Health and Beauty:
Read the latest research on beauty, skin care, fashion, botox, plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery.
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Feb 23rd, 2009
Last summer CBS news reported on "fish pedicures" when John Ho opened what was believed to be the first salon to offer the unusual pedicure. The practice is now banned under cosmetology rule, 61G5-20.002, Florida Administrative Code.
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Feb 22nd, 2009
Women everywhere are raving about the No No Hair Removal System by Radiancy. Featured in Elle, Vogue, InStyle, Allure, and Oprah, the revolutionary No No system was described by InStyle as one of the top health and beauty products to debut in 2008.
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Feb 20th, 2009
Charla Nash has been transferred to The Cleveland Clinic to receive care from the doctors who did the first US face transplant back in December 2008. Nash was injuried earlier this week in a vicious chimp attack in Stamford, Connecticut. About 1% of emergency department and urgent care visits each year are for mammal bite injuries / attacks.
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Feb 12th, 2009
While there are safe ways to cosmetically enhance buttocks, silicone injections is not one of them. Silicone injections into soft tissue in the United States has been illegal for many years now. Silicone injections into the face and breasts were once used for enhancement in those areas, but led to many disfiguring problems.
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Feb 11th, 2009
Although many of the chemicals deemed "safe" by the Canadian federal government have not been reexamined since the 1980's, new assessments have resulted in several chemicals that are known carcinogens and pollutants being placed on the toxic substances list. The chemicals that are to be restricted include the siloxanes D4 and D5, TTBP, thiourea, isoprene, pigment yellow 34, pigment red 104, and epichlorohydrin.
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Jan 24th, 2009
Mariana Bridi da Costa, a 20 year old Brazilian model, is reported to have died early Saturday morning. She had struggled with her health for several weeks.
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Jan 21st, 2009
Faces and abs top the list of favorite and least favorite body parts, respectively, among both men and women.
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Jan 21st, 2009
Less invasive and less costly cosmetic procedures are extremely effective but require less downtime and allow the patient to return to work quicker.
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Jan 21st, 2009
An article published in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, February 2008 issue looked at facial fractures of 326 adult female. They found that the type of facial fracture “spoke” of the fractured lives that hid partner violence.
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Jan 20th, 2009
Health Canada is informing Canadians and Canadian health care professionals that the labelling information of BOTOX and BOTOX Cosmetic will now include the risk of the toxin spreading to other distant parts of the body.
