Showing posts with label Dermatology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dermatology. Show all posts

Tan jabs ‘dice with death’ - Liverpool Echo 24th November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

LIVERPOOL’s health experts today said anyone injecting themselves with an unlicensed tanning drug is dicing with death.

Medical director for Liverpool Primary Care Trust’s provider services Dr Jim O’Connor said he would be “horrified” if any of his children wanted to inject themselves with tanning hormone Melanotan.

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tags: Health, News, UHN, Liverpool Echo, Dermatology, Drug Therapy

Health threat from beauty parlours - The Observer 23rd November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Skin infections, facial paralysis and scalp burns are the price of dangerous and unhygienic treatments carried out by poorly trained salon beauticians

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tags: Dermatology, Health, News, UHN, The Observer