Redheads could be extinct in 100 years, according to genetic scientists.
So is this a marketing opportunity?
We certainly think so.
After all, the fewer readheads, the more desirable this color will become, if the law of supply and demand is to be believed.
National Geographic magazine reports that less than two percent of the world's population has natural red hair, created by a mutation in northern Europe thousands of years ago.
And the more redheads mate with non-redheads, the more diluted the gene gets, since it is recessive. It only takes one red-haired parent to produce a redhead baby, but two redheads create a much stronger possibility.
Scortland has the world record when it comes to redheads. Fourty percent of Scots carry the red gene and thirteen percent actually have red hair.
Once upon a time the red gene had the beneficial effect of increasing the body's ability to make vitamin D from sunlight. However, with today's sun filled vacations, redheads are more likely to develop skin cancer.
As for a redhead as a fashion statement, the fewer the better.
- Peter Rost, M.D. is a former VP of Pfizer and the author of Killer Drug and The Whistleblower.
This *is* great news for everyone. The only better news would have been if redheads were extinct today!
Posted by: Patricia | August 24, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Patricia, you're just jealous, honey.
Posted by: Paul White | August 27, 2007 at 06:18 PM
Omg you guys are so jelous that red heads are sexii and many guys and girls find them very desireable. Im a natural red head and all during highschool girls were jelous so Im sorry Patricia but you're definately a very jelous person.
Posted by: Delilah Simms | November 19, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Ok, just because someone badmouths something doesn't mean that he/she is jealous, most of the time it's exactly opposite. That's some fucked up logic. Come on, people.
Posted by: thorb | January 07, 2009 at 04:42 PM
Down with gingers!
Posted by: thank GOD im not a dirty ginger | January 08, 2009 at 02:09 AM
There is nothing sexier than a girl with natural red hair. I have been intensely attracted to them for years, so I guess you could say I'm ahead of my time.
Posted by: Alex | January 08, 2009 at 11:42 AM
Scortland? I'm unfamiliar with this "Scortland." I've heard of Scotland....
Posted by: Erika | January 09, 2009 at 02:18 AM
Redheads are cool.
http://ran-the-monkey.livejournal.com/5366.html
Posted by: ran | January 10, 2009 at 07:51 AM
I've always envied people with red hair. I think it looks amazing. A lot of natural redheads also have lovely skin.
Posted by: Mallory | January 11, 2009 at 04:42 PM
Oh, i so disagree, I LOVE red hair. I'm so jealous of redheaded girls. Guys with red hair...that's a little different though, they're weird looking.
Posted by: kamikaze goldfish | January 12, 2009 at 11:48 AM
I think some people can pull of red hair (Nicole Kidman/The kid that plays Ron in Harry Potter) and a lot of people can't.
It depends on the red/orange quality of the hair. I'm not a fan myself, though some people wear it well.
Posted by: Duff | January 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM
I agree with the "are you kidding me?" crowd. Redheads are very sexy!!
It is a little sad that in a few hundred years we will probably all have the same skin, hair & eye color thanks to people marrying around the world (not saying it's an evil thing, just that less diversity is less interesting)..
Posted by: Ian | January 15, 2009 at 02:05 PM
Ok, just because someone badmouths something doesn't mean that he/she is jealous, most of the time it's exactly opposite. That's some fucked up logic. Come on, people.
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