Paris Hilton Skin
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To some, Paris Hilton is considered 'Hot"... |
...While this character might be thought the opposite... |
...from blemished head to toenail.
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The producers of the Paris Hilton feature "The Hottie and the Nottie" know bad skin. Posing as a foxy Los Angeleno, Hilton's looks are contrasted with those of her not attractive girlfriend, a role thanklessly tossed to Christine Lakin. In person, Lakin looks quite good, so the makeup crew covered her with a dermatology textbook's worth of conditions. She's got a jutting mole on her chin. Her chest is dappled with acne. She has strange scrapes on her thighs, her hair is prematurely grey...and that toenail. Swollen, thick and crusted, this is toenail fungus as envisioned by a horror movie director.
All of this abnormal skin is supposed get teen filmgoers to chuckle, but there is little to laugh about nail fungus. Glamour issues aside, the presence of fungus can cause rigid nails to lift and cause discomfort. Treatment includes prescription topical creams, lacquers and antifungal pills. Results are maddeningly slow, much like stretches of the "Hottie and the Nottie." Consider some preventive medicine: To avoid the critters in the first place, wear flip flops or sandals in gym locker rooms, around pools and public showers. If fungus infects the skin (athlete's foot), treat aggressively with antifungal creams. And for your general wellbeing, consider passing on this uninspired flick.
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"Sweeney Todd" Johnny Depp's white hair
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Johnny Depp shows an evil streak of hair... |
...not seen since Frankenstein's Bride... |
...and Humphrey Bogart's terror turn.
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In "Sweeney Todd," Johnny Depp tackles portrays a singing, throat slicing, cannibalistic barber just in time for the holidays. If his actions were not enough, Depp's evil state is telegraphed with a set of dermatologic signals, his ghostly white face and devilishly dark under-eye circles. Another marker of malice dates to cinema's earlier days: the white forelock. At one time, this tuft of white hair was a standard cinematic sign of a sin. The streaks along the Bride of Frankenstein's hairdo are a classic example. Less memorable was usually heroic Humphrey Bogart's turn as creepy scientist in "The Return of Doctor X."
The actual medical name for the white forelock is poliosis. It can occur in otherwise normal folks as a form of a birthmark. Sometimes it doesn't actually appear until later in life. Blues belter Bonnie Raitt proudly displays her grey spot and doesn't seem sinister. Rarely, poliosis can identify genetic conditions. Piebaldism shows dark and light patches on the skin. The white hair in Waardenburg's syndrome correlates with hearing issues, a unibrow, and irises of two different colors. We don't don't know if Sweeney has any of these issues, though we challenge writer Stephen Sondheim to include the disorders in a new set of lyrics.
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