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...standard birth-control pill. The hormones pass from the patch through the skin and into the bloodstream. It's waterproof and won't fall off; just find a discreet place to stick it on your body, and change it once a week. If only it were invisible. INVENTOR Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical AVAILABILITY Now, $25 to $40 a month TO LEARN MORE www.orthoevra.com...
...Ortho-McNeil's Ortho Evra is a squarish adhesive patch that sticks onto the body and lasts a week. Organon's NuvaRing is a clear plastic hoop inserted like a tampon and effective for three weeks. The package includes a clock to remind the user when to remove the ring. "These products are designed for women who don't want to think about contraception on a daily basis," says New York University Medical Center's Dr. Michael Silverstein...
...toilet-training potty at Target. Now it seems there's not an unglamorous personal-care item that hasn't received a designer makeover. Carefree's feminine protection panty liners are available in black for the woman who wants to color-coordinate every aspect of her outfit. This month Ortho Tri-Cyclen makes it easier to pop its birth control pill without embarrassment, offering cases by fashion designer Nicole Miller created to look like makeup compacts, with such names as Red High Heels and Zebra Kiss...
...course, there were some individual works of merit that managed to stand out, including Kara Walker’s recent aggressive charcoal drawings (Brent Sikkema, New York); Serse’s stunning pencil drawing (Galleria Continua, San Gimignano); Patrick Jacob’s viewing lens “The Ortho Rooms, Dandelions” (Pierogi, Brooklyn); and Jee Sung Lee’s striking black and white ink jet print “Connect” (Carl Hammer Gallery, Chicago). Perhaps unfortunately, the Armory Show’s environment of an art fair is less than a conducive setting...
First across the finish line, in 1995, was Ortho Dermatological's prescription cream Renova, a less concentrated form of its antiacne medication Retin-A. The two are the only products that have been medically proved to reduce fine lines. Their active ingredient, a form of vitamin A called tretinoin, does at least two things: it boosts the development of firm new keratinocytes and smooths tiny creases in the upper layers of the epidermis. The downside: some women find it irritates their skin too much...