Age spot removal blog posts and news

Jennifer Aniston Blows $56k On Hair In One Week

What price beauty?

Clearly if you're Jennifer Aniston in London, $56,000 must sound about right. Seriously—just heard it on the radio news. To be fair, this was to pay for the all-in expenses to have her hairdresser accompany her to the UK premier of Marley & Me.

That's a lot of blow-outs.

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Patient Gagger, Medical Justice, Falls Short On Promise

For those not aware, Medical Justice sells a controversial waiver that over 2,000 doctors are now presenting to their patients, where the patient agrees not to post online comments about the doctor or their medical experience (referred to as a gag order by other media outlets).

In the Medical Justice blog, they make the statement:

As healthcare consumers, we look forward to the day that we have statistical, actionable information delivered with transparency. We will send a note of praise to any entity that reaches that milestone first. But, the current flock of anonymous consumer rating sites are nowhere near that goal.
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Slumdog Secret For Shiny Hair

What's Frieda Pinto's secret for keeping her hair shiny, smooth and gorgeous as she runs through the dry, dusty streets of "Slumdog Millionaire"? Turns out it's an age-old secret: a once-a-week coconut oil hair treatment.

Coconut oil doesn't receive the same level of beauty hype that olive oil does simply because of olive oil's pervasiveness in the kitchen—but coconut oil has many of the same uses. To help give hair a healthy-looking shine while restoring some moisture, try massaging a few drops (don't overdo it!) into your scalp, and work the oil out to ends. Wrap hair in a towel and let sit for 2-3 hours then wash out.

Two options for trying out a coconut oil hair care treatment:

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Usher's Wife Recovering From Botched Brazilian Plastic Surgery

E! News and Access Hollywood are reporting that singer Usher bailed on his pre-Grammy performance the night before the awards because of a serious medical issue involving his wife, Tameka Foster.

Foster, 37, is reportedly suffering complications from elective plastic surgery in Brazil, and a neurosurgeon from the US is traveling to Brazil to help. She recently gave birth to the couple’s second child.

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Want Arbonne Ingredients? You'll Have To Work For It.

I've given up looking for the ingredients in Arbonne's NutriMinC RE9 REtaliate Wrinkle Filler.

I'm far from alone in this frustration. Read this Arbonne post with over 16,000 reads to get a flavor of the complaints about Arbonne ingredient information.

Arbonne's ingredient listings feels out-of-place in this age of transparency and customer-centric marketing. Arbonne makes consumers work to gain insight into the Arbonne product ingredients.

To get the ingredient list of any Arbonne product you must contact an Arbonne consultant. Why does Arbonne make this an arduous process when consumers are accustomed to Googling a product to get instant information? To make a sale.

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Alexis Stewart's Breast Lift Has Never Been A Secret

The New York Post outed the Manhattan plastic surgeon who performed Alexis Stewart's breast lift in a late-to-press gossip bit called "Alexis Stewart Goes To Boob Magician."

Ms. Stewart immediately reacted on her blog, saying you "gotta love the New York Post for making things seem so secret and 'information' so tough to get...it has never been a secret that for a couple of years I wanted (and then got) a breast lift."

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Fullbar Diet Is Full Of It

Fullbar, created by Dr. Michael A. Snyder, is basically a granola-looking pre-meal bar that you eat, along with 8 oz. of water, 30 minutes prior to your actual meal. The 30-minute lead time allows the bar to bulk up in your stomach, creating a full feeling.

According to the Fullbar site, "With FullBar, you can achieve the same results without the surgery!" Gastric bypass surgery, that is.

The proof is in the pudding (sorry for the mention of dessert) from the Fullbar site:

95% of the people who had 10 or more pounds to lose, lost an average of 11.5 pounds in 12 weeks.
People lose an average of 40% of their excess body weight in just three months.

Here's my beef(s)...

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Obama Lifts Botox Sales In DC And Beyond

As people ready themselves for Obama inauguration parties in Washington, DC and across the country, dermatologists are reporting a sharp increase in sales of Botox and dermal fillers.

Firearms groups are also reporting an increase in sales as gun owners brace for what they believe will be a new era of gun control in Washington.

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Kythera Seeking FDA Approval For Fat-Dissolving Injections

Fat dissolving injections aren't a new concept in the cosmetic medical arena. Mesotherapy practitioners claim that their injections of various remedies have been dissolving fat since the technique was invented in France over fifty years ago.

Kythera Pharmaceutical's January 6 press release announced that their new drug (currently known as ATX-101) was "safe and tolerable and demonstrated statistically significant efficacy versus placebo." Their tests were performed on chin and jawline fat in a double-blind and placebo-controlled study of 157 patients.

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Beverly Hills Doctor Uses Human "Lipo-diesel" To Power His SUV

Dr. Alan Bittner, a Beverly Hills doctor who specialized only in liposuction, has been converting the leftover liposuctioned human fat of his patients into biodiesel.

Although this type of fat-recycling may at first seem like a somewhat morbid but environmentally-friendly practice, it's illegal in California to use human medical waste to power vehicles.

According to Forbes.com, Dr. Bittner has been using the fat to power both his Ford SUV and his girlfriend's Lincoln Navigator. He said on the now defunct lipodiesel.com that "the vast majority of my patients request that I use their fat for fuel--and I have more fat than I can use. Not only do they get to lose their love handles or chubby belly but they get to take part in saving the Earth."