Focusing on eyelid surgery: What you need to know
Focusing on eyelid surgery: What you need to know By Dr. Peter D. Geldner–Chicago Monday, January 13, 2014 Over the years, eyelids can start to sag. Not only can they make a person look older, but they may feel very heavy. If you are experiencing droopy lids, you may wonder if an elective blepharoplasty, also known […]
2013 Statistics from the US and UK Document Rise on Both Sides of the Pond
2013 Statistics from the US and UK Document Rise on Both Sides of the Pond (HealthNewsDigest.com) – New data from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) shows that US dermatologic surgeons performed 9.5 million treatments in 2013, up from nearly 8 million in 2012. Skin cancer procedures topped the ASDS list. Dermatologic surgeons performed […]
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Cosmetic surgery: What to know beforehand
Cosmetic surgery can help improve your appearance, but it’s not for everyone. Know what to consider before surgery, how to find a surgeon and what questions to ask. By Mayo Clinic Staff Cosmetic surgery, or plastic surgery, might seem like the easiest way to shave years off your appearance or improve your physique. If you’re […]
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Dangerous Pumping Parties & Illegal Surgeries
Dangerous Pumping Parties & Illegal Surgeries By Rhys Branman, MDOver the past year, I have become horrified at the sheer amount of news stories reporting illegal cosmetic surgery. I have written about this before, but now I wondered just why the trend is on the increase. It seemed to me that it would be obvious that […]
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What Are BB Creams (Beauty/Blemish Balms)?
What Are BB Creams? The buzz behind beauty balms. By Shelley Levitt, Reviewed by Victoria Barbosa, MD WebMD Feature Released this month, and already selling out at retailers nationwide, is the first BB cream to market designed for your body—Jergens BB Body Perfecting Skin Cream. Retailing for around $13 (and commanding nearly three times the price on […]
How Anti-Aging Costmetics Work
How Anti-Aging Costmetics Work Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Seniors / Aging Dermatology A team of investigators from UC Davis and Peking University have discovered a mechanism that may explain how alpha hydroxyl acids (AHAs) — the key ingredient in cosmetic chemical peels and wrinkle-reducing creams – work to enhance skin appearance. An understanding of […]
Exercise Your Face?
Jury Still Out On Facial Exercises as Method for Aesthetic Rejuvenation First systematic review finds evidence on facial exercises lacking Facial exercises have been touted as a less invasive and less expensive alternative to traditional facial rejuvenation procedures, but do they really work? To evaluate the efficacy of this nonmedical approach to facial revitalization, researchers […]
Top Ten Retinol Creams 2013
Retinol creams are made up of retinoids, a retinoid is a tropical form of Vitamin A. Vitamin A is the number one anti-wrinkle ingredient recommended by dermatologists. It’s sole purpose is to promote cell turnover. It eliminates the old, bad cells and produces new, plump and healthy cells. Nothing works more effectively at eliminating […]
New Cholesterol Guidelines Abandon LDL Targets
New guidelines for the detection, evaluation, and treatment of elevated cholesterol were released in November this year,[5] and they caused an immediate stir with the assertion that there is simply no evidence from randomized controlled trials to support treatment to a specific cholesterol target level. As a result, the new guidelines make no recommendations for […]
Best Anti-Aging Creams
http://www.thedermreview.com/wrinkle-cream-reviews/ Wrinkles are progressive. The longer you wait the worse things will get and the more difficult it will be to reverse wrinkle on the face. But can wrinkle creams really help repair wrinkles? The answer is yes. Wrinkle creams and anti aging products have come very far in the last few years and there […]
