Botox for Job Seekers, and Other Beauty and Skincare News
RealSelf's roundup of the latest skincare and beauty news in the trades and papers:
1. Looking for work? Try a little nip, a little tuck.
Yes, the job market is brutal, we know. So some Miami docs are doing their part to get people back on their horse -- in Dr. Jason Shapiro's case, by giving away 50 free procedures to needy job-seekers. Coral Gables derm Dr. Fredric Brandt says his out-of-work consider the cost "an investment" -- and 75 percent of plastic surgeons say they've treated patients who say they want work to get ahead in the workplace. [Miami Herald]
2. Gastric bypass offers hope to keep diabetes at bay.
A new study from the American Diabetes Association says over half of Type 2 diabetes patients (177 in all) who were "very obese" were diabetes-free eight years after having gastric-bypass surgery. Docs caution that the positive effects don't always last, and patients should have the procedure done early in the course of their disease. [NYTimes]
3. Achtung, baby! No more tanning beds for German youth.
Who knew? German kids love their tanning beds -- or, as they put it so Teutonically, "solariums." The lower house of the German parliament has banned minors from using tanning beds because of the skin cancer risk. [Physorg]
4. Meanwhile, the Irish are loving their breast augmentations.
Ireland might be one of the hardest-hit European countries in the current downturn, but at least one plastic surgery clinic is thriving big-time. The Hospital Group's Irish clinic has done 500 procedures since last May -- breast implants are the most popular procedure. [Irish Examiner]
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