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...Diet Patch, an adhesive disk that attached to the skin and was supposed to curb the appetite. (It didn't.) The producer was slapped with a $1.5 million fine for making false claims for the device, as well as for two other products, Y-Bron, an impotence remedy, and Foliplexx, a treatment for baldness. At least six more infomercials are currently under investigation. "People are mesmerized by TV," says Barry Cutler, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. "They wouldn't give this stuff a second thought if they saw it on the back of some supermarket magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Amazing! Call Now! | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

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