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New Procedure for Smooth Belly?
There are quite a few women, and men too, who are really not happy with one particular area on their body. The belly fat is the number one complaint on the body between women and men, and the reason that typical tummy tuck surgery is still one of the number one requested cosmetic surgeries today. Tummy tucks though, are actually quite invasive procedures.
They not only suck the fat out from underneath the skin, but they also take some of the skin off as well because often times people who request tummy tucks have excess body fat and therefore have stretched, excessive skin that needs to be removed as well. After all, we weren’t born that way, that stomach had to have gotten stretched out over the course of our lives due to genes, poor eating and exercise habits, or child birth.
A cosmetic surgeon named Dr. Schulman has now come up with a new procedure that is made to help patients who request to have a flatter stomach, and yet are not so severe that they need a full on tummy tuck. This new procedure is something he has coined the “smooth tummy tuck”. It allows him to do agressive liposuction, and also remove any hanging skin in one operation, whereas other operations may take several to get the right, smooth and natural look, which means, yep, you have to go under more than once and why would you want to do that more than you have to?
The difference is that there is no muscle repair involved because the muscles were not invaded, fat was just sucked out, so your recovery time is a lot less, and your scarring is more minimal, making for an overall more desirable procedure as well as a more desirable overall effect. It may even reduce the look of cellulite since it sucks out excess fat, and therefore would also of course minimize the straining of the fat against the skin.
The new technique takes about two hours, and recovery takes about five days total. The patients see and feel an immediate result which is what leaves them so very happy. Hey, if I had problems in that area, I might think about it! Maybe some day, when I get tired of my saddle bags, this type of procedure is something I’d treat myself to 
Happy New Years to all you beauty fans out there! Here’s to a wonderful New Year’s Eve, where I hope you’ll be celebrating a fun evening with family and/or friends, and a wonderful prospect for the new year – love you all and hope to see lots of you where we promise to bring you the latest news in fun beauty stuff all year long!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
A former Miss Argentina has died after going under the knife for gluteal (that’s the scientific term for butt or rear end in case you didn’t know) surgery to enhance the appearance of her butt and make it look more lifted and round. The 38 year old mother of two died in surgery after she threw a blood clot to her lungs and experienced acute respiratory failure. Efforts to save the woman were not successful, and she passed away at the scene of the surgery reportedly.
Incidents like this during surgeries are uncommon, but there is definitely a risk any time you put yourself under the knife, so it’s wise to consider this when you are considering plastic surgery of any kind. Argentina is actually one of the countries that has a very high rate of plastic surgery. People actually engage in medical tourism to go get plastic surgery there because the cost is lower and yet the standard of care and the quality of the work is still pretty high.
After looking at pictures of this woman on the news sites, I’m not quite sure why she was going in for any surgery at all. She was gorgeous. It’s too bad that the pressures are so great that she felt she needed this unnecessary procedure. I’m not anti plastic surgery at all either, I advocate it. However, I think that some of these procedures are really going overboard.
So, you’ve undoubtedly been out shopping a bit for the holiday, or pre-holiday shopping at this point, right? Well, unless you are the ultimate procrastinator, as I sometimes tend to be some years, you’ve at least maybe scoped out some of the pre-holiday ads or the online sales I would assume. I’ve seen some pretty good deals already on things like perfume sets and other beauty deals, especially on the popular sites that sell these types of items like Sephora and my all time favorite for picking up hard to find beauty deals, Amazon.com.
Folica, the great site that offers anything and everything for your hair like hair care products, hair dryers, curling irons, flat irons, and you name it to give you a fabulous and flawless mane of hair, even has some great deals that they’ve been emailing me quite frequently about.
There are a lot of stores that are offering anywhere from $10 to $30 off an order when you spend a certain amount, which can amount to a great deal if you find a few items that you are either thinking of for yourself (the holidays are actually a great time to sneak in a few things for yourself since there are great deals around that time and also you are bound to find items that aren’t generally readily available in the same packages during the rest of the year during this time), or if you are buying a gift for the fashion or beauty addict on your list.
