Live Snails as a Skin Care Treatment?
A new beauty fad has become popular in Japan. A salon offers its customers facial treatments using live snails to promote healing to damaged skin, with the goal of a healthier and more youthful complexion. Snails are placed on the client’s face and allowed to roam freely. A worker remains present to reposition any snails that come too close to the […]
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Plastic Surgery Options Without the Surgery
Cosmetic procedures are more popular than ever before. For many people, the only barrier to surgery is the time associated with recovery. People are busier than ever, and many cannot afford the downtime, regardless of how much they want to move forward with plastic surgery. Fortunately, there are now many non-surgical, non-invasive treatments available to help patients to achieve their […]
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Even Nonsurgical Spa Procedures Require Skill, Safety
Injectable cosmetic treatments have become extremely popular in recent years. This increase in popularity has led to an increase in availability and the proliferation of med spas. While these treatments are often referred to as non-surgical facial rejuvenation treatments, each treatment is still a medical procedure that requires a sterile environment and an experienced injector, to not only ensure great […]
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Fresh, Youthful Facial Skin Without Surgery
No matter how hard we might try to prevent it, we all grow older. Father Time looms over all of us, and one of the first places people tend to show the passage of time is on their face. As birthdays pass, age lines increase, jowls develop, and areas that were once full of life seem a little less vibrant. […]
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How a Facial Peel Works
In the world of facial rejuvenation procedures, injectables and dermal fillers (such as Botox® and Juvederm) get all the attention. They are fast, the recovery time is minimal for such a procedure, and they are relatively inexpensive. But injectables and fillers are not the only non-invasive facial procedures that can turn back the hands of time and give that fresh, […]
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Cosmetic Surgery for Couples
To have and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, until death do you part. Many of us have spoken these words and promised to share all of life’s adventures together, and share we will. This is clearly evident as more and more plastic surgeons are seeing couples getting procedures done together as a shared experience. […]
Continue ReadingAmericans Choosing Minimally Invasive Procedures
Prices of minimally invasive procedures are considerably lower than that of invasive procedures. Over the past few years, we have seen more patients considering minimally invasive procedures to erase a few wrinkles on their faces and look younger. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), minimally invasive procedures such as Botox®, Dysport®, fat injections, chemical peels, laser skin […]
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