February 2012
Don't feel as though time is passing you by. Take note of our specials and remember, you deserve to love your look now, not at some point in the future.
Hug your loved ones this Valentine's Day!!
Wow! The FDA done good (and didn't realize it) 
According to MSNBC.com, the French breast implant manufacturer PIP applied to distribute its implants in the US, but the FDA denied the application. PIP began selling it's saline implants in the US in September 1996 under an acceleration clause that did not require clinical trials to show its safety and effectiveness as long as it was "substantially equivalent" to those already on the market. The assumption was they were safe unless otherwise shown. The FDA noticed in 2000 a substantial number of implants deflating in France and elsewhere and sent a warning letter and finally required all implant companies to apply formally, a "premarket approval", to continue selling their products.  The panel rejected PIP's application, approving only Mentor and Allergan (then, "Inamed") as manufacturers. The FDA did carry out an inspection of the PIP plant and found the implants to be "adulterated" and cited at least 11 deviations from good manufacturing practices. This all pertained to the saline implants. GOOD THING THE FDA PUT A MORATORIUM ON SILICONE IMPLANTS from 1992 through 2006!! Because PIP was using industrial-grade silicone, rather than medical-grade in their implants!! And the rupture rate soared recently, prompting the French government to recommend that all women, over 300,000 of them worldwide, have their implants removed. 12/27/2011  France even offered to pay for 30,000 women to have them removed.
UPDATE: France has arrested the man who founded and ran the now-defunct implant company PIP. (1/26/12)
RELAX WHILE TRAVELING                WHAT A CONCEPT
San Francisco International Airport is the first to open a yoga room. For those of you who travel there, it is located in Terminal 2 just past security check-in. And if that's not enough, they have also opened the Berman reflection room, "a center for quiet reflection and meditation." MSNBC.com, 1/26/12
             It's Valentine's Day!!
(let's throw away our inhibitions and go....... rich and racy!!)
           Milk-Chocolate Tart with Pretzel Crust
My ultimate favorite is the combination of sweet, salty, creamy and crunchy.  Nothing is better that chocolate and pretzels!!
Ingredients:
Crust:
-1 stick unsalted butter, softened
-1 and 1/4 cups coarsely crushed thin pretzels (3 and 1/2 oz)
-3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
-1 large egg
2 oz bittersweet chocolate, melted
Filling:
-1 and 1/2 cups heavy cream
-3/4 lb milk chocolate, chopped
-Maldon sea salt, crused pretzels and creme fraiche, for serving
Directions:
1. Beat the butter with 3/4 cup pretzels and the confectioners' sugar at low speed until creamy.  Beat in the flour and egg. Add the remaining 1/2 cup pretzels, being sure to leave some pretzel pieces intact. Flatten the dough between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough between the sheets of plastic to a 12-inch round. Peel off the top sheet and invert the dough over a 10-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Press the dough into the corners and patch any tears. Trim the overhanging dough and refrigerate the shell for 30 minute or until firm.
3. Line the shell with pArchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake for about 30 minutes, until nearly set. Remove the parchment and weights and bake for 10 or 15 minutes longer, until the tart shell is firm; cover the edge with foil if it darkens too much.  Let the shell cool completely. Brush the melted chocolate over the bottom and up the side and refrigerate for 10 minutes, until set.
4. In a medium saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer.  Off the heat, add the milk chocolate and let stand for 5 minutes. Whisk until smooth. Transfer the filling to a bowl and let cool to room temperature, about an hour.
5. Pour the filling into the shell and refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours. Sprinkle with sea salt and pretzels. Cut and serve with creme fraiche.
FoodandWine.com, 2009
With a Kiss, a Wink and a Smile
                (February Specials)
 
Restylane: $40.00 rebate per syringe
(minimum 2 syringes)
Perlane: $50.00 rebate per syringe
Dysport: $50.00 mail-in rebate!
(all rebates end 3/31/12 BUT come in for DYSPORT the week of February 6 and get one site (11 lines or crows feet) at no charge!!! 
For that additional "sweet treat": Purchase 2 or more syringes of Restylane or Perlane OR additional Dysport (to the complimentary) and at least 1 syringe Restylane or Perlane and get an additional 10% off!!
 
Latisse:
Buy 2 kits and get $20.00 off each!
 
Obagi NU-Derm:
20% off (ends 5/31/12)
In This Issue
 
Breast Implants
Relaxing In An Airport??
Getting Racy.....
February Specials
Your Real Love???
     Your Valentine Love?
If the love in your life is not a man (or a woman), but your shoes, get ready for a few tears. They, too, can break your heart (or your feet). A new study showed that wearing high heels, especially many hours at a time, can compromise muscle efficiency. There is a greater risk if you switch from high heels to, say, sneakers. It's a change in the "default position" and can cause serious injury. MSNBC.com, 1/25/12. 
I don't know about you, but this love is everlasting. And like all of us who've loved and lost, I can rebound!
 
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