A Thai breakdancing competitor asks someone to sponsor him for hair growth treatment, claiming that his team is losing hair during competition.
Kantapon Rodsaart, generally known as T-Flow, represented Thailand in early October on the nineteenth Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. This yr was the primary time breakdancing was added to the Games, and Rodsaart was considered one of 66 dancers who took part within the competition.
According to an interview published by Thai PBS News, Kantapon, 29, spoke to Thai media in regards to the facilities and support his team needs and likewise touched on hair care.
According to the breakdance dancer, his hair often falls out because he often twirls on his head.
“I have to wear a hat while dancing to protect my hair because it is thin. The more I dance, especially on an uneven floor, the more my hair falls out,” Kantapon said, as translated by the Guardian newspaper.
“So I would like to ask for your support or sponsorship in hair treatment.”
Later, Kantapon took off his hat to point out the bald spot forming on the highest of his head. One of his teammates showed the cameras that he was completely bald.
The breakdancer said he wasn’t joking. “I’m serious about this. It would give me confidence,” he said. “Right now I actually have to wear two hats. If I do not wear it, you will see the glow in my head.
He added that he hopes to take care of luxuriant hair like athletes from other countries.
Alopecia resulting from vertigo is commonly called the “vertigo hole” by so-called B-boys and B-girls.
In a 2020 case report published within the peer-reviewed journal Radiology Case Reports, Nevada medical researchers described the “head spin hole” as an “overuse injury” that may often form a painless lump on the highest of a dancer’s head.
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Using an MRI, they found that the 38-year-old man, who shook his head ceaselessly, had a “cone-shaped deformity” on the highest of his skull.
According to a 2009 study within the magazine Sportverletz Sportschaden, the “vertigo hole” could also be common amongst breakdancers.
German researchers interviewed 106 breakdancers and located that 60.4 percent of them “suffered from excessive use of the scalp as a consequence of dizziness.” About 31 percent of dancers suffered from hair loss.
