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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. How Safe and Effective Are Sunscreens?

    July 2, 2009 -- Sunscreens are improving, but three of five brand-name products either don't protect the skin from sun damage sufficiently, contain hazardous chemicals, or both, according to a report by the watchdog organization Environmental Working Group (EWG). "I'd give the industry a C minus," s

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  7. Chemo Drug Cream May Fade Wrinkles

    June 15, 2009 -- The chemotherapy drug fluorouracil, used in a skin cream, may have potential for fading wrinkles. Fluorouracil is already used as a prescription skin treatment for actinic keratoses, which are precancerous lesions caused by sun damage. Patients getting such treatment have also repor

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  8. Botox, Wrinkle Fillers Not Hush-Hush

    June 3, 2009 -- Getting Botox Cosmetic or hyaluronic acid wrinkle fillers isn't something most people keep secret, a new study shows. The survey, which comes from the Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation, included 687 U.S. patients who got Botox Cosmetic and/or hyaluronic acid dermal fi

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  9. Want a Higher Salary? Get Brains, Beauty

    May 20, 2009 -- Good looks may help people land jobs, but brains also give folks a leg up in climbing the salary ladder, new research shows. “Little is known about why there are income disparities between the good-looking and the not-so-good-looking,” says Timothy Judge, PhD, a management professor

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  10. Cosmetic Procedures Down 12% in 2008

    March 16, 2009 -- Americans cut back on plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures last year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). The ASAPS today released its 2008 statistics, which show a decrease of 12% in the number of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic proc

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