Why did Elizabeth 1 begin to wear wigs and when did she start wearing them?
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I new of Elizabeths hair lose from IILness,but she had her ladies cut her hair off when she bacame the vigin Queen and married England and so wore a wig of her hair color.
‘Marrying England’ was a mere Parliamentary evasion. One would have to be naive to think she remained a virgin. her big paramour was Robert Dudley, and later, Essex. Personally, I attribute her hair loss to the arsenic in the make-up she used after contracting smallpox at age twenty nine.
in order to get the white pigment for the face white screen, lead was used(only way then known to get a pure white) the then called “Ceruse White” would led to a slow decay of the inner tissues, specially the gums turning blacks leading to the loss of teeths.
the “rouge” used on lips and cheeks did not contain lead.
I new of Elizabeths hair lose from IILness,but she had her ladies cut her hair off when she bacame the vigin Queen and married England and so wore a wig of her hair color.
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‘Marrying England’ was a mere Parliamentary evasion. One would have to be naive to think she remained a virgin. her big paramour was Robert Dudley, and later, Essex. Personally, I attribute her hair loss to the arsenic in the make-up she used after contracting smallpox at age twenty nine.
I think that’s more the movie & not history. She had smallpox prompting the lead-based cover up and her hairdo fell out.
The white face paint and rouge that the ladies used during that time contained lead which also contributed to hair loss.
in order to get the white pigment for the face white screen, lead was used(only way then known to get a pure white) the then called “Ceruse White” would led to a slow decay of the inner tissues, specially the gums turning blacks leading to the loss of teeths.
the “rouge” used on lips and cheeks did not contain lead.
Interesting. And makes sense. Perhaps That also attributed to the mental illness in some royals?
Or maybe she had trichotillomania, and pulled out most of her hair, including eyebrows and eyelashes.