Culture Buzz Photographer Cara Phillips takes photographs of people with ultraviolet light, which brings out the interesting “imperfections” on their skin.
Culture Buzz Gives new meaning to “skin crawling.” In related news, no.
Culture Buzz An outbreak of flesh-eating disease in Los Angeles and New York has been linked to cocaine that's been cut with levamisole, a veterinary medicine used to deworm livestock. Levamisole is known to rot off human skin, especially—as these photos illustrate—around the ears and nose. The Russians don't get to have all the flesh-eating narcotics fun. More at ABC News. WARNING: Gross.
Celebrity Buzz Miley Cyrus, and most of Miley Cyrus' torso, greeting fans in Chile. She must have been Chile with all of that exposed skin. To answer your question, no, there are no limits to the depths which I will sink. More at Egotastic.
Scientists in Stuttgart have developed a technique for manufacturing human skin. Using robots to maintain a sterile growing environment, the scientists hope to produce tissue, cartilage, and even entire organs to transplant in humans. They claim the skin is being manufactured to treat injuries and medical conditions, but I'm pretty sure it's a front for a Cylon building factory. Also, “skin broth” is definitely one of the grossest two-word combos I've heard all year…
Culture Buzz A bunch of cute women doing cosplay at this year's WonderCon. Thank you, nerds. Thank you.
Chrissy Conant's “Chrissy Skin Rug” is either a charming ode to Silence of the Lambs, or a disturbing metaphor. I'll assume it's a metaphor, but I'd much rather imagine her saying to guests, “You see, it puts the carpet cleaner on its skin, and it looks as clean as ever!” [Update: Typo and bad grammar corrected - sorry!]
This photo was taken of Kat Von D before her tattoo concealing product ad was airbrushed. Clearly, it doesn't work, unless you're going for that rashed skin look. Click here for the photoshopped ad.
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