Purifying Katie?

A dermatologist says it looks like an outbreak of cold sores, but we're fascinated by the mere fact that there is a Scientology purification procedure. Can they purify a person after multiple partners? Maybe that's why Scientology does so well with the Hollywood set.

Celebrity watchdogs are buzzing that the hideous red marks that erupted around Holmes' mouth shortly after the couple announced their romance in early May are the nasty side effects of a Church of Scientology "detoxification" procedure involving the vitamin niacin.

Science-fiction writer and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard maintained that taking niacin in combination with exercise and sauna sessions helps purge the body of "radiation," Hubbard's shorthand for negative alien substances in the body.

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