And everyone has someone like that on their list! Everything from nail polish to facial skin are products, wrinkle creams and colored contacts are on sale around this time of year. Retailers know that this is the perfect time to really grab shopper’s attention since everyone is online a lot shopping and out in the stores, so they pull out all the stops, discounts and cool products they can.
After all, they call it black Friday because it’s the time of year when every retailer actually becomes profitable for the whole year, so that’s a very important time for them to pull in all the sales they can.
You read the horror stories about cosmetic surgery procedures going awry a lot, even though these risks are fairly remote, they nevertheless do exist, and everyone who undergos plastic surgery of any sort, especially the more invasive kinds where you are put under general anesthesia, should be aware that they are somewhat at risk, however remote, of enduring complications up to and even including death unfortunately.
It really is up to the individual though. I know some people who aren’t afraid to go under the knife at all, and others who avoid it like the plague. And well, to go under the knife for something that isn’t even medically necessary, those people would say no way, are you crazy!?
When you hear stories like the one out of Florida recently though, no matter if you’re squeamish or hesitant about plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures of an invasive nature, you do tend to think twice about even thinking about getting anything done. A 37 year old mother of three children in Florida is now brain dead, and has been for several days, after she underwent liposuction surgery, which is a routine plastic surgery, at a medical spa in Florida.
She was ok all the way up until the very end of the surgery apparently, which incidentally is not described as a full on liposuction with the anesthesia because it isn’t known whether this is one of the less invasive forms, as the spa was not licensed to perform actual liposuction with anesthesia. The doctor’s lawyer did say that his client was unaware the spa was not licensed to perform procedures which require anesthesia, which leads me to believe it was the full kind where you have to go under because it is very invasive, but mum’s the word so far on that.
He also says that all emergency procedures were obeyed and at the right time, trying to exonerate his client from any wrongdoing, since you know there will be a lawsuit when a mother of three is now braindead and will most likely die from this.
Liposuction is a surgery where fat is extracted from the body’s problem areas in fairly large volumes, whereas lesser forms of liposuction, which can only take out smaller amounts of fat, are less invasive and do not require a patient to go under the twilight sleep that is induced from regular anesthesia, rather they are usually given sedatives and local anesthetics to help with any pain and discomfort.
I never thought I’d try an all natural – and I do mean all natural- shampoo that I’d actually like, which gave me better results than any other expensive salon shampoo, including those brands that advertise as being natural. The shampoo that I’ve been using is by Pure Life Soap Company, a smaller operation that makes great all natural, organically grown self care and beauty products like body lotions, soap of course, and shampoos and conditioners. The only product I’ve tried so far of theirs is this Wild Indigo shampoo for all hair types, and I LOVE it.
I tried it out somewhat skeptically, because my sister bought it for me as part of my birthday gift. I thought for sure it would be disastrous when I squeezed it out and it was so thick I could barely get it out of the bottle, and it looked like a very thick clear jelly with a lot of stuff suspended in it. It’s hard too, because it doesn’t really lather up, but you have to believe me, this stuff gets your hair clean, and very clean, because then your conditioner soaks into your hair even better.
I couldn’t have been more wrong about this product. I have problems with dandruff, and wild indigo is supposed to be good for that, and I did notice less itchiness and dryness almost after the first wash with this shampoo. It has a wonderful light, natural fragrance with no chemical or artificial fragrances added, so this shampoo would be ideal to those that are allergic to a lot of different scents. Wild indigo has great antiseptic properties, which is probably why it helps keep your scalp healthy, but this shampoo also is a great, gentle cleanser that leaves your hair soft and silky instead of dried out.
