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Mark Bernhardt, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2009;145(10):1113.

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It's a generational thing. Back in the day, we used baby oil and iodine to get that deep, dark tan. Then we got sunlamps, the original "Burn, baby, burn!" Now the craze is for kids to get a "fake bake" at salons that promise a safe tan. To which The Other Half's Incredible Being of Lightness has only one response, "As if!"

Figure. The elements composing this representational art may not be easily discernible in the figure. The wings are empty bottles of baby oil; the beak is a bottle of tincture of iodine; the eyes are the goggles that people are supposed to use when engaging in indoor tanning; and the tail feathers are black lights.

Contact Dr Bernhardt at cheesedb@aol.com.

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