Julius Caesar
Cleopatra tried to heal baldness of Julius Caesar. The famous Roman physician Galen (2nd century CE) claimed that Cleopatra recommended a paste of burned mice, rags, horse’s teeth for this condition; bear fat; deer marrow and reed stalks. The ingredients were to be used in equal proportions, mixed with honey and rubbed on the head.
As it turned out, however, Caesar’s baldness remained. Caesar lamented his baldness, so out of all the honours the senate granted him, he most willingly accepted the right to permanently crown his head with a laurel wreath.
Sources
- Suetonius, Julius Caesar, 45