It contains zero parabens, sulfates, petroleum, and artificial dyes and fragrances, so it should be totally hypoallergenic, and of course it’s vegan and also cruelty free. Oh, the bottle is also recyclable, and the product itself is biodegradable. I don’t think you can get any better than that! It leaves my hair feeling totally clean, and my scalp feeling very nourished and clean. I love reading the ingredients because it’s the most natural label I’ve ever seen, I can actually identify the ingredients on it. This is definitely the best all natural shampoo I’ve ever tried, and it totally fits into my new desire to go totally natural for a lot of my personal care products.
I’m going to be ordering more shortly (you can order their product on Amazon, which I’m ecstatic about since my sister bought this in a store in Humboldt county CA, and I live in Ohio), and I’m also going to try out their soaps and their body lotions as well.
A British woman had a horrific experience at a Turkish spa that makes you think twice before you go to any spa for some pampering. Fortunately I’m not too deterred by this stuff as I have a few reputable places that I know of that have never had bad customer experiences, but it goes to show that not all spa treatments are going to be safe for everyone. The 19 year old woman went into the Turkish spa to get a variety of treatments for her skin and relaxation, which included a 20 minute sauna bath and I think some sort of exfoliation.
She alleges that after the sauna treatment her skin on about half of her body was burned so badly that it came off in layers and was literally hanging from her body (ech, I know, what a nightmare). She said that when she got out and showed the spa employees, they said she merely had very sensitive skin and wanted to give her a complementary moisturizing treatment to help with her skin. However, she says that after that treatment she was in so much pain that she went straight to a hospital where the Dr. told her that she looked like a burn victim.
I was trying all the while to figure out how a spa treatment could do this to a person and thought maybe this was just an anomaly and maybe she really was just that sensitive, but I’m sure that this has at least also resulted in some sort of investigation of the spa for how they were treating customers and if their methods were safe. At least I would hope.
The kicker is that the teen was at a posh hotel resort when she decided to go get the Turkish bath treatment, so it’s all that much more surprising that this went so awry. She was on a “holiday” as the Brits say, in Turkey with her boyfriend. Jeez, these teens these days get all the luxury, don’t they? The poor girl could actually end up having long term damage to her skin because of this ordeal, so hopefully the spa will step up and reimburse her for her doctors bills, at least.
I don’t know if you watch the show Big Brother, the massive hit that spun off into a US version from Britain where it is also still a big hit, but if you do then you know exactly who I’m talking about when I say “Lydia from Big Brother”.
She’s the crazy makeup artist who has a knack for creating wild and fanciful makeup looks on her face, I’m sure a little bit for the publicity of her skill which is obviously fairly honed from what I can tell. Unfortunately her slightly off kilter personality might throw off the talent a bit, and some of her actions are less than respectable on the show, like her lusting after Jessie, which I really don’t get because I never would see a girl like her being interested in a guy like that.
Lydia is a fairly tall, I believe at least partly Latina woman with short, spiky blond hair that looks a little different on each show. I’ve gotta hand it to her, that although I may not find all of her looks to my personal liking since they’re all pretty much a little over the top, she’s got some sort of talent, because she can apply makeup well and she can create looks that belong in a movie, so with that said, let’s talk about some of her looks.
One of the ones she does that I do like is the fifties housewife look, with the wing tipped dark black eyleliner with pastel colors dusted on the lids, and the brighter red lipstick. What a throwback, and I love it. Especially paired with the head scarf that makes her look like she stepped straight out of a fifties magazine cover. Very cool and very nostalgic, I must say. I’ve always been a fan of the tipped eye look, it’s really a glamorous, old school Hollywood style that I’ll always have a fond thought for.
One that I do not like so far is where she painted her eyes a solid black square, so that it looked like she was wearing a solid black mask over her eyes, sort of like a super hero would wear. She also wore her short hair in a mohawk that day. I’m all for individuality, but there’s a line between cool, low key individuality and the kind of look that screams desperately “look at me, look at me please!” I give the girl props though, she wear these looks with no shame, and she definitely doesn’t mind a little bit of negative attention.
