![TIL that wigs became popular when men started wearing them to cover up patchy hair loss and rashes caused by the STD Syphilis. : r/todayilearned TIL that wigs became popular when men started wearing them to cover up patchy hair loss and rashes caused by the STD Syphilis. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/rzZoTHYAptz6syKIBrBpZc0cCPbslNdENtwArQclnb8.jpg?auto=webp&s=5a51998aa8e81341602c72e8f7a6f3abe34702f7)
TIL that wigs became popular when men started wearing them to cover up patchy hair loss and rashes caused by the STD Syphilis. : r/todayilearned
![Emergency styling: How disasters, disease have altered hemlines in the past | Fashion Trends - Hindustan Times Emergency styling: How disasters, disease have altered hemlines in the past | Fashion Trends - Hindustan Times](https://images.hindustantimes.com/img/2021/01/22/1600x900/ada7b73e-57f7-11eb-bcde-02edbe56bf7a_1611332448679.jpg)
Emergency styling: How disasters, disease have altered hemlines in the past | Fashion Trends - Hindustan Times
![france - Did the syphilis epidemic start the 16th and 17th century wig craze? - History Stack Exchange france - Did the syphilis epidemic start the 16th and 17th century wig craze? - History Stack Exchange](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rvqni.jpg)
france - Did the syphilis epidemic start the 16th and 17th century wig craze? - History Stack Exchange
5minofscience - Wigs became popular in the 15th century to hide syphilis. Powdered wigs scented with orange and lavender were worn to cover not only the sores and baldness, but the smellassociated
![Why Did Colonial Men Wear Wigs?. The Importance of Fashion, Prestige… | by Douglas Perkins | Lessons from History | Medium Why Did Colonial Men Wear Wigs?. The Importance of Fashion, Prestige… | by Douglas Perkins | Lessons from History | Medium](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1200/1*WHRw_0HQuFnmq-W27a_zow.png)
Why Did Colonial Men Wear Wigs?. The Importance of Fashion, Prestige… | by Douglas Perkins | Lessons from History | Medium
![Bipolar patient, 35, starts to go bald after developing 'moth-eaten' alopecia from his syphilis | Daily Mail Online Bipolar patient, 35, starts to go bald after developing 'moth-eaten' alopecia from his syphilis | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/11/05/17/5796586-6355217-image-a-75_1541437820035.jpg)