Details ofpatients who did and did not complete detoxification at hostel and regional alcohol unit Regional Hostel, alcohol unit Total Mean (range) age (years) 42-9 (18-56) 41 5 (29-68) 42-2 (18-68) Sex 25M 23M,2F 48M,2F No whose abode was: 7 *As assessed by severity of alcohol dependence questionnaire. tOne patient could not be traced.

implantation but tells them that he continues to dream about murdering the implanter.Although Underwood and other persons associated with fiber implantation clinics testified at the first FDA hearing on the subject in January 1979, saying that the rate of complications from the procedure is only 5%, these statements were subject to question by the time of the second hearing in March.Just before that second hearing, the FDA sent out a press release suggesting that potential customers consult their physicians about the synthetic hair fiber implantation process and proceed with caution. The warning received little attention, however, possibly because it was issued at the time of the Three-Mile