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What to do if you’ve been poisoned by mercury from whitening creams

Hessa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:44:08 +0000

The first thing to remember is: Don’t Panic

While it can be a long and slow process, it is very possible to remove mercury from your body.

If you suspect that you’ve been poisoned by mercury, there are two routes you can take. The first is to see a specialist, who [...]

Images in Fair & Lovely ads are allegedly photoshopped or retouched

Hessa — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:49:00 +0000

Is there truth in advertising? Retouching photos is a common practice in the marketing industry

Fair & Lovely, one of the leading products in the skin whitening sector, are allegedly using photo touch-up techniques to justify claims of desired results.

Similar advertisements manufactured by FMCG giant Unilever, displaying photographic changes were earlier [...]

Would you change the color of your eyes?

Hessa — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:47:19 +0000

A controversial surgical operation carried out in Damascus to change the colour of a Syrian woman’s eyes has raised public fears about the safety of cosmetic surgery in the country.

The surgeon who performed the operation, Mohamad Shoujah, said the procedure that replaced the unidentified patient’s brown irises with artificial green ones [...]