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Tyra Banks Is Giving Away Beauty Products

It's not every day that someone offers to give me beauty products. And it's an even rarer day when someone offers to give my readers beauty products. But the PR person from the Tyra Banks Show  told us yesterday that  the Tyra Banks Show is giving away beauty products worth more than $15,000 during the month of February to people who sign up at the website here.

According to Tiffany Miller, we all need to throw out the stuff in our makeup bags, which has been there too long. (She must have peered into mine. I think I have lipsticks left from college).

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CBS Investigates Lipodissolve

Yesterday I wrote the post on Lipodissolve, in which I quoted from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Today I received an email with a link to a CBS investigation on Lipodissolve, featuring several former patients. Several of the women who spoke in the video cited the pain involved in the multiple injections, which was not explained to them beforehand. One woman had some kind of reaction to the shots, during which she lost some of her eyesight and clumps of her hair.

Another swelled from a Size 4 to a Size 16, and had trouble breathing. Several thought they were dying.

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Lipodissolve: The American Society Of Plastic Surgeons Speaks

The American Association of Plastic Surgeons has a new technical brief for journalists about injection lipolysis (Lipodissolve):. Here's what they say:

Thus far, there is a lack of clinical research in the United States demonstrating the safety and efficacy of injection lipolysis treatments. The first FDA-approved clinical study is being conducted to determine the effectiveness of this technology.

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Clinique-tox

Allergan, the maker of Botox Cosmetic, and Clinique are partnering to form a new antiaging skin care line distributed exclusively via doctor offices.  Allergan and Clinique expect to create a new category of best-in-class skin care products that will be Allergy Tested and fragrance free.  The division of labor is something like this:

As part of the agreement, Clinique will be responsible for formulating, developing and manufacturing the new product line. Clinique will sell products to Allergan while Allergan will record sales to physicians and handle consumer and professional marketing and distribution.

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No More Gray Hair

If you want to get rid of your gray hair or change the color of your hair, chances are you go to a salon. And it costs a bundle. Not to mention the fact that hair color changes the texture of your hair -- usually for the worse. I had to start coloring my hair in my thirties, because I began to go gray early. I think that's hereditary: at least it happened the same way to my mom. And I've been a prisoner of the salon ever since. And as I get older, I worry more about the condition of my hair after it has been colored.

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Fig.com Dissolves

The largest chain of Lipodissolve clinics is out of business according to the St. Louis Business Journal.  Fig Advanced Lipodissolve halted operations this past weekend. The journal explains: 

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Korner Skincare Launches A Loaded Product

Korner Skincare is well known for its high-tech packaging and appeal to the luxury skin care customer.

Korner Skincare is now launching its first premium anti-aging skin care product called Loaded.  Loaded lives up to its name, described in WWD as a cream brimming with natural and antiaging ingredients:

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Dermatologists Put Skin Care Regimes In Hot Water

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A Miracle Kit From Patricia Wexler, MD?

Purchasing skin care can be daunting and overwhelming, especially at the high prices for purchasing individual items.

Bath & Body Works offers Patricia Wexler's Universal Anti-Aging Solution Starter Kit, usually priced at $65.00, but is now selling for $45.00. A miracle kit if it can help with facial lines and early signs of wrinkles.

The anti-aging skin care kit is marketed as being the complete answer to skin care needs with a 30 day supply for a range of skin products.

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Governor Huckabee Loses 110 Pounds

This week I had the opportunity to speak with Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a health crusader who's leading by example by maintaining peak health after undergoing a dramatic lifestyle change.

Huckabee lost 110 pounds through a straightforward diet-and-exercise regimen he started at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Program in 2003. Huckabee added his own "stop-don't-start" psychology to the program, where he focused his efforts on first stopping his bad habits before starting good ones.

The 110-pound loss is amazing, but so is Huckabee's regard for the achievement: to him, weight loss is strictly a matter of health - a message he is spreading to the masses with unwavering urgency.

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