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...average person of good upbringing"-as one TV executive has euphemistically described the ordinary American-in ways that won't offend him. Although this is like fooling half the people none of the time, it has produced a handsome bouquet of roses by other names. Thus there is "facial-quality tissue" that is not intended for use on faces, and "rinses" or "tints" for women who might be unsettled to think they dye their hair. In the world of deodorants, people never sweat or smell; they simply "offend." False teeth sound truer when known as "dentures...
Pregnancies last nine months, and the film is paced to match. The only fire that the film stokes is under the bureaucratically callous procedures of British welfare medics, a group that seems to inspire a special nausea in Scriptwriter Margaret Drabble. Sandy Dennis has curtailed some of her facial acrobatics, but she still speaks some of her lines as if she were blowing them through her gums. Just to fill the new feminists' cup of joy, Sandy's baby is a girl...
Most well-scrubbed Americans would be horrified at the idea of having mites crawling around on their faces. Yet almost half the U.S. population may play host to microscopic parasites, which reside in the facial hair of jet-setters and slum dwellers alike. This is the finding of Manhattan Ophthalmologist Jerry Jacobson. He and Australia's Dr. Frank English reported at a New York Hospital conference that among recent adult patients, 40% had mites clinging to the roots of their eyelashes...
...facial mite, Demodex folliculorum, has been recognized since 1841, but many doctors have been unaware of its existence, or have forgotten about it. Demodex rarely causes discomfort. It might have remained virtually unnoticed if Oklahoma Ophthalmologist Tullos O. Coston had not described its habitat and habits two years...
...problems caused by the mites -matted eyelashes and itching lids-are best treated, Jacobson says, by careful washings with mild soap. Because Demodex feeds on the oily secretions of the hair follicle, women who avoid soaping their faces and use only cleansing creams (which do not remove facial oils) are natural targets for the tiny parasite. Regular washing reduces the Demodex population, but no way has been found to drive away all the mites. Until such a remedy is found, Ophthalmologist Coston says, "man must remain the dish of his uninvited guest...