Nicole Brochu

Brotox: Primping's not just for women anymore

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Today's men are getting a makeover, prettifying themselves with such gusto that they're driving big increases in national skin-care sales and flooding dermatologists' offices with record-high requests for wrinkle smoothers, laser treatments and derma fillers.

Welcome to the era of the "Brotox," so hip a term that it recently made Urban Dictionary's word of the day. Men of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds are embracing the beauty industry -- from noninvasive procedures to cosmetics and salon treatments -- to maximize their prospects, in both the job market and the dating scene.

Cinnamon sticks or quills and ground cinnamon.

'The cinnamon challenge' a dangerous game for kids

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Compared with texting while driving or hard-core drug and alcohol use, teenagers using an everyday cooking spice in a game of dare may sound like harmless child's play.

But a fad that has kids daring each other to swallow at least a spoonful of powdered or ground cinnamon without drinking water is anything but, U.S. poison control centers are warning. Because the pungent spice is so dry, the body's immediate reaction is to choke, gag and ultimately vomit.

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