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Treatment Not Fading Dark Patches on Face DEAR DR. ROACH: A few years ago, despite regular use of sunscreen, I noticed a couple of small, dark patches on my face. I began using a product that contained 2 percent hydroquinone, which the package says is a “targeted skin lightener.” The problem is, those dark patches haven’t changed at all, except that they are a lot bigger. My questions are: Is this product really effective? Would my skin discoloration be even worse if I hadn’t used it? Does the product perhaps make the problem worse? Finally, what is your recommendation for treating skin discolorations? -- N.C.

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VETERANS  POST  16 Agencies Scammed, and No One Noticed A former National Guard veteran is going to prison for a long-running scam that netted him more than $750,000. The big question is - how this could involve 16 different government agencies and have gone on for so many years? Those agencies included the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Commerce, Social Security Administration and his state’s employment security department. The scam started in 2005 when Darryl Wright was serving in Iraq as part of the National Guard. A rocket landed some considerable distance away, and no one was injured. Wright, however, took it as an opportunity to cash in, beginning with using a fake photo of a damaged vehicle as part of his claim.

ANSWER: Hydroquinone inhibits an enFinal Changes DUE:* * * 5:00 p.m.. zyme necessary for making melanin, so if the Among the many ways Wright had his hand Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer in-  Hours Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices darkening of the skin on your face is due to melout for money: dividual letters, but will incorporate them in the column your Tidbits representative immediately with changes or corrections. anin (and most are), then hydroquinone ought to Contact whenever possible. Readers may email questions to 760-320-0997 email: valleybits@msn.com Fax: 760-320-1630 work. If it’s not, it’s possible that of the more thanOffice:ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. * His sister was recruited as his caregiver To view and or50 conditions that can cause dark coloration of der health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write and was paid big money. The claim was that he was to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. the skin listed in my textbook, you have one not so disabled he couldn’t even tie his shoes. Their due to melanin production. mother was apparently in on the scam as well, (c) 2017 North America Synd., Inc. falsifying nursing documents. It’s also possible that the 2 percent strength of hydroquinone isn’t strong enough * While Wright was claiming that he & for you. Concentrations over 2 percent (up to 4 couldn’t even get out of bed two-to-five days a week, percent) are available only by prescription. Also, FLAGPOLE SALES he was coaching a high-school team and playing sunlight can reverse the effect of hydroquinone, Flags of USAStatesForeign basketball. He also was employed full time at the so you need to stay out of the sun. I’d recomVETERAN all Sizes. Military & Religious Department of Commerce. Owned mend both sun-protective clothing (e.g., a hat) Flagpoles- Residential & Commercial Busin ess AND a sunscreen of level 35 or higher. Not only * He then claimed disability at his will sunlight reverse the lightening effect, but Call me today! Commerce job, defrauding the Office of Personnel your skin is more sensitive to the harmful and John Cuddihy (760) 343-1175 Management, and turned in fake orders about potentially cancer-causing effects of the sun after We’re Near! I-10 & Monterey in Thousand Palms • Delivery Available being on military leave. He defrauded the state using hydroquinone. by claiming unemployment and used his alleged Hydroquinone can be very irritating to disability to keep from paying his student loans, some people. A rare complication is ochronosis, Property of defrauding the Department of Education. AdVenture Media, Inc. a blue-black discoloration of the skin. The safety of hydroquinone is argued: It has been banned in The only person to catch on was a coFREE Europe, although ochronosis happens primarily worker at Commerce who discovered the fake Phone: 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 in Africa, where large portions of the body often valleybits@msn.com military-leave documents. Wright threatened a are treated and the purity of the product is, at All Rights Reserved lawsuit, and as a result Commerce tried to suspend best, questionable. the co-worker. She had to spend tens of thousands of dollars to defend herself. It’s unlikely that hydroquinone has made the problem worse, but I can’t answer if things And did I mention that Wright also pushed would be worse if you hadn’t used it. As far as for and received a Purple Heart and Combat Action my recommendation goes, think twice before Badge? lightening the skin at all, and consider other op * * * tions, including covering makeup or laser sur Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot pergery. If you decide to continue hydroquinone, I sonally answer reader questions, but will incorporate would first visit a dermatologist to diagnose the them into his column whenever possible. Send email to • columnreply2@gmail.com. type of dark coloration, give you your personal • options and then use prescription-grade hydroquinone, if appropriate. •

