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Starting to Look Like Mom? A Quick Fix

Oct. 27, 2009 -- New research confirms what may be some women’s greatest fear: You may actually turn into your mother - at least when it comes to aging in your lower eyelids. The new findings were presented at the annual meeting of American Society of Plastic Surgeons in Seattle. “We now have a way
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The Lowdown on Mineral Makeup

As beauty legend has it, it was the mid-1970s, in the aftermath of the frenzied Haight-Ashbury love-ins of San Francisco, that a quiet, little cosmetic revolution was born. It was called "mineral makeup" – products made of all natural, finely ground minerals from the earth, without any of the chem
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at-Home Tooth Whitener?

"I noticed my teeth were yellow in the past three Christmas cards," says Francesca Castagnoli, 39, an author and blogger based in Montclair, N.J. She wanted to try whitening her teeth, but her severe dental phobia kept her from scheduling a professional bleaching. And she'd heard that at-home whiten
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Fat Injections Can Enhance Breasts

Oct. 26 -- Breast lifts can raise, shape, and firm sagging breasts. If a woman wants to add volume, she may need to get breast implants too, but fat injections can also do the trick, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) in Seattle.
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Botox as a Breast Lift?

Oct. 26, 2009 -- Add breast lifts to the growing list of potential uses for Botox. But not all experts think it's worth the trouble. We already know that this wrinkle eraser can help treat excessive sweating, banish frown lines, and put the brakes on certain eye muscle problems and neck spasms. But
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Microdermabrasion May Rejuvenate Aging Skin

Oct. 20, 2009 -- Microdermabrasion using a coarse diamond-studded instrument may induce molecular changes in the skin that help rejuvenate it, a new study shows. The procedure may improve the appearance of wrinkles, acne scars, and other signs of aging, University of Michigan scientists report in th
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Skimpy Skin Care Tips

Exfoliate, hydrate, moisturize, cleanse...most of us barely have time to gulp a low-fat, half-caff latte, so who has time for complex skin care? Yet who doesn't want that good-skin glow? So, with your time (and pocketbook) in mind, WebMD sought the help of experts to create these quick, basic skin c
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Ultrasound Eyebrow Lift Device OK'd

Sept. 18, 2009 -- The FDA has cleared a new ultrasound eyebrow lift device, called the Ulthera System, for use by doctors, according to the device's maker. The noninvasive device, which is the first of its kind, uses ultrasound imaging to target ultrasound energy that enables "significant lifting of
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Quick Facts About Cankles

Cankles: It sounds like a cough. Or maybe a nice shell you'd find on the beach. Instead, cankles are the latest fitness bug-a-boo. A slang term uniting the words calf and ankle, cankles refers to the absence of a defined indent between calf and foot. In short, thick ankles. So what causes cankles? D
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Shampoo, Shampoo Everywhere -- But Which One's Right for Your Hair?

Amber Gates admits to feeling a little stressed when she finds herself in the shampoo aisle at her local drugstore in Ada, Okla. "What's confusing is that the price can be so different while the ingredients are so similar, says the 28-year-old finance administrator for a car dealer. "I decided on th
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