Word: dermatologist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dermatologists are among those not buying. The new goos may give smoother shaves, they concede, and they actively approve skin treatments with sun blocks, to head off wrinkles. But doctors say the moisturizers, tighteners and abrasive scrubs make little discernible difference. "It's more hope than help," says Beverly Hills Dermatologist Arnold Klein. "Most products will do only one thing: make the people who manufacture them wealthy...
...USUALLY HAPPENS sometime in second grade when you see your teacher squeezing the Chatmin or checking the price on a pound of Purdue chicken; the shocking notton that Miss Teachingbody lives outside the classroom Later on, sometime before your first rendez-vous with the dermatologist, you realize that your parents don't always just read before they doze off. Somehow, though, the two notions never coalesce into the equally plausible notion that maybe Miss Teachingbody, too, does more than maybe loss her red inked papers aside and draw up the comforter before counting the sheep. Popular mythology lingers too long...
...case of many cosmetic products, the damage cannot be treated by a quick trip to the dermatologist. According to government statistics, 500 of 180,000 cases of skin lesions are induced by cosmetics. The chief causes of skin rashes are fragrance preparations, hair and body cream lotions and nail preparations. These lead to skin disorder by seeping through pores and damaging skin tissue. Some cosmetic products have been linked to even more serious health hazards. Improperly prepared mascara, for example, blinded 20 women...
...solution is scalp-reduction surgery, which can shrink a bald spot the size of a palm to the width of a finger. The procedure, developed about eight years ago in Canada, is performed in a doctor's office under local anesthesia. The plastic surgeon or dermatologist makes an incision in the crown and then tugs firmly on the scalp, pulling hair-covered areas from the sides of the head toward the bare area on top (see diagram). A section of the bald scalp is cut away, and the incision is closed with stitches. The 60-min. procedure...
...Hideo Uno, of the University of Wisconsin, reported that "minoxidil stopped the natural process of balding" in monkeys that normally lose their hair. So far, results in humans have been less clear-cut. "There is no question that minoxidil can stimulate growth in some patients," says San Francisco Dermatologist Vera Price, but the yield is often nothing more than a fine peach fuzz. It may be that minoxidil will be most effective as a preventive measure, applied at the earliest signs of balding. Researchers are also investigating a dozen other chemicals, including hormones, all of which require further testing...