Plastic surgery shaves 9 years off your age
By Karen RowanMyHealthNewsDailyPlastic surgery will likely make you look nine years younger than you really are, a new study suggests. Researchers showed 40 medical students before and after pictures of 60 plastic-surgery patients.
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Woman explains record 52 plastic surgery operations
Cindy Jackson, 55, tells TODAY’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb that her “highly developed sense of aesthetics” encouraged her desire to achieve “classic proportion” through 52 different surgical procedures.
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4 ways to fix common skin woes
Cosmetic imperfections, like cellulite, spider veins and skin discoloration, might be hard to get rid of but you can always disguise them.
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New sunscreen labels to show cancer protection
Federal regulators will require sunscreen manufacturers to test their products’ effectiveness against sun rays that pose the greatest risk of skin cancer.
Botox rival shows crow’s feet advantage in study
Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp’s newer anti-wrinkle drug Dysport proved significantly better than Botox at improving crow’s feet in a small clinical study, a finding that could give frown lines to market leader Allergan Inc.
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Plastic surgery for 2: Couples grow young together
Marriage starts with a promise to grow old together — but couples like Ira and Roberta Almeas have instead decided to grow young together.
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Erase those laugh lines — with your own skin cells
Maybe you’re iffy on the idea of using a facial filler like Restalyne or Juvederm. But what if the stuff that was erasing your wrinkles came from your own skin? That’s the idea behind laViv , the first cellular therapy… Continue reading
Your daily cup of coffee may be aging your skin
Maybe you take all the right steps — all 17 of them, even — to care for your skin. But simple, seemingly innocuous habits like a daily cup of coffee may be undermining your best efforts.
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Bottom line: Doc explains mysteriously massive butt
News that Oneal Ron Morris was arrested for injecting a woman’s buttocks with a combination of cement, Fix-A-Flat and Superglue stunned readers. But even more shocking are the photographs of the alleged perpetrator revealing the incredible size of her rear… Continue reading
Your daily cup of coffee may be aging your skin
Maybe you take all the right steps — all 17 of them, even — to care for your skin. But simple, seemingly innocuous habits like a daily cup of coffee may be undermining your best efforts.
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Video: “As good as gold:” Thieves target hair extensions
Beauty salons take extreme measures to protect their expensive hair extension supplies, which are being targeted by thieves and causing some companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses. NBC’s Jennifer Bjorklund reports. (Nightly News)
Erase those laugh lines — with your own skin cells
Maybe you’re iffy on the idea of using a facial filler like Restalyne or Juvederm. But what if the stuff that was erasing your wrinkles came from your own skin? That’s the idea behind laViv , the first cellular therapy… Continue reading
Plastic surgery for 2: Couples grow young together
Marriage starts with a promise to grow old together — but couples like Ira and Roberta Almeas have instead decided to grow young together.
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Reformed skinhead endures agony to remove tattoos
Julie Widner was terrified — afraid her husband would do something reckless, even disfigure himself.
California bans use of tanning beds by minors
Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices.
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Plant may improve skin-whitening creams
While many Americans often long for the perfect tan, a popular desire in Asia for many women and men is fair skin.
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Black women’s hair loss tied to braiding, weaving
Very tight braiding or weaving is linked to a permanent type of hair loss that affects many African American women, new research suggests.
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Woman explains record 52 plastic surgery operations
Cindy Jackson, 55, tells TODAY’s Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb that her “highly developed sense of aesthetics” encouraged her desire to achieve “classic proportion” through 52 different surgical procedures.
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4 ways to fix common skin woes
Cosmetic imperfections, like cellulite, spider veins and skin discoloration, might be hard to get rid of but you can always disguise them.
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Top sunscreen? Cheapest is best, report finds
The best sun protection money can buy turns out to be the cheapest. A new study by Consumer Reports found that the most effective sunscreens on the market are also the least expensive.