Now, if we could get her emotions in check on the show, she might make it to the final round. Somehow I doubt that so far though.
I was actually disappointed to read that an Avon beauty product caused an adverse reaction in a customer, because I buy a lot of their cosmetics, most with good results, granted there are some duds. The long standing cosmetics giant which markets it’s products mainly through independent representatives, sort of like Mary Kay does, but only on the cheaper end since they can make their products for less money and probably also have a less competitive commission structure, is being sued by a customer who says she suffered burns and irritation from their stretch mark cream.
Stretch mark creams are designed to help smooth out and fade stretch marks, which is a difficult task and sometimes even requires the intervention of a laser to actually erase anything on a meaningful level if they are severe. Some of the stretch mark creams that have gained some notoriety are Strivectin, which also doubles as a wrinkle cream and the Revitol stretch mark prevention and treatment program from the makers of several other high end anti aging and wrinkle creams and skin treatments.
A 30 year old mother says that the Avon Anew Clinical Professional Stretch Mark Smoother product actually burned and scarred her skin. She said that she felt an almost immediate burning upon applying the stretch mark cream to her belly area to smooth it out after having a child, and had burns severe enough to need to go to an emergency room to get them treated.
She is suing based on the product scarring her and also burning her. The product sells for around $25, so it’s not one of their cheaper products, but keep in mind most of the time stretch mark creams are a little more expensive because they usually do us more expensive ingredients that are supposed to help fade and smooth out stretch marks.
Stretch marks occur when the skin is stretched beyond it’s capacity, and a person’s skin can’t handle it, so when it does finally shrink back down to it’s normal size, it is left with marks that can appear white in color, or purplish and stand out because they don’t blend in with the rest of the skin’s pigment (you can see pictures of stretch marks here). They can be particularly tricky to treat because it’s hard to treat them without affecting the whole surrounding area, but there are some excellent stretch mark creams that help to fade them over time effectively so you can go outside in a bathing suit without feeling self conscious.
Ok, so I think I’m slowly becoming somewhat of a believer in a very cost efficient product that is helping my eyelashes and eyebrows grow a bit thicker and more healthy called Ardell eyelash and eyebrow growth accelerator gel. I bought it for something like $4 a tube on Amazon, and thought I’d give it a shot, although truthfully I thought I had a shot in the dark of the stuff actually working for such a reasonable price. I really wouldn’t have been that disappointed spending that little money on something if it didn’t really work all that well, but it makes it all that much more exciting when something cheap really does seem to help.
That being said, I purchased this brow and lash growth accelerator gel because mostly I was concerned that a lot of the eyebrows that I had over tweezed in my zealous younger days when pencil thin brows were in, were beginning to thin even more and just stop growing back. This often happens when you over tweeze your eyebrows, especially after a certain age when your hair tends to not grow back as easily or regenerate as quickly.
So basically I had a few minor “bald spots” in my eyebrow arch that needed to be manually filled in with an eyebrow liner. Not a huge deal since I do have a brow liner that happens to match my real eyebrow color pretty well and it’s fairly undetectable, unless my skin is really pale, then it does show up a bit more. I’ve always had somewhat full eyelashes, especially after applying my mascara, so I figured I’d also use it on my lashes. After all, your eyelashes can never be too full or long, right? I figured anything that happened to my lashes would just be an added bonus as long as it helped along my faltering brow growth.
I really do think that eyebrows are important in your appearance. They can perfectly frame your face, and add that complementary symmetry that everyone is going for, so it’s important to me that I’m able to shape my brows, they’ve always been an important part of my routine. So, I’ve been using the stuff every night, and sometimes if I remember, I’ll also apply it in the morning and let it dry before I apply my mascara to my lashes, for about one month now.
I have noticed that my brows have started to fill in where they were once sparse, and I’ve definitely noticed that my eyelashes have grown in fuller and thicker, and