| New Technologies Tighten Skin From Head To Toe Without Surgery
If sagging skin is getting you down, recent advances in skin-tightening technologies can lift your spirits and your skin in a matter of a few office visits to your dermatologist. The beauty of these non-invasive procedures is their ability to treat loose skin virtually anywhere on the body without the risks and downtime associated with surgery.
Speaking today at the American Academy of Dermatology's Summer Academy Meeting 2007, dermatologist David J. Goldberg, MD, JD, FAAD, clinical professor of dermatology and director of laser research at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, N.Y., discussed the rapidly expanding area of skin-tightening techniques and how they can safely and effectively treat sagging skin on the jowls, neck, arms, and stomach, as well as cellulite.
New Trend In Cosmetic Surgery: Hand-lifts
There's a new trend in cosmetic treatments: hand makeovers. A few injections and some laser treatments are giving people younger looking hands. Liz Weber isn't embarrassed to talk about the cosmetic work she's had done. "I've had Botox done for, like, seven years," she said. READ: Hand Makovers She was happy with those results but cringed every time she caught a glimpse of her hands. "They begin to look like your mom's hands," said Liz. "That's what freaks you out. It's like, 'I've got my mom's hands!'" Liz got what is, in effect, a hand-lift. Dermatologist Marilyn Berzin says she's seeing a dramatic increase in the number of patients looking to improve the appearance of their hands. "The face is looking like 40, but the hands are looking like 60 years old," said Dr.
HEALTH HAPPENINGS
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Lopsided Lincoln
Artists, sculptors and photographers knew Abraham Lincoln's face had a good side. Now it's confirmed by science.
Laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln's face, reveal the 16th president's unusual degree of facial asymmetry, according to a new study.
The left side of Lincoln's face was much smaller than the right, an aberration called cranial facial microsomia. The defect joins a long list of ailments including smallpox, heart illness and depression that modern doctors have diagnosed in Lincoln.
Lincoln's contemporaries noted his left eye at times drifted upward independently of his right eye, a condition now termed strabismus. Lincoln's smaller left eye socket may have displaced a muscle controlling vertical movement, said Dr.
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