MetaFilter posts tagged with skin

TatTube

twoleftfeet — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:17:48 -0800

New technology might let you implant LED tattoos which would turn your skin into a screen.

Faces of Battle

infini — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:01:57 -0800

As Armistice Day approaches an exhibition reveals a hidden side to the horror of World War I. It contains previously unseen images of British servicemen who suffered terrible facial injuries in the conflict. The exhibition also tells the story of one surgeon - Harold Gillies – who through his efforts to help them became known as the father of modern plastic surgery. WARNING: Some of the following images are of a very graphic nature.

It fits like a second (sex) skin.

Sully — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:09:05 -0800

It puts the lotion in the basket. [nsfw] You know how in that movie, The Silence of the Lambs, the serial killer they're trying to catch is skinning women because he wants to make a suit out of real girls? If this product was around, perhaps we could have saved the lives of a lot of fictional victims.

Inked Pork

jack_mo — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 07:15:27 -0800

Wim Delvoye makes art out of skin, filming it in extreme close-up, or, at his Art Farm in China, by tattooing pigs which are later stuffed or skinned. More images: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Diseases of the Skin

youngergirl44 — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:57:55 -0800

Diseases of the Skin by Gary M. White & Neil H. Cox. All you ever wanted to know about how bad your skin could be - full of images. Possibly NSFW, as some groin photos are included.

Images-skin disease diagnosis

hank — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:05:10 -0800

What's That? -- skin trouble and bioterrorism, diagnostic help Probably not safe for work viewing

Print human skin

Termite — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:59:38 -0800

Need a patch of skin for that burn or perhaps some new brain cells? Print them. A team of British scientists have shown that cells could survive ink-jet printing. Ink-jet technology moves beyond paper.

Bizarre self promotion

claus — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 03:05:39 -0800

This is a really bizarre self promotion stunt. Garry Turner sent this in to "One Step Beyond" producer Claire Mandile in the hopes of being featured on the show. Garry's "resume" is in the Guinness book of world records as the man with the Stretchiest Skin.

Cancer be damned, kids wanna tan

haasim — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:31:12 -0800

Cancer be damned, kids wanna tan “I know I might get cancer, but sometimes you want to look good no matter what. I’d rather look good that worry about what could happen to me–looks are more important to me sometimes than my health.” (Maclean’s Magazine) Perhaps cancer is ‘natural selection’ at work trying to weed out all of societies undesirables from the gene pool. I for one think we could do without people this stupid.

I am not a word, I am a free man!

nylon — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:33:53 -0800

Becoming a word. Just over a year ago, Shelley Jackson launched the Skin project, which aimed to tattoo a story one word at a time onto other people. Shelley herself has the title, and here's an essay from a the. I hope the story isn't set on Anglesey.

hannibal lechter couture

madamjujujive — Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:13:57 -0800

Skinbag - looking for that flayed flesh look for your fall fashion statement? Look no further, your epidermic, polysemic clothing and accessories are here.

Tax the tan?

Blake — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 04:43:36 -0800

Tax the tan? a new study shows more than a quarter of white female teenagers have had at least three sessions in a tanning booth, Forty-seven percent of 18- and 19-year-old females made three or more visits. The overall rate for boys was far lower, around 7 percent. Note to teenage boys: Go hang out at the tanning booth.
Concerned dermatologists made a bold proposal: Slap a $20 tax on every visit to the tanning salon for people under 18, after all, we tax Smokes for just the same reason. Needles to say The Indoor Tanning Association (Don't miss the upcoming ITAWorld Expo, Huey Lewis and the News show included!), which represents the nation's 6,000 tanning salons, denounced the idea, noting that moderate exposure to ultraviolet light may actually promote health. UV light helps the body absorb vitamin D, which is important in the development of bones. After all Nicotine 'reduces Alzheimer's symptoms'. Are taxes a good behavior modification tool?

Acne and cold sores and scars, oh my!

gottabefunky — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:10:40 -0800

Skinema. It's not what you think.

Your Vernix Covered baby has such smooth skin!!

phylum sinter — Wed, 07 May 2003 04:47:52 -0800

Babies teach chemists the secret of soft skin. The Globe and mail reports the secret to the amazing soft skin of babies is the goo that surrounded them in utero. "One of the secrets to babies' smooth, soft skin is the greasy-looking white substance that covers them in the womb, scientists have discovered." Now we just need to find a way to bottle it... My elbows are chafed!

TedW — Thu, 03 Oct 2002 06:40:40 -0800

Health care and politics seem to be popular topics on MeFi; here is a story that combines them both. It seems that the Libertarian senate candidate in Montana turned himself blue with a medically questionable remedy. He seems unconcerned; however, this lady is not too happy about her experience with colloidal silver.

mikhail — Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:05:59 -0800

Skin flicks? Close. Ok, not really. Not at all. Someone had a little too much time on their hands and deconstructed a bevy of actors and their skin conditions.