The woman is undergoing a strict regimen of immunosuppression therapy so her body does not reject the donor skin, a problem that has been encountered in other skin transplants, the doctors said.

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We hear so much about the dangers of skin cancer, or the more mundane problem of wrinkles and skin deterioration, that it almost seems hard to believe anybody would have a real nut-brown year-round tan, says Mary Killen, who writes the Spectator's Dear Mary column.

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But there's a problem: skin doesn't reflect the beams properly, which means people can't be accurately scanned unless they also happen to be ringwraiths.

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Currently, about 40 percent of us have staph bacteria on our skin-- and it rarely causes a problem.

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Experts say Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, a form of staph resistant to common antibiotics, has become a more prevalent problem in settings such as contact sports that involve skin-to-skin touching.

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That's a problem, because flash photography makes me and my family members look like red-eyed zombies with translucent skin.

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However, in a beat-em-up he has a fundamental problem, which is that his superpowers are either less powerful versions of Superman powers (strength, tough skin) or hard to implement as other than special attacks (fish telepathy).

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