think it's genetic! there's been talk that there's something really bad for your hair in the tap water here and that the pollution in the rain isn't so hot either.
OP, do you have long hair? it'll be more noticeable if you do. i think you'll find that you'll start losing quite a bit of hair when you're living here. 90% of the people i've talked to over the years, predominately the girls, have noticed lots of hair in the drain and over their floors. |
Yikes! |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2011 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
i don't think it's genetic! there's been talk that there's something really bad for your hair in the tap water here and that the pollution in the rain isn't so hot either.
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For a funny thread, this one is getting scary!  |
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War Eagle
Joined: 15 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| nomad-ish wrote: |
i don't think it's genetic! there's been talk that there's something really bad for your hair in the tap water here and that the pollution in the rain isn't so hot either.
OP, do you have long hair? it'll be more noticeable if you do. i think you'll find that you'll start losing quite a bit of hair when you're living here. 90% of the people i've talked to over the years, predominately the girls, have noticed lots of hair in the drain and over their floors. |
That's right!! If you're young, pretty and value your looks then don't come to Korea. By the time you leave you will look like this guy:
http://foreverloyal.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/pathetic/gollum/
Stay away. STAY AWAY!! and leave all the jobs for us old men.  |
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TheresaTheresa
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 5:04 am Post subject: |
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| War Eagle wrote: |
| nomad-ish wrote: |
i don't think it's genetic! there's been talk that there's something really bad for your hair in the tap water here and that the pollution in the rain isn't so hot either.
OP, do you have long hair? it'll be more noticeable if you do. i think you'll find that you'll start losing quite a bit of hair when you're living here. 90% of the people i've talked to over the years, predominately the girls, have noticed lots of hair in the drain and over their floors. |
That's right!! If you're young, pretty and value your looks then don't come to Korea. By the time you leave you will look like this guy:
http://foreverloyal.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/pathetic/gollum/
Stay away. STAY AWAY!! and leave all the jobs for us old men. |
O.k. this thread has gotten funny again
Thanks, War Eagle! |
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blobbo
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:53 am Post subject: |
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| A mate of mine who stayed in Korea for a year came away with a slight bald patch but within time, the bald patch disappeared. So it might be something to do with the water or maybe stress. Who knows - I know my mate was stressed when he came back home. |
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keflyn
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 8:56 am Post subject: |
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| This is great news for me, I've been wanting to get thinner hair for ages. Most of the time it looks like I have a dead animal on my head. |
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TheresaTheresa
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| blobbo wrote: |
| A mate of mine who stayed in Korea for a year came away with a slight bald patch but within time, the bald patch disappeared. So it might be something to do with the water or maybe stress. Who knows - I know my mate was stressed when he came back home. |
Yep, Kore can be pretty stressful |
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TheresaTheresa
Joined: 24 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:19 am Post subject: |
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| keflyn wrote: |
| This is great news for me, I've been wanting to get thinner hair for ages. Most of the time it looks like I have a dead animal on my head. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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| don't worry... i never said it was permanent! i've gone back home and elsewhere for a few months and i've noticed my hair filling out more. just don't be freaked out if you start noticing an unusual amount of hair in the drain. |
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emmahearst
Joined: 10 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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thinning hair like this? http://www.graphics.iparenting.com/clipart/kidspace/AA047335.JPG
| nomad-ish wrote: |
| don't worry... i never said it was permanent! i've gone back home and elsewhere for a few months and i've noticed my hair filling out more. just don't be freaked out if you start noticing an unusual amount of hair in the drain. |
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