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| [[Image:Richard_Fitzpatrick.jpg|175px]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Founder of:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[SkinMedica]] (foreskin face cream)
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Friends with:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Oprah Winfrey]]
|-
|}
'''Richard Fitzpatrick''' is the founder of [[SkinMedica]],<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.skinmedica.com/our-heritage
| title=Our Heritage and Founder
| last=
| first=
| publisher=SkinMedica
| work=
| date=
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref> which is the company that makes [[TNS Recovery Complex]]. This skin product contains [[NouriCel]], which is an ingredient created from harvested infant foreskins.<ref name='SkinMedica 2011'>{{REFweb | quote=TNS Recovery Complex is the only product containing a professional concentration of NouriCel®, a new cosmetic ingredient from leading tissue-engineering company Advanced Tissue Sciences.
| url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex
| title=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex
| last=
| first=
| publisher=SkinMedica
| work=
| date=2002-02-12
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters do and immerse your face in baby foreskins.
| url=http://www.anorak.co.uk/182722/strange-but-true/oprah-winfreys-foreskin-face-cream.html
| title=Oprah Winfrey’s Foreskin Face Cream
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Anorak
| work=Anorak News
| date=
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref> [[Oprah Winfrey]] promotes this product.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.plasmetic.com/skin/skin-care-cosmetics/foreskin-face-cream-from-skinmedica-promoted-by-oprah-winfrey.html
| title=Foreskin face cream from SkinMedica promoted by Oprah Winfrey
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Plasmetic
| work=Skin care cosmetics
| date=2006
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.richguysclub.com/oprah-endorses-babies%E2%80%99-foreskins-used-to-make-cosmetics/
| title=Oprah Endorses Using Babies’ Foreskins to Make Cosmetics
| last=
| first=Inga
| publisher=Rich Guys Club
| work=Their Secrets Revealed
| date=2009-05-29
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref>
== Fitzpatrick defends himself ==
The invention of TNX Recovery Complex earned Fitzpatrick the dubious honor of being named Allure magazine's "physician woh has most influenced beauty."<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=Dr. Fitzpatrick, whose invention of this cream earned him the dubious honour of being named Allure magazine's <q>physician who has most influenced beauty...</q>
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref>
According to Fitzpatrick, using foreskin fibroblasts to make the cream is "ethical", because the company only uses the growth hormone from growing artificial skin derived from infant foreskins,<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...using foreskin fibroblast to make cream is ethical, because the company does not put any actual human tissue in their products...
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> and because the skin tissue is not obtained from stem cells or aborted fetal tissue.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...because you are not having to use stem cells or fetal tissue in order to still get young tissue.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> Fitzpatrick defends the use of foreskins to obtain fibroblasts because circumcision is such a common surgery and it would be a waste not to use them for benefits. "Twelve years ago when this was done there would have been no objection to using foreskin tissue."<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=Foreskins were used because that is a common surgery and the skin is thrown away, so why not use it for benefits? Twelve years ago when this was done there would have been no objection to using foreskin tissue.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> He says that technology to make cell cultures without foreskins is possible, but "much more expensive".<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...although you can use technology to make the cell cultures from scratch, without foreskins, the process is <q>much more expensive</q>.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> Using foreskins from older men is unacceptable because fibroblasts made from infant skin produces more and lasts longer.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=The skin reproduces better in young tissue...
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Richard}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Entrepreneurs]]
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[[Category:From IntactWiki]]
|-
| [[Image:Richard_Fitzpatrick.jpg|175px]]
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Founder of:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[SkinMedica]] (foreskin face cream)
|- style="background: #DCDCDC"
| align="center" | '''Friends with:'''
|-
| align="center" | [[Oprah Winfrey]]
|-
|}
'''Richard Fitzpatrick''' is the founder of [[SkinMedica]],<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.skinmedica.com/our-heritage
| title=Our Heritage and Founder
| last=
| first=
| publisher=SkinMedica
| work=
| date=
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref> which is the company that makes [[TNS Recovery Complex]]. This skin product contains [[NouriCel]], which is an ingredient created from harvested infant foreskins.<ref name='SkinMedica 2011'>{{REFweb | quote=TNS Recovery Complex is the only product containing a professional concentration of NouriCel®, a new cosmetic ingredient from leading tissue-engineering company Advanced Tissue Sciences.
| url=http://www.corporate.skinmedica.com/press/2002/skinmedica-launches-tns-recovery-complex
| title=SkinMedica Introduces TNS Recovery Complex
| last=
| first=
| publisher=SkinMedica
| work=
| date=2002-02-12
| accessdate=2011-03-06
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters do and immerse your face in baby foreskins.
| url=http://www.anorak.co.uk/182722/strange-but-true/oprah-winfreys-foreskin-face-cream.html
| title=Oprah Winfrey’s Foreskin Face Cream
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Anorak
| work=Anorak News
| date=
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref> [[Oprah Winfrey]] promotes this product.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.plasmetic.com/skin/skin-care-cosmetics/foreskin-face-cream-from-skinmedica-promoted-by-oprah-winfrey.html
| title=Foreskin face cream from SkinMedica promoted by Oprah Winfrey
| last=
| first=
| publisher=Plasmetic
| work=Skin care cosmetics
| date=2006
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref><ref>{{REFweb
| quote=
| url=http://www.richguysclub.com/oprah-endorses-babies%E2%80%99-foreskins-used-to-make-cosmetics/
| title=Oprah Endorses Using Babies’ Foreskins to Make Cosmetics
| last=
| first=Inga
| publisher=Rich Guys Club
| work=Their Secrets Revealed
| date=2009-05-29
| accessdate=2011-04-28
}}</ref>
== Fitzpatrick defends himself ==
The invention of TNX Recovery Complex earned Fitzpatrick the dubious honor of being named Allure magazine's "physician woh has most influenced beauty."<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=Dr. Fitzpatrick, whose invention of this cream earned him the dubious honour of being named Allure magazine's <q>physician who has most influenced beauty...</q>
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref>
According to Fitzpatrick, using foreskin fibroblasts to make the cream is "ethical", because the company only uses the growth hormone from growing artificial skin derived from infant foreskins,<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...using foreskin fibroblast to make cream is ethical, because the company does not put any actual human tissue in their products...
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> and because the skin tissue is not obtained from stem cells or aborted fetal tissue.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...because you are not having to use stem cells or fetal tissue in order to still get young tissue.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> Fitzpatrick defends the use of foreskins to obtain fibroblasts because circumcision is such a common surgery and it would be a waste not to use them for benefits. "Twelve years ago when this was done there would have been no objection to using foreskin tissue."<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=Foreskins were used because that is a common surgery and the skin is thrown away, so why not use it for benefits? Twelve years ago when this was done there would have been no objection to using foreskin tissue.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> He says that technology to make cell cultures without foreskins is possible, but "much more expensive".<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=...although you can use technology to make the cell cultures from scratch, without foreskins, the process is <q>much more expensive</q>.
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref> Using foreskins from older men is unacceptable because fibroblasts made from infant skin produces more and lasts longer.<ref>{{REFnews
| last=Euringer
| first=Amanda
| coauthors=
| url=http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/01/30/Foreskin/
| title=Foreskin Facecream
| date=2007-01-30
| publisher=The Tyee
| quote=The skin reproduces better in young tissue...
| accessdate=2011-09-25
}}</ref>
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fitzpatrick, Richard}}
[[Category:People]]
[[Category:Entrepreneurs]]
[[Category:CircLeaks]]
[[Category:From IntactWiki]]