Facial Rejuvenation
Nothing in the world can be compared to the human face. It is a land one can never tire of exploring. There is no greater experience in a studio than to witness the expression of a sensitive face under the mysterious power of inspiration. To see it animated from inside, and turning into poetry - Carl Theodor Dreyer
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How 20th-century ‘rejuvenation’ techniques gave rise to the modern anti-ageing industry
Our obsession with looking and feeling younger isn’t unique to the 21st century. In fact, we’ve been searching for ways to turn back the clock for centuries. Cleopatra reportedly bathed in milk to preserve her youth, women in the Elizabethan era wore thin slices of meat on their faces to get rid of wrinkles, and Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Léon was rumoured to have been searching for the mythical fountain of youth when he discovered Florida. Although humans had long been trying to cheat ageing, the period immediately after the First World War saw new strategies to rejuvenate the body and mind gain popularity, as I write in my recent book. These included everything from surgical procedures…
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A review of nonsurgical facial rejuvenation
Part of the increase in noninvasive procedures can be attributed to the rise in new injectables and technologies offered to patients. Many of the soft tissue fillers, laser treatments, and radiofrequency- or ultrasound-based skin tightening methodologies used today were introduced within the last decade.
Free the wrinkle
Despite (or perhaps because of) their universality, wrinkles remain one of the most stigmatized aspects of human appearance: there’s a nearly $200 billion industry devoted to smoothing them out, filling them in, and (supposedly) preventing them from cropping up in the first place.
Hold the Chemicals, Bring on the Needles
Whether cosmetic acupuncture works has yet to be proved. Some randomized, controlled studies have shown that acupuncture is an effective adjunctive treatment for hypertension, chronic pain, headaches and back pain. But there is no peer-reviewed research demonstrating that acupuncture diminishes wrinkles.
A man or a mouse? Elderly skin can be made younger with some xenotransplant wizardry.
The research team grafted old human skin onto young mice – a xenotransplant – and demonstrated that it is possible to rejuvenate the human epidermis.
America Is About to Go Botox Wild
The post-pandemic beauty boom has arrived.
Biomask: Improving Facial Burn Treatment for Soldiers in the Field
Current treatments for facial injuries often lead to disfigurement or speech impediments, but the Biomask could change regenerative medicine.
Skin rejuvenation: scientists have been able to restore a 53-year-old woman’s skin cells to the equivalent of a 23-year-old’s
Using an IPS (induced pluripotent stem) technique, which involves adding chemicals to adult cells for 50 days, researchers found that the cells had not turned into embryonic stem cells, but had rejuvenated into skin cells that looked and behaved as if they came from a 23-year old.
Skip the Plastic Surgery. Age ‘Intentionally’ With These Kinder Treatments
Aging is in. More women are skipping facelifts, instead opting for non- or minimally invasive treatments that refresh their visages without (totally) zapping fine lines. Experts explain five procedures to consider.
The Unstoppable Rise of the 'Instagram Face'
Kylie Jenner and other influencers have inspired a new beauty aesthetic and a wave of cheap non-surgical interventions – some riskier than others.
How 20th-century ‘rejuvenation’ techniques gave rise to the modern anti-ageing industry
Our obsession with looking and feeling younger isn’t unique to the 21st century. In fact, we’ve been searching for ways to turn back the clock for centuries.
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