So Botox Isn’t Just Skin Deep


	So Botox Isn’t Just Skin Deep

aklimento

9-1-2009 10:28 AM

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botox, business, health, new york times, hyppocratic oath, medicine, wrinkles treatment, voice treatment

aklimento says:

Is this health issue? No coincidence this article appears in business section of NYT. Can we accept this practice as medicine? Main commandment of Hyppocratic oath: Do not inflict harm! Big deal if somebody die during or after this "treatment". He wasn't lucky, or jumped in wrong bandwagon, or wasn't quick enough to pull... gun..., cloth on the table..., his ticket to paradise..., or simply wallet...

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