Monday, November 14, 2011
the leg room: no more beating around the bush
the leg room: no more beating around the bush: PETA maintain that animals killed for their fur and skin are slaughtered in cruel and illegal ways. Most fur is said to come from fur factor...
Light fantastic: Could a new home laser really take the place of a £4,000 skin treatment?
The Fraxel laser treatment, offered by dermatologists, has been lauded as one of the most effective non-surgical anti-ageing therapies of recent years.
Used on the face, decollete and backs of the hands, it delivers pinpricks of laser energy into the skin, but leaves a network of undamaged skin in between, and is credited with doing everything from zapping pigmentation to boosting collagen and plumping skin. But with a cost of up to £4,000 for a full-face treatment, it’s prohibitively expensive for most of us.
This is part of the reason why Solta Medical, the company behind Fraxel, has teamed up with electronics giant Philips to create a laser device for home use. Called ReAura, it has just launched in Space NK and, while less expensive than a clinic treatment, still costs a whopping £799.
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SOURCE Daily Mail
Used on the face, decollete and backs of the hands, it delivers pinpricks of laser energy into the skin, but leaves a network of undamaged skin in between, and is credited with doing everything from zapping pigmentation to boosting collagen and plumping skin. But with a cost of up to £4,000 for a full-face treatment, it’s prohibitively expensive for most of us.
This is part of the reason why Solta Medical, the company behind Fraxel, has teamed up with electronics giant Philips to create a laser device for home use. Called ReAura, it has just launched in Space NK and, while less expensive than a clinic treatment, still costs a whopping £799.
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SOURCE Daily Mail
Thursday, November 03, 2011
Proud to be pale: Goodbye to the creosote look! Alabaster skin is back in vogue
Looking at the photographs of actress Kirsten Dunst by the pool in Las Vegas last week, it wasn’t her itsy-bitsy black bikini or enviable figure that turned the most heads, but her head-to-toe milky-white skin — the best possible indication that our extraordinary obsession with tanning may be drawing to a close.
Let’s face it, mahogany looks better on furniture than it does on skin — and we are all well aware of the dangers of sunbathing and sunbeds, from wrinkles to melanoma.
Yet, despite all that we know, so many of us seem more than happy to continue to pay the high price of a so-called ‘healthy glow’. Think Cheryl Cole and Jennifer Aniston. Time and again, they — and we — choose to ignore the consequences of spending too long in the sun.
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SOURCE : Tamasin Day Lewis, Daily Mail
Let’s face it, mahogany looks better on furniture than it does on skin — and we are all well aware of the dangers of sunbathing and sunbeds, from wrinkles to melanoma.
Yet, despite all that we know, so many of us seem more than happy to continue to pay the high price of a so-called ‘healthy glow’. Think Cheryl Cole and Jennifer Aniston. Time and again, they — and we — choose to ignore the consequences of spending too long in the sun.
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SOURCE : Tamasin Day Lewis, Daily Mail
Want to look younger? Forget the Botox and just eat less
Forget Botox and facelifts - if you want to slow the ageing process just eat less, scientist have claimed.
New research reveals that consuming fewer calories can help slow both the ageing process and the onset of age-related diseases such as dementia, cancer and type-2 diabetes.
And the earlier a person's calorie intake is reduced, the greater the effects on their long term health.
Swedish researchers discovered that reducing your consumption of sugar and protein while maintaining a healthy intake of vitamins and minerals could add years to your life.
The team, from the University of Gothenburg, analysed previous research which showed that monkeys fed a healthy, reduced-calorie diet could live several years longer than their expected lifespan.
They also looked at other studies done on an array of animals ranging from fish, rats and flies, all of which had similar results.
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SOURCE : Daily Mail
New research reveals that consuming fewer calories can help slow both the ageing process and the onset of age-related diseases such as dementia, cancer and type-2 diabetes.
And the earlier a person's calorie intake is reduced, the greater the effects on their long term health.
Swedish researchers discovered that reducing your consumption of sugar and protein while maintaining a healthy intake of vitamins and minerals could add years to your life.
The team, from the University of Gothenburg, analysed previous research which showed that monkeys fed a healthy, reduced-calorie diet could live several years longer than their expected lifespan.
They also looked at other studies done on an array of animals ranging from fish, rats and flies, all of which had similar results.
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SOURCE : Daily Mail
Yes you can banish those bags
One of Britain's top beauty tycoons on how to get peachy skin - and sparkling eyes
There’s not much Marcia Kilgore — the founder of Bliss, FitFlops and Soap & Glory — doesn’t know about looking good. To mark the launch of her make-up range, Elsa McAlonan asked about her beauty secrets . . .
If you had time to only do one thing in your daily skincare regime, what would it be?
Drink enough water. All the exfoliating and moisturising in the world pales into insignificance without enough hydration. The skin needs to be hydrated to reflect light and look it’s best.
Doris Day — who had the most beautiful skin until she was 80 — put Vaseline all over her face and body every night.
Yes, it was greasy and it’s likely she reeked of petroleum, but it worked at keeping the moisture in her skin meaning she looked good.
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SOURCE: Elsa Mcalonan, Daily Mail
If you had time to only do one thing in your daily skincare regime, what would it be?
Drink enough water. All the exfoliating and moisturising in the world pales into insignificance without enough hydration. The skin needs to be hydrated to reflect light and look it’s best.
Doris Day — who had the most beautiful skin until she was 80 — put Vaseline all over her face and body every night.
Yes, it was greasy and it’s likely she reeked of petroleum, but it worked at keeping the moisture in her skin meaning she looked good.
read more ...
SOURCE: Elsa Mcalonan, Daily Mail
Signs of ageing halted in the lab
The onset of wrinkles, muscle wasting and cataracts has been delayed and even eliminated in mice, say researchers in the US.
The scientists believe their findings could eventually "really have an impact" in the care of the elderly.
Experts said the results were "fascinating", but should be taken with a bit of caution.
The study, published in Nature, focused on what are known as "senescent cells". They stop dividing into new cells and have an important role in preventing tumours from progressing.
These cells are cleared out by the immune system, but their numbers build up with time. The researchers estimated that around 10% of cells are senescent in very old people.
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