My son can certainly attest to that after his helicopter crash. His
injury was a "Y" shaped cut extending from the base of his scalp up and
over the top. He lost about 50% of his blood before he could get to the
hospital. He was extremely close to death.
Chuck Norcutt
Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> Jim, the blood vessels in the scalp don't vary their diameter, nor
> with hot / cold temperature, nor with epinephrine. I think it's
> because hair needs a guaranteed blood supply, and this leads to the
> wisdom of using a hat, either if it's cold or if it's hot. Moose uses
> one with the more useful purpose of composing while looking at his
> Canon LCD ;-)
>
> Beware, the scalp bleeds bad (always!).
>
> Fernando
>
> 2009/10/11 Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Chuck,
>>
>> My usual blood-letting occurs when I scrape the top of my bald head. It
>> does take a lot of caution.
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