 [ Symptoms ] does cpap mask need to be washed every day [ Disease ] i have always felt that redheads were special anyone can have blonde brown or black hair but only a select few have red hair i only knew two redheads as a child — sam and of course linda i had serious thing for redheaded linda when i was in sixth grade throughout history redheads were either revered or burned at the stake as witches warts moles and freckles common in redheads were also considered “signs of the devil” by 15th century when they murdered about 45 000 of those afflicted solving the mystery why redheads were becoming scarce in those days an old medical colleague rick had a real thing for redheads we could be in a crowded conference room with a few hundred people should a redhead walk in his “red dar” would start beeping and he would swoop over and make his move it is apparently lucky to rub your hand on a redhead is hair but do not try this on a strange woman at the mall or you may end up in jail your amorous cellmate could have red hair this would not be considered lucky we now have four grandchildren with one on the way two are redheads and not that subtle red that only parents can see i am talking about real red orange actually my eldest stepson the father of these two redheads was not pleased for most of his childhood he made it his mission to make fun of redheads mostly his carrot topped friend bryan it was a bit of poetic justice that he now has two of his own red hair is one of life is most pleasant genetic mutations of the zillions of genes carried by humans only one — melanocortin 1 receptor — can cause red hair in order to have a child born with red hair both parents must carry this gene mutation in countries swimming with redheads this is going to happen more often we were absolutely surprised and even questioned paternity when our two grandchildren emerged both from different mothers working in pediatrics now i see a fair share of cute little redheads in my office there are some redhead mothers too but one can never be sure these are natural redheads i have learned not to ask parents are particularly proud of their redheaded kids and like it when someone comments on how special it is i keep hearing about a “redhead personality ” like mischievousness temperamental or feisty but i can not say i buy into that theory for some unknown reason redheads require more general anesthesia up to 20 more than people with other hair colors bees tend to sting redheads more and of course redheads due to their fair skin have a higher incidence of sunburns and skin cancers less than 4 of the population is redheads with the highest percentage in scotland followed by ireland about ten years ago my wife and i traveled to the british isles — england