This information is taken from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). However, it is always advisable to do a proper patch test before applying directly to your scalp.

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup, scores of boys were paraded around a temple in Thailand after having their heads shaved -- a symbolic start to a centuries-old Shan monkhood ordination.

Chiang Mai - Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup ... Monks in a ritual shaved more than 40 boys’ heads with razors, tufts of hair falling onto lotus leaves. In shimmering robes, jewellery ...

Dressed in flowers, finery and makeup ... Monks ritually shaved more than 40 boys' heads with razors, tufts of hair falling onto lotus leaves. In shimmering robes, jewellery and colourful floral ...