European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Toyo up health   lip tuck and it Tom Down at Corn pc count try pm thread bacterial and viral infections sampling cosmetics can be risky by Deborah Blumenthal new Yak times he seductive Pate Leof makeup testers at cosmetics counters has Long invited american Consumers to Experiment with Beauty products before buying them. Having actual products in hand makes it easy to judge color consistency and scent. Bui at a Lime of rising concern about Public health Consumers and medical experts in the United states Are drawing Atte ration Loire risks in sharing products at makeup counters. Dermatologists and ophthalmologists in particular warn that a certain precautions Are not taken. Especially when using tester Eye and lip products Consumers might leave the counter not Only with the latest Shade of lipstick or eyeshadow but also with bacterial or viral infections my office is very close to a department store and in some weeks five six or seven patients come in with bacterial conjure Rivilis iwo or three clays after having tried new Eye  said or Barry g. Chaikin. A clinical instructor of ophthalmology at new York s mount Sinai school of Medicine. Epidemics of conjure Rivilis can be created by using the same Mascara brushes and the same makeup products that others have used he said. Conj Olivius is an inflammation of the mucous membranes that line the Eye and the underside of the lids. There is a risk of contamination Bol i when customers apply makeup to themselves and when makeup artists Apple ror them using products that have been used on others. And Tew makeup artists Are Able to Wash their hands Between makeovers because cosmetics counters rarely have sinks. Probably the greatest Public health Hazard to patients is a physician who does t Wash his hands Chaikin said. The Contact of makeup artists with people is As dangerous As that of a physician who is handling their  while the eyes can be infected by herpes the Chance of spreading it by sharing Eye products is Small. Most of the patients who came in with herpes affecting the Eye actually get the virus when they were very Young Canaon said. It s really a recurrence of a dormant virus there Are of herpes viruses and Bolh can contaminate makeup according Lodr. Stephen Brill Kurlin an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the mount Sinai school of Medicine. He said however that herpes simplex 1, the virus that usually causes cold sores is the greater threat to makeup users. Chaiken said there is Little Chance that acquired immune deficiency syndrome could be spread by sharing makeup although aids is spread by the Exchange of contaminated body fluids and lha a10jj virus is known to exist in tear my Chaiken said in was very unlikely that there would be live aids virus on anyone s eyelashes or  contaminated lipsticks can also spread viruses. You can definitely transmit a herpes virus infection by sharing a lipstick Kurlin said. Herpes sufferers Are not always aware of the problem he said. Some women with outbreaks around the Mouth think they have oozy fever blisters. When Evera cosmetic companies were questioned about practices Al their makeup counters they said their representatives were aware of proper Hygiene and Ine hazards of sharing cosmetics. Yet one cosmetic Ian Al Bloomingdale s in new York when asked if she advises customers not to use tester lipsticks or Eye products said i leave it up to their own  other cosmetic ans said they were not always Able to wait on customers quickly enough to Slop them irom using test products inappropriately. But cosmetics companies Are increasingly interested in finding More hygienic ways for the sampling of products. Earty next year Lor example Elizabeth Arden will introduce individual samples of eyeshadows and possibly lipsticks according to Frederick a Scott the vice president of marketing development. Joan Lasker a spokeswoman Lor Lanc me said the company was considering using individual packets of applicators at its counters. Chanel already gives Consumers individual samples of All skin treatment products and uses disposable applicators for eyeshadows according to Hona Chowenhill the Public relations manager. We have always recommended that the hands be used for sampling lipsticks she said. At the clan que counter at Bloomingdale a fran while a makeup artist said Mascara is never used during makeup sessions unless it is purchased by the customer she said Al other products Are applied with fresh Cotton balls and swabs. The use of the makeover computer which is offered by Elizabeth Arden and other companies is a Sale alternative to tester sampling. This allows a makeup artist to try products on an image of the customer projected on a vide screen which eliminates the Reed for testers. If computers Are not available experts said in is Best to Experiment with cosmetics on the hands or wrists. Fat removal technique debated Page 16 the stars and stripes by Stewart Taggart associated press housewife Patsy Howell wanted to look Slimmer in a bathing suit. Lawyer lannis Temple wanted to get rid of fat deposits around his Waist. After undergoing liposuction or Al removal surgery. Temple was pleased with the result. Howe l was dead of a massive infection. Temple is no representing Howell s family in a lawsuit wed against the doctor who performed her surgery it is a Sale operation if you follow Sale procedures and have been treated  said Temple who had the operation done in a plastic surgeon s office. Booming m popularity liposuction has prompted debate Over How much training doctors should have Belore offering the expensive surgery loan appearance conscious society the american medical association has not taken a position in who should perform the procedure liposuction is no being performed on nearly tuesday. September a 1987 100,000 people per year in the United Stales making it by far the most widely sough lorm of cosmetic surgery available according to the american society of plastic and reconstructive surgeons inc. The technique was offered Lor the first time in this country just live years ago. With a tube inserted through an incision in the skin bulbous whitish fat is literally sucked from the body. The procedure is considered appropriate Lor body contouring and for gelling rid of fat deposits which cannot be eliminated through diet or exercise. Temple Lor example said he had tried  to get rid of the fat deposits through running the Cost of the procedure ranges from about $500 to As High As 14.000. Depending on the Type of surgery undertaken. After Howell died and another patient developed a massive infection or Hugo Ramirez the suburban Pasadena Texas obstetrician gynaecologist who performed both operations was ordered by the Texas Board of medical examiners to refrain irom performing the procedure. The braid revoked his License to practice on july 24