The following excerpt is from an article in the NYT about Freeze 24/7, a new, very expensive, skin care product that, according to the company, causes your facial muscles to relax and so reduces wrinkles. According to others, it's more likely that it just freezes your skin in place.
"But even if the products work only superficially, they may have a long-term benefit, said Dr. Diane C. Madfes, a dermatologist in Manhattan.
"You are instantly limiting the movement of the skin by putting a restrictive barrier on your face," Dr. Madfes said. If such a product is used daily, it may train the face to stop making movements that cause furrows, she said. "So you may prevent new wrinkles from forming or already-existing wrinkles from getting worse."
"Dr. Born offered an alternative treatment for frown lines: Scotch tape. Ever since they were teenagers, five of his patients have been taping their foreheads every night, and they have no frown lines now that they are in their 30's and 40's, he said.
"There are no published clinical studies that prove Scotch tape reduces wrinkles, but it costs only $2.19."
And in other news, I've re-uploaded the pictures from Mary-Ei and Emily's trip here, w/ some captions.
And Jessie's defense of her dissertation.
And I finished the project I started last week, Jessie's graduation present, which I made out of felted (washed in hot water till they shrunk) thrift-store sweaters, cut apart and put back together again. It will keep her warm in Alaska, I think.
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2 comments:
Ciao bella! wow-za-roo what a sweater. Nice hold back on the color combo--it's one of those nice odd and beautiful mixes. Very chic-Alaska-esque. I also enjoy how it looks 3-dimensional man. What is it like to sit under it and have it on your lap?
thanks man! you know, I don't know that I ever did sit with it on my lap, except while sewing it, and then I was a little distracted by the pin-pricks. Maybe Jessie can fill us in. Jessie?
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