Placenta?... no thank you.

[corrie0227]

(as i am notorious for apologizing for things i'm not really remorseful about... i'm sorry ahead of time if i offend anyone)...

 i was walking through cvs yesterday, my favorite place to waste time while waiting for laundry to dry, when i stumbled across my latest find of the century. innocently enough i was only there for my husband's hair gel (gack, yes <lowers head in shame> my husband wears hair gel), but as i was perusing the hair product section i came across this:

WHAT?!? HENNA??? eww, what is the world coming t... oh wait. i jumped the gun. what i meant to say was,

WHAT?!? PLACENTA??? and you want me to put that where!?!

i don't know what's more fascinating, the fact that there exists a conditioning treatment hair product containing placenta (it's actually animal placenta, if you read the fine print, which i totally did NOT... or maybe i did, but who cares, it's placenta for crying out loud), or the fact that they made it so 70's appealing by tossing in the "henna 'n' ".

it did however trigger the intrigue factor in my brain, so of course i had to go google it, and you would be suprised the things you can do with a placenta...

-eat it (i found a delectable recipe online for placenta pizza. dinner at my house!!! or, if you're short on ideas for that pta potluck, how about a yumm-o placenta lasagna?that'll be a surefire hit with the other room-moms)

-drink it (placenta cocktail makes for a yummy nightcap? i think i'll call it a day and go to bed NOW)

-pop it (apparently placenta pills are all the rage in combating the baby blues. although a bowl of ice cream works fine for any blues if you ask me)

-clothe it (rural tribes in russia dress it up in baby clothes after the baby -the REAL baby- is born. i can hear creepy horror movie music playing in my head while thinking of this for some reason)

-bury it (underneath your plants and trees to grow some uberfertile (no pun intended, although i did laugh out loud when i reread it) shrubbery)

-wear it (on your face. ask eva longoria, fan of the $85 placental face cream. hmmm... so that's how those doctors afford their fancy cars. maybe i should've jarred and sold my placenta on the hollywood black market)

...and just a little fyi, if you're reading the ingredients on one of your beauty products and come across "human protein" on the list, feel free to shudder a bit... it could be placenta.

 

[Minnesotamom]

May. 10, 2008 at 11:06 AM You are too funny, thanks for the laugh this morning.

[Mudfishzgirl]

May. 10, 2008 at 11:11 AM LOL this was great I have seen this stuff and never thought twice...very funny