What's so good about personal beauty lasers?


What's so bad about surgery? Why shouldn't I inject poisons into my body? Who cares if it gives me cancer or makes me infertile as long as I look young? Must we suffer to be beautiful? Or will a cosmetic laser treatment fix everything safely and painlessly?

What is Low Level Laser Therapy?

"Low Level Laser Therapy or Laser Phototherapy is a method where light from a laser is applied to tissue (or cells in culture) in order to influence cell or tissue functions with such low light intensity that heating is negligible. The effects achieved are hence not due to heating but to photochemical or photobiologic reactions like the effect of light in plants. The lasers used are normally referred to as therapeutic lasers." Swedish Laser Medical Society

Low Level Laser Therapy is widely used in hospitals and clinics around the world to treat and cure a number of conditions including pain relief, problematic skin conditions and to promote healing in wounds or injuries.

Low Level Laser Therapy is beneficial in repairing damaged cells and speeds up and enhances the response of the body’s immune system as well as aiding pain relief. That is why it is so effective when used for skin rejuvenation and healing acne and skin blemishes - it restores the skin to a healthy, more youthful condition.

Also, if you are suffering from hair loss, low level laser therapy can help to stimulate the hair follicles into action again, resulting in new hair growth and healthier hair. Amazing but true.

Friday, October 15, 2010

How fashion for Botox has seen number of mice used in medical experiments more than double

The fashion for the anti-wrinkle jab Botox is condemning tens of thousands of animals to a painful death, it has been claimed.

New figures show that the number of laboratory mice used in a controversial drugs toxicity test more than doubled in Europe between 2005 and 2008 from 33,000 a year to a staggering 87,000.

According to one of the world's leading authorities on animal experiments, most of the rise can be explained by the boom in instant facelifts.

Although animal experiments for cosmetics are banned in Europe, Botox and similar jabs are classified as medicines.  Each  batch is tested by injecting a group of mice with ever increasing doses until half the animals are dead.

While Botox  is used by some doctors to treat painful muscle spasms and unpleasant sweating, it is far more commonly used to ease out wrinkles.

In recent years, its use has been popularised by celebrities such as Katie Price.

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