# Dr. Lewenburg's Magic lotion

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lewenburgs-magic-lotion/6067>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 12, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lewenburgs-magic-lotion/6067 "2000-01-12T13:47:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![egkelly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/db5fbb/32.png) [@egkelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/egkelly)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lewenburgs-magic-lotion/6067/1 "2000-01-12T13:47:00Z")

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Those of you who read the New York Times have surely noticed the ads for Dr. Lewenburg’s hairspray-it is reputed to grow hair on billiard balls? My question, since the FDA has declared that none of these hair growing concoctions work, how does this guy stay in business?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2000, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-lewenburgs-magic-lotion/6067/2 "2000-01-13T06:48:00Z")

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Haven’t seen the ads, but I bet the spray has minoxidil in it. That works for a lot of folks and it’s available without a prescription, so any kind of preparation a doctor might cook up with up would be okay as far as the FDA was concerned.

your humble TubaDiva