I posted earlier this week on the recent Botox® flap involving the advocacy group, Public Citizen, who is pushing the FDA to investigate deaths associated with Botox and to issue a black box warning against the drug. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Severe Acne is a Heartbreaker
I saw a polite, soft-spoken boy this week with severe cystic acne.
“How long have you had acne?” I asked.
“For about two years.”
“Have you been treating it?”
“Yeah. Actually I’ve spent so much money on acne medication that my mother made me get a part time job to start paying for it,” he replied. Continue reading
A Proper Shave, The Old Fashioned Way
Brett McKay might single handedly bring back the safety razor with his post “How to Shave Like Your Grandpa.” Continue reading
20 Interesting Facts About Skin
Discover Magazine has an interesting list of 20 things you didn’t know about the skin. I knew all of them. Well, most of them anyway. I reprinted a few. The rest are here. Continue reading
The Dangers (or not) of Botox
A recent post from The Daily Green has the folks over at Digg all excited. The title reads:
In Wake of 16 Deaths, Advocates Urge FDA to Improve Botox® Warnings Continue reading
