| Now, we’re not talking about the saucy | | | | are plenty of costume accessory kits available at |
| variety of nurse’s costumes here. For the | | | | a fraction of the cost. There are also some great |
| truly macabre (and mature) audience, however, a | | | | recipes online for making fake body parts and |
| convincing costume must live up to certain | | | | guts using gelatin and old pantyhose. |
| standards of expectation. For instance, the reality | | | | If you’re opting to turn a pair of old scrubs |
| is that doctors and nurses deal with blood on a | | | | or an old lab coat into a Halloween costume with |
| daily basis. What could be more gruesome? To | | | | requisite stains, be sure that the garment |
| achieve realism, using ketchup as blood just will | | | | you’re using is not a modern lab coat or |
| not suffice. Some will go as far as to buy fake | | | | scrubs. The nicer medical apparel you can get |
| blood used on movie sets that, while it can | | | | these days tends to be very effective at repelling |
| certainly be more difficult to clean, gives a | | | | stains, so instead, you’ll want to use a pair of |
| uniquely authentic appearance. | | | | cheap scrubs or lab coat that will absorb stains |
| For additional authenticity, accessorizing with the | | | | very easily (ask anyone you know in the medical |
| right equipment - stethoscope, otoscope - can | | | | field and they’d be happy to lend you an old |
| further enhance a genuine appearance. But | | | | set that already has stains). |
| don’t go out of your way to get the genuine | | | | Following these few simple ideas will ensure that |
| articles as these are expensive, highly specialized | | | | your Halloween costume turns out exactly as you |
| tools. The caveat is if you can get someone to | | | | had envisioned, whether you want to go dressed |
| give you broken or outdated equipment. There | | | | as Dr. Jekyll or Dr. McDreamy. |