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...There, Royero recently met with a shaman, Jacinto Martinez, 62, whose wife had died hours earlier from an operable eye tumor. The tribe had no access to a surgeon--nor money to pay one. For years, Martinez has helped scientists identify plants near Aska Aja that treat everything from skin rashes to diarrhea. What he would like in return, he says, waving away flies from his wife's wrapped corpse, is some of the benefits of modern medicine. --With reporting by Owain Johnson/Uruka Amahuaja
When Marks & Spencer put Brooks Brothers up for sale in early 2001, Del Vecchio pounced, eventually netting the company for $225 million. Out went the fused sports coats, denim pants and two-ply made-in-Mexico sweaters. In came the $2,000 suits, Loro Piana cashmeres and alligator-skin handbags. Mark-down sales became something that happened only twice a year. And brand-education classes?covering everything from company history to the way a sweater is made?were instituted for managers and salesclerks alike...
...Avon have for several years been selling souped-up scrubs and exfoliators billed as microdermabrasion kits, and antiwrinkle creams that mimic the effects of dermatologist-delivered aesthetic fillers, this is different. These new treatments are scaled-down versions of the light-based devices used by dermatologists to treat skin ailments, all designed so that a consumer can use them. Even hair removal via an at-home laser is on the table. Leading the way: Zeno and ThermaClear, two FDA-approved antiacne devices already on store shelves. Most other products are still in development. "This trend is going to change...
...make dermatologists obsolete? Not likely. If anything, those in the business argue, these self-treatments might entice consumers who want to do something but can't afford to. Eventually they'll be hooked, goes the argument, and visit physicians for more. Says Dr. Bruce Katz, director of the Juva Skin and Laser Center in New York City: "It's just like hair color. Sure, you can do it yourself, but you won't get the same result you'll get in a hair salon." Then again, home hair coloring is worth $9.8 billion a year worldwide, which is no blemish...
...closed up the cuts on his knee - all in the following week. He wasn't very happy about having to inject himself for the rest of his life and, I think, suspicious that taking out the torn knee cartilage had somehow caused his diabetes, but Manuel was OK. His skin was healed. I could only think: "One treats, another heals...