He began to smoke more, lost much of his hair and put on weight, according to several friends.

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Washing your hair too infrequently is more likely a problem than washing too much, as the scalp rarely dries out.

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With stock market losses since January a modest 4.5%, despite some hair-raising days, much of the upper middle class and those who have even more money in investments still have money to spend.

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