Anti aging treatments: what’s available?
Anti aging treatments target some of the most unwelcome changes that happen to our faces and bodies as we get older – fine lines, wrinkles, age spots, uneven skin tone, spider veins and even sagging skin.
Facial treatments are the most common and nowadays you can get a non surgical face lift to tighten and lift the face without surgery as well as treatments to rejuvenate the surface of the skin and eliminate blemishes. Read more
Botox injections cause nose wrinkles
Botox is widely accepted nowadays as a fact of modern life.
It seems that just about every celebrity you have ever heard of and quite a few you haven’t gets botox injections as their anti aging weapon of choice.
Criticism of botox has – until now – focused on the fact that it can result in a rather dead looking face.
The famous toxin is almost too good at freezing your lines and wrinkles with the result that you can end up totally expressionless. Read more
Does mesotherapy work for cellulite?
Mesotherapy has received a lot of attention in the press recently as the latest wonder cellulite reduction strategy.
Like many women you may be increasingly concerned about cellulite as you get older – those little dimples in your thighs certainly don’t help you look younger. Read more
What’s the best cellulite treatment?
In summer a woman’s thoughts often turn to cellulite – or to be more exact – how can I get rid of my cellulite and say goodby to my lumpy, bumpy thighs?
Cellulite affects most women and certainly most women over 40. It may be airbrushed out or covered by body doubles in Hollywood – but cellulite affects the world’s rich and famous too.
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SmartLipo: is it as good as the hype?
SmartLipo is the hottest fat reduction treatment around at the moment. Could be that we have just come through summer and the focus has been on bikinis and bare limbs but SmartLipo has been in demand.
Since last year cosmetic clinics in the UK and Europe have been flooded with eager clients. And in the US demand for SmartLipo was equally high after FDA approval was granted.
But we are talking liposuction here and you need to tread carefully. So – here’s my quick and easy SmartLipo guide to help you sort the hype from the reality.
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How to choose the best anti aging clinic
If you want the best result from your anti aging treatments – you need to find a reliable plastic surgeon or dermatologist and a good clinic.
Whether you are thinking of facial cosmetic surgery, cellulite treatments, a chemical peel, skin resurfacing, restylane or the latest contour thread lift – you could be living with the results of your anti aging treatment for quite a while – so choose carefully.
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PermaLip permanent implants
PermaLip – the first ever permanent silicone lip implant was introduced into the UK by a London based plastic surgeon in early 2007.
PermaLip is a silicone-based lip implant which is soft and malleable and produces – so plastic surgeons would have us believe – fuller, luscious lips without the problems previously associated with permanent lip fillers.
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Ditch the silicone – grow your own breast implants
Breast augmentation procedures may never be the same again.
In a technique pioneered in Japan, scientists have developed a more “natural” approach to breast enlargment using stem cells and fat from a woman’s own body.
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SmartLipo lunch hour fat fixer
SmartLipo was one of the first laser lipolysis machines to be launched on the market in early 2006 and since then the procedure has become a serious alternative to Liposuction.
Claimed to be a lunch-time procedure that uses laser technology to cut fat and cellulite without resorting to the more invasive liposuction – the treatment sounds almost too good to be true.
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