A 15-minute nose job without the cutting? It sounds almost too good to be true. Thanks to Radiesse, an injectable facial filler, patients can get the nose of their dreams in literally minutes. Radiesse, manufactured by BioForm Medical, Inc., is a gel like substance that is made up of calcium hydroxylapatite. Because calcium is a natural mineral found in our bones, it
Doesn't it seem like the moment you decide you want to lose weight you become absolutely OBSESSED with food? Any trip down a supermarket aisle becomes a journey fraught with guilt, longing and disappointment (ohmygawd, it sounds like my last relationship!). You stay away from restaurants, stop accepting invitations to dinner parties and forage among the celery sticks
Are you desperate for a cosmetic procedure, but don't have the funds to pay for it? Perhaps you should follow in the footsteps of one hairy consumer, and turn to the Internet for a little unorthodox financing. Visitors to the site MillionDollarPubes.com are asked to purchase pubic hair (at $200 a strand) to help finance the creator's laser hair removal treat
As reported by CNN.com, researchers have discovered a possible link between obesity and adenovirus-36, a common virus from a family of viruses that cause colds and pinkeye. The article stresses that most of America's obese population became super-sized the ol' fashion way: eating more calories than they burned. However, when researchers at Pennington Biomedi
Would you end a friendship because you were afraid of getting fat? That may sound like a silly question, but research shows there are at least three ways to catch obesity from your friends. Now, we aren't suggesting you cut ties with all your heavy-set friends, but it is important to know what puts you at risk. And when it comes to gaining weight, hanging out with obe
If you're 20 years old and male (or want to be), you're probably reading this while clutching an ice cold can of some brightly-colored sweetened beverage loaded with things like caffeine, taurine, sugar and guarana. In other words, an "energy" drink. In the last few years, the market for energy drinks has exploded - buoyed in part by the success of Red Bull
Button noses, washboard stomachs, voluptuous lips, and perfect, perky breasts. That's what people expect to get when they go under the knife. Unfortunately, it isn't always the case. As anyone who's seen "Nip/Tuck" knows, there's a dark side to plastic surgery, most often involving ruthless doctors, illegal back-alley procedures, and charlatans posing as doctors. Like
Back in the 90's, when self tanner was surging onto the market, I remember watching a light-skinned friend turn a rusty shade of orange seemingly overnight. She suffered from what I like to call the "self tanner dirt effect," where the stain from the lotion faded into pale on her hands and feet, and a streak or two of tanning product mixed with sweat rippled down her
4.1 millions Americans underwent Botox injections in 2006. That's a pretty hefty number considering Botulinum Toxin Type A wasn't FDA approved for use in the treatment of wrinkles and frown lines until 2002. How long will Botox remain the #1 Minimally Invasive Cosmetic Procedure? I recently turned to several experts in the field of plastic surgery to find out which ne
If what they say about men with big hands is true, this guy would surely win a place on our World's Largest Penises list. For now, though, China's Liu Hua has his, um, hands full with one bodily distinction already: the world's largest hand. Or he did. According to Shanghaiist.com, Liu just underwent surgery to reduce the size of his oversized fingers and thu
When it comes to gender equality, there's one thing women would gladly sacrifice: baldness. Unfortunately, even our pretty locks start to thin as we age. But if men can have their Rogaine, women can have their Boots Expert Hair Loss Treatment Spray. That's right - The Daily Mail is reporting that the leading British pharmacy brand Boots has developed a hair
The most nutritious, powerful, healthy food supplement on the planet may be...POND SCUM. You probably never knew it, but that green sludgy bacteria called Spirulina floating on the water hazard in your local golf course could be your key to anti-aging, heart health and a strong immune system. Spirulina is the common name for free-floating "filamentous cyanoba
Remember how you freaked out and bought a year's worth of wrinkle cream on your 25th birthday because you thought you were "sooooooo oooooold"? And how you feel like you're going to shrivel up and die if the bartender doesn't ask to see some ID? Well, imagine trying to blow out 122 candles on your birthday cake, or having lived during three centuries. Now that's old.
So you weren't born with a set of cute little dimples when you smile and you think that you might like to add one? No problem! Just ask Jesse from Inglewood, Colorado. Born with a dimple on the left hand side of her cheek, Jesse wanted to even out her smile by adding a dimple to her right. The surgery is a relatively simple procedure done under local anesthe
Bummed about your dress size? Blame mom and dad. According to a new study conducted by Dr. Jonathan Graff at The University of Texas, humans may carry a gene that determines whether or not they gain weight or maintain slender figures. But before you add this to your mile-long list of parental grievances, take heart. The Daily Mail reports that that identifyi
Lately I've noticed a stubborn little crease on my forehead. I lift the skin just a bit, mimicking a facelift - and the crease disappears. During a facelift, the surgeon makes an incision, usually around the hairline, and then pulls the facial skin upward to smooth loose skin and wrinkles, and provide a more youthful appearance. While a facelift can provide
Imagine never having to borrow your neighbor's ladder, always being able to see the stage no matter where you're seated, and being able to sink a basket just by simply raising your arm. It takes a lot of height to make Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming look short, but these skyscraping folks do it. Prepare to meet the tallest men and women on the planet. Leoni
If you're still going to the spa for a plain old Swedish massage or pineapple scrub facial, you're living in the Dark Ages of pampering! Around the globe these days, spas are offering ever more exotic (and frankly scary treatments) to eager customers. From Vaginal Steam Therapy, to a Snake Massage to Caviar Shampoo, there's something for everyone. Here's a dozen to c
So what if you weren't born with Brad Pitt's strong jaw, Elvis Presley's dimpled chin, or Pamela Anderson's super-sized chest? With a few slices of the scalpel anyone can look like their favorite celebrity's long-lost twin. And if you're angling for a new career as a convincing celebrity impersonator, cosmetic surgery is the perfect way to stay ahead of the game (but
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons does not list Knee Lift Surgery on their website. In fact, the cosmetic procedure was relatively unknown by the masses until the release of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, when the world got a Big Screen view of Demi Moore's beach worthy bod, sparking rumors that she had her knees "lifted" (along with just about everything els
...I just can't see how anyone with children could get entertainment out of this sort of morbidity AngelaMarie88, we are in no way getting entertainment on birth defects we're merely bringing them to light so people can become more informed. There are all sorts of birth defects that strike people of all
Anyone who watches the Discovery Health channel knows that nature likes to throw us a lot of genetic curveballs: Siamese twins, extra appendages, chimeras, hermaphrodites...you name it. But you haven't seen anything yet. The people in this article have some of the most startling, unimaginable birth defects the world has ever seen. Suddenly that annoying birthmark of y
Imagine THIS new category at the next Academy Awards: "Best performance by an actress with Botox." And the nominees are... You may snigger at the idea (even though you have an idea who should be nominated) but awards and pageants proudly touting who's been snipped, suctioned, resurfaced and injected may soon be commonplace. Who knows when (or if) they'll do i
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If you could choose your own lifespan, how long would it be? This is the latest from the polls on our website and I'm just curious to see what most people think. Automatically you may assume that everyone would want to live forever, not true. Follow the link to the right side of our homepage for the voting. Which one are you? - 60-70 Years - 70-80 Year
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