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1. Removing Tattoos: Who Does It and Why
   

   July 21, 2008 -- It seemed a good idea at the time. But you were young, wild, and in love with Roland. Now you are getting married to Ed and you want Roland's name off your right calf. It seems that when it comes to getting tattoos removed, more women than men go in for the procedure. Researchers co

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2. 8 Burning Questions About Sunscreens
   

   July 8, 2008 -- Questions about sunscreens are plentiful in the wake of a recent report by The Environmental Working Group (EWG) that gave a failing grade to 85% of the nearly 1,000 sunscreens reviewed. The products gave inadequate sun protection, have ingredients thought to be health hazards, or ha

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3. Banishing Wrinkles With Fillers
   

   May 9, 2008 (San Diego) -- Next to Botox, the most popular nonsurgical way to freshen up your looks is with a so-called "soft tissue" filler, often relied on to smooth the nose-to-mouth line called the nasolabial or nasal labial fold. As more of these fillers have become available and demand has soa

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4. Body Contouring Surgery Improves
   

   May 9, 2008 (San Diego) -- For patients who lose massive amounts of weight -- 100 pounds or more -- the battle isn't over once they reach their goal weight. They're left with hanging skin and excess fat and may opt for body contouring surgery, which can include multiple operations. The procedures ha

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5. Aging Hands? Docs Put Beauty Within Reach
   

   May 8, 2008 (San Diego) -- If your face looks younger than your years but your hands aren't keeping up, there's help. If you've got the funds, plastic surgeons have a host of solutions to make your hands look young again -- or at least be a closer match to your face. "The best place to guess someone

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6. Surgery to Lose Fat, Get Bigger Breasts?
   

   May 6, 2008 (San Diego) --Transferring fat from the buttocks, hips, and thighs to augment the breasts may sound like pure fantasy to many women. But the technique -- known as breast enhancement with fat grafts or lipoaugmentation -- is reality and shows promise, according to a panel of plastic surge

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7. CDC Warns of Quack Cosmetic Practitioners
   

   May 1, 2008 -- Considering getting a cosmetic procedure? The CDC urges you to make sure that the practitioner who performs that procedure is licensed. A new CDC report tells a cautionary tale about three women who wound up in the hospital after getting liquid "silicone" injections to their buttocks

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8. More Going Under the Knife to Look Sharp
   

   March 26, 2008 -- Last year, 11.8 million cosmetic procedures were performed in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).That's a 7% increase from 2006. The ASPS reports that cosmetic surgery dropped by 3% in 2007, while minimally invasive cosmetic procedures rose by 9%

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9. Plastic Surgery Up in 2007
   

   Feb. 26, 2008 -- Americans got some "work done" last year in near-record numbers. New statistics on plastic surgery show that 11.7 million surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures were done in the U.S. in 2007, up 2% from 2006. Last year's cosmetic procedure statistics are up 457% since 1997. Bu

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10. Sagging Face: Bones to Blame?
    

    Nov. 9, 2007 -- When faces sag with age, there may be an architectural reason for it -- and possibly an architectural fix, too. It's all about the bones, according to Michael Richard, MD, and Julie Woodward, MD, of Duke University Medical Center. They studied head scans of 100 patients treated at Du

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