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Also, watch for other signs of identity theft. For example, if someone uses your Social You will receive information in 2018 letting you know about the new Medicare card, with Security number to obtain credit, loans, telephone accounts, or other goods and services, report it an explanation of how to use the new card and immediately to the Federal Trade Commission at what to do with your old one. You can start using Please review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s) Spelling IdentityTheft.gov (or 877-438-4338). Thissite will  Price your new Medicare card with the new number also give you specific steps you’ll need to take to as soon as you receive it, and there should be a your Contact Tidbits representative immediately with changes or correc transition period in 2018 and 2019 when you can handle this problem. Office: 760-320-0997 Fax: 760-320-1630 use either the old card or the new card. *** Send your senior questions to: Savvy Protect Your Identity Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit Until your new Medicare card is issued, SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC here’s what you can do to protect your SSN on Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. Property of your current card. The Privacy Rights ClearingAdVenture Media, Inc. house, a national consumer resource on identity theft, recommends that you carry your Medicare FREE of Coachella Valley card only when you visit a health care provider 760.320.0997 Fax: 760.320.1630 Howard Miller • Ridgeway • Sligh • Antique for the first time, so the provider can make a Rights Reserved We also copy for their files. Otherwise, make a photocopy Service, All Repair and New repair Wall, of your card and cut it down to wallet size. Then Mantel, Movements from Germany Ship’s and take a black marker and black out all but the last 32 years Cuckoo Clocks experience BoB’s CloCk shop four digits of your SSN, and carryPlease that instead in review carefully. Double check:  Phone Number(s)  Spelling  Prices  Carlsbad / San Diego / Desert Communities case of an emergency.

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This mark is on the bottom of a porcelain compote that I inherited. It stands about 5 inches tall and has a reticulated bowl that is decorated with applied pastel flowers. We think it was a wedding gift to our greatgrandmother around the year 1910. We hope you can tell us who made it, where and when it was made, and what it might be worth. by Anne McCollam

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I am interested in learning the value of this plate. I was told it was my grandfather’s baby plate. He was born around 1885. It is decorated with the alphabet on the right-hand side and two birds setting on a branch on the left. Below the branch are the words “Chaffinch -- Goldfinch.” The plate measures about 7 inches in diameter and is in mint condition. Marked on the back are the numbers “Rd. No. 154.” Can you tell me how old it is and whether it has any value other than sentimental?

Your child’s ABC plate was made by Brownhills Pottery Co. It made earthenware from 1872 to 1896 in Staffordshire, England. It made a series of ABC plates decorated with transfer prints that were often finished with handpainted tints, as well as matchAntique ABC plates appealed to Victorian tastes. ing cups. The plates featured several themes including the alphabet, Bible scenes, Aesop’s fables, wild animals, nature, famous places and nursery rhymes. The plates were designed to appeal to Victorian sensibility. They informed, entertained and amused children. The number “Rd. No. 154” indicates that the design was registered with the British government in 1884. Chaffinch is the name of a bird in the European finch family. It is blue-gray with a rust-red body. The European goldfinch has a black-andwhite head with black wings. It was frequently included in Renaissance paintings of the madonna and child. Brownhills Pottery ABC plates are sought after by many collectors. Your plate is circa 1884 and would probably be worth in the range of $150 to $275.

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Jaeger & Co. made your porcelain compote in Marktredwitz, Germany. The mark you provided was used between 1900 and 1910. The company began as a decorating firm in 1872. It soon started producing its own tableware, tea sets, coffee sets and giftware. The factory flourished, and by 1930 it employed around 500 people. World War II was devastating to the company, and it never recovered. Your compote would probably be worth $75 to $125. * * * Address your questions to Anne McCollam, P. O. Box 247, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Items of a general interest will be answered in this column. Due to the volume of inquiries, she cannot answer individual letters. To find out more about Anne McCollam and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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under the influence of alcohol. Some users report insomnia, headaches, and confusion, supposedly from mobile phone radiation. In 2015, more people died while taking selfies than by shark attacks. Most deaths are the result of falls, although many have been killed by moving vehicles while engaged in snapping selfie photos. In Yellowstone Park, at least five tourists were bitten or gored by bison while attempting to take pictures of themselves with the beasts. Cell users have reported nearly losing a hand while posing with rattlesnakes, and others have died while snapping a selfie holding a loaded gun. • A whole new group of phobias has developed since mobile phones have been introduced. Telephonobia is the fear of making or receiving phone calls, while nomophobia is the fear of being out of contact with others because of a lost phone, dead battery, or lack of signal. Frigensophobics fear that their cell phone will damage their brain. There’s even a name for that feeling you get when hear or feel your cell ringing when it really isn’t – ringxiety or fauxcellarm. ⁫

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