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A diet that uses injections of the pregnancy hormone hCG to “trick” the body into accepting an ultra-low calorie diet is growing in popularity — and controversy.

A new technology that temporarily zaps away forehead wrinkles by freezing the nerves shows promise in early clinical trials, researchers say. The technique, if eventually approved by the U.S.

The third assembly of the congress “LaserInnsbruck 2010, Advances and Controversies in Laser and Aesthetic Surgery”, an internationally established scientific meeting takes place September 15 – 18, 2010. Within the scope of this year’s conference the ”International Academy of Body Contouring and Laser Lipolysis” will organize a Workshop for all conference attendees under the direction of faculty member Katharina Russe-Wilflingseder, MD

As a sign of aging or in a suit, wrinkles are almost never welcome, but two papers in the current issue of Physical Review Letters offer some perspective on what determines their size and shape in soft materials. (more…)                

Revance Therapeutics says clinical trials of its no-needle Botox-like lotion will be done in about two years. Then the FDA will decide whether to approve the drug, which is used to minimize crow’s feet, WCBS-TV reports.

Turning to cosmetic surgery as an anti-aging tool is not unusual. But rhinoplasty, or a “nose job”, is not traditionally an anti-aging procedure