The term Steri-Strips TM (steri-strips), a 3M TM trademark name for wound closure tape, is oftenused the way Kleenex is used when discussing facial tissues. Surgeons use these sterile skinclosure strips – which are coated with a pressure-sensitive, hypoallergenic adhesive – to reinforcesutures. This humble product does vital work in the minimization of surgical scars, […]
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An article in The New York Times was published last week talking about a specific breast implant that is being recalled due to a link to a rare kind of cancer. Textured breast implants made by Allergan are being recalled in the US by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The link to cancer is
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Why is everyone raving about CBD in skincare products? CBD oil is from the cannabis plant, but it doesn’t make you high as we traditionally think of cannabis. It just relaxes you. How would that work in skincare products? Over the past several years, the cannabis plant has been causing quite a stir across the
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If there is one part of your face that can really age you – it is the lips. As we age, our lips lose their plumpness, downturn at the edges and develop lip wrinkles – the fine lines mostly found on the top lip. Traditionally referred to as “smoker’s lines,” they aren’t just the fate
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Pulling out clothes for a new season has inspired many a woman to consider having a cosmetic procedure. It’s not unusual to stand in front of your mirror and think how good it would be to have liposuction or a tummy tuck to tighten your waistline. Or, how a lifted bust or chin line could
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In a world with 24/7 access to social media, we are constantly being drawn into the latest healthy diet craze. A diet that promises to just melt the pounds away and give you energy. A diet that swears by a certain miracle nutrient that will restore your youth and keep heart disease at bay. The
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When most people hear the term “breast augmentation,” they immediately think of a small chested women undergoing surgery to go up a cup size or two. While not wrong, that does not actually cover everything an augmentation can accomplish. Breast implant surgery has come a long way since the ’80s. Sure many people still want
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They say eyes are the window to our soul and a firm handshake is the sign of a confidant personality. What is said of the lips? “The curves of your lips rewrite history,” wrote Oscar Wilde. Are you concerned your lips’ curves will rewrite history with miserable resting face? As we age, we lose the
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There is one trend you won’t see being influenced on Instagram or shouted about by celebrity beauties – dark under eye circles being the must-have beauty item. Yes, during the 80s, heroin chic made an appearance on the runway, and suddenly it was cool to look like someone had dragged you through a hedge backwards
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Have you ever played the “What would you spend your lottery win on?” game with friends and family? How many of those playing were bold enough to say plastic surgery? That they would like younger looking faces, bigger breasts, flatter tummies or a smaller nose. The assumption many people make is that plastic surgery is
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