European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 18, 1987 the stars and stripes rage 3 panel urges of of on i baldness drug Washington not an inde pendent Federal advisory panel of medical experts recommended Mon Day hat the food and drug administration Grant approval Tor the drat Lime ton remedy for baldness. The recommendation for approval of the remedy developed by i he up John co., is expected to be adopted by the Agency. That adoption could put the coun try s first approved drug to combat baldness on the Market within a  Are perhaps 30 million men and 20 million women in the United tales with varying degrees of Bald Ness -. While the five member panel mad Clear that it did not accept All of up John y finding of effectiveness i agreed with the company s finding that the drug Romaine. Was Safe. It bated this finding on clinical studies of 1,833 men who completed the yearlong study. Or. Richard l do Villi Upjohn associate manager for clinical re search said that 40 percent of those who completed the 12-month trial were found by researchers to have had moderate to dense terminal  terminal hair is thick pigmented hair As opposed to downy non pig denied hair called villus. The Upjohn study found that younger people grew hair More rapidly than older people for those aged40 16 49, about 26 percent were found to have had moderate to dense growth after a year of taking the drug. This compared with j4 percent for those under 30 45 percent Tor Thoie 31 to 34 and 41 percent for the 35-to-39 group having such growth the duration of baldness was also Factor those who had been Bald for 16 to 20 year had new growth in Quarter of he cases White 30 percent of those Bald for less than five year Shad growth finally the area of baldness was also a Factor the larger the Bald spot the smaller the Chance of hair growth Romaine which is applied As a liquid to the head twice a Day and would be available Only with a Doc Tor s prescription is Likely to Cost a patient about $50 a month. Upjohn says thai people who experience hair growth must continue applying the drug twice a Day As Long a they want their hair to stay. If use of the drug is stopped the company says the hair will fall out anew. The profit potential of Rog inc has not been lost on investors the Price of Upjohn s Stock has been rising forthe past two years in anticipation of approval there were perhaps 40 financial analysis among an audience of 350 that crowded into an Fra hearing room in suburban Rockville my for monday s meeting of the Agency dermal logic drugs advisory com Mittee. There were seven television cameras and a sufficient number of scientists Slock analysts and journalists Bald enough to have More than a professional interest in the drug. Or. A Carnot Evans the head of the Fra s dermatology division told the advisory panel we have concluded that Rog inc docs seem to have some effect the extent of the effect was How Ever in dispute. The acting chairman of the advis Ory panel. Or. Robert 5. Stern associate professor of dermatology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston said that he results were less after the first four months when some of the participants were being Given a Placebo a substance known to have no medical effect. Upjohn switched these men to solution of 2 percent Romaine with the company saying it thought i would be unfair to keep them on a Placebo while they continued to los hair and while others who were Tak ing the drug were experiencing hair growth Devillez said these were ethical and practical reasons this led to the panel s uncertainty and Stem asked his colleagues if they could agree that there was a Consen sus thai Romaine caused hair growth even if the amount was  concurred. Or Paul r. Burgstresser chairman flee dermatology department at the University of Texas health science enter in Dallas described the amount of hair growth caused by to Gaine As moderate or infrequent 1 Don t know which he added. I  said or. Shirley Osier haul medical director of the Duke University medical Center s Poison control Center. Or Cal s. Penn Eye professor of dermatology at the University of Miami school of Medicine said Idon t know How to answer that mini  moderate said or. Marilyn , a practising physician. Stern had the most positive characterization saying Romaine had a significant  Evans the Fra official said i seems not to have an effect on a tar larger number to May be useful but you cannot predict whether any individual will have Good results 1 Upjohn presented data on nine deaths among the 2,326 people who started the test with the panel accepting the company s statement that none were caused by the drug a 27-year-old woman who died of congestive heart failure. Five men aged 38 to 67 died of pre existing heart conditions. Two men died of illness related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and one committed suicide. Virtually All the participants in restudy were men the company said because their baldness is typical of the kind most helped by Rog inc a baldness that starts at the lop of the head. For now Romaine is intended for use by men but an Upjohn spokes Man said research would determine fit was beneficial to women. Heads up you Lucky Chrome domes skin is in new York a you can entice them Withall manner of pills potions and promises but Many a Chrome dome Oul there is proud of his Pate. Consider the passionate response of John Capp Iii founder of Bald headed men of America when he heard that a government advisory pane monday recommended approval of the first drug shown to make hair grow on Bald men. So what said Capps a 46-year-old Printer who Heads the 18,000-head club from his Home in Morehead cily , More head less hair Capps quips. The group says it has members in All so Stales the Northeast is boldest and 28 countries. The first and Only member from Samoa just signed up. We believe that skin is in Capps explained Ina Telephone interview. If you Don t have it flaunt  inspired by a save the whales pamphlet he go tin the mail Capps founded Bema in 1973 to in still a sense of Pride and dignity in being Bald headed and to have fun members receive the sporadically published Chrome dome newsletter and an invitation to the annual convention where they can compete for the title of smoothest head most kissable head and sexiest head. We also have a Bald As a Golf Ball tournament where we have to be sure to hit the Ball on the ground instead of the Bald head in front of us Capps said. Capps list of famous skinheads includes George Washington and Dwight Eisenhower. His list of Bald facts includes statistics showing that about 30percent of men show some hair loss by age 30 50 percent of men Over so Are losing it. Potions to cure baldness Date Back to biblical times. Egyptians favored things such As Crocodile fat. While playgirl Magazine has never featured completely Bald beefcake in its Centrefold editor Yancic s. Martin says hairless hunks have consid Erable sex Appeal. Look at Bruce Willis Telly Savalas Michael Jordan of the Chicago bulls she said. A Bald Man shows More skin and that s sexy especially i men with a Well shaped head Willis hair is thinning Jordan wears his very Short and Savalas shaved his head. They a say that men go Bald because of excess male hormones so there is a perception that Bald men Are More virile suit Wollery president of Man watchers inc.,agrees. My husband is a Little Short of hair on top Mallery said. Burt Reynolds was our first most watchable Man. He s Numero Uno. And everyone knows he does t have any  Mallery estimates that about 6 percent of Tholos Angeles based group s 10,000 members prefer Bald men citing actors Gavin Macleod and Lou Cossell As shining examples of hairless heart throbs. Lee Iacocca is on the current most watchable list Mallery said and he s got one High fore  actor Alan Rachins who plays the ruthless Law yer Douglas Brackman on "l.a. Law blames baldness for something of a career crisis several years ago when he abandoned the Toupee he had worn since he was 20, suddenly roles stopped coming his Way. Rachinskas considered too Young to be a character Attar and too Bald to be a romantic Lead. You be never seen a Bald Hamlet and you probably never will Rachins rues Superman is not Bald. Baldness has an avuncular image More negative than  a recent "l.a. Law episode revolved Aroun Brackman s new Toupee which he gives up after enduring cruel snickers and an embarrassing Inci Dent in his aerobics class. When i put that Hairpiece on i got a totally different reaction from women on the set a chins said. They looked at me differently. Sud Denly i was no longer the  still Rachins was t Temple to crawl Bac Kunder the Rug. I m comfortable being what i  he said. His wife actress Joanna Frank who plays  in the series said she was totally revolted when Rachins modelled his Toupee for her once after they were married. Bald men she says have a vulnerability their hairy Brothers Lack. When she met Rachins a decade ago. What Isaw in him was his heart and soul just coming right through  John Capps could t agree More. It s More important to have a twinkle in your Eye and a smile on your face than hair on your head he said