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...laser resurfacing requires anesthesia and good skin-care follow-up, which usually involves great globs of Vaseline or special creams and a mask. Patients can be left raw and oozing for weeks or, even worse, end up looking like the Phantom of the Opera. Skin heals faster (often in a week) with the newer Erbium lasers, which are cooler and can be used on the thinner surface of the neck and chest as well as the face, as long as the doctor exercises caution. Yet even these supposedly gentler lasers can sting and, in inexperienced hands, burn and scar...
...blood, kept cool in a refrigerated case. We'd all like to freeze our mortality, stop it cold, and you can take Quinn's literal rendering of the idea or you can leave it. Yet the bust itself has all the solid weight of bronze, and this classical death mask in its futuristic case is odd and chilling indeed...
...Freddie Kruger! Retire the mask, put down the ax and take a lesson on how real horror evolves! Nothing so purely frightening has happened in a good 30 years. I have never understood why contemporary Hollywood's "Oooh--scary!" people wouldn't support the proved fact that the unseen beast is the most hair raising of all. Hail to Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez for following their instincts and not the usual commercial formula. AMANDA STEAD GHIO Warren, Conn...
...seem simple when shares are generally rising. Strong markets can mask underlying risks, like losing more than your principal when on margin. Concerned about just that, the National Association of Securities Dealers last week began requiring brokerage firms to disclose day-trading risks and to determine whether a client is suited before opening an account. None too soon. Day traders' favorite stocks have long been Internet and other high-tech companies prized for their big price swings. Since April, Net stocks have fallen on hard times, revealing many formerly brilliant day traders to be little more than lucky novices. Unfamiliar...
Although most tourists are easy to pick out of a crowd--such staples of tourist gear like cameras and fanny packs instantly reveal their true nature--there are a few slippery ones who try to mask their true selves. Summer interns still adjusting to inside-the-beltway mores may fool other tourists, but locals can spot them for the alien creatures they...