Truth in Advertising

Do you ever wonder if the photos that you see in advertisements may have been altered? Astute Americans have been concerned about this for at least a century.

Did that guy really lose all that weight? Have all this lady’s crows’ feet actually disappeared with just a jar of this incredible cream, invented by a 13-year-old?

At left is an ad for the treatment of nail fungus that just may have been doctored.  How can I be so sure?  She (Janet) has four toes.

Like many of us, I have a bit of toenail fungus, and this stuff is extremely tenacious.  Maybe I need a stronger medication, but I certainly don’t want something so strong that it removes a toe.