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Getting Old Overnight: Why Sleeping May Age You Faster

Wrinkle Treatment
Posted 4 months ago

If you've been subscribing to the notion that a girl needs her beauty sleep, you may want to reconsider. Apparently, your visits to dreamland could be giving you wrinkles.

The American Academy of Dermatology notes that sleeping in certain positions—on your side or face-down in the pillow—causes “sleep lines” on your face and neck. After many nights of slumbering in the same position, they can become permanent. Sleeping on your side can also wrinkle your chest. Whatever you call them (“boob lines,” anyone?), they're just as unsightly.

Busted! The Top 10 Breast Myths Debunked

Breast Augmentation
Posted 4 months ago

Think you know everything there is to know about breasts? I thought I did, until I wrote a book on the subject. Then I discovered that I’d been a real boob about own boobs. Women shared with me their top questions and my research uncovered some surprising and uplifting answers.
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3 Things Even a Plastic Surgeon Can't Change

Posted 4 months ago

Even the most skilled plastic surgeon can’t (or won’t) try to tackle these ...

10 Unbelievable Mommy Makeovers

Posted 4 months ago

Mothers give so much to their kids -- time, energy, love, and sometimes, their once-taut figure. So in honor of Mother's Day we want to showcase one of the photo galleries that always makes jaws drop in our office: Mommy Makeovers.

When you look at these pictures, it's easy to see why this is the 3rd highest-rated procedure of over 250 on the site.

4 Reasons Thermage Has Negative Online Reviews

Thermage
Posted 4 months ago

Thermage has been making a splash in the past few years as a non-invasive option to tighten and firm skin. Stars like Demi Moore are said to be big fans, and it’s often named as a favorite pre-red carpet treatment.

But if it’s such a miracle worker, why do only 4 out of 10 RealSelf reviewers say it’s worth it?

Plastic surgeon Dr. George Beraka is not surprised it has a such lackluster reputation with everyday consumers.

While he believes that “Thermage is the best way to tighten sagging facial skin without surgery or downtime,” he says “dissatisfied Thermage patients are not the result of the technique itself, but of improper applications.”