# So what's so good about human fat?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 20, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-so-good-about-human-fat/518322 "2009-11-20T19:55:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-so-good-about-human-fat/518322/21 "2009-12-04T18:06:07Z")

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I remember using a friend’s hand cream in the late 80’s. She was always going on about it and pushing me to try it. So I finally did, hated the smell, and said something vaguely thankful and complimentary. Then she said [Valley Girl voice] “It works so well because it contains Human Placental Extract!!!” [/Valley Girl voice]

Ewwwww! I ran to the sink to scrub it off my hands while trying not to vomit. It was “the” ingredient for cosmetics for a couple of years. Disgusting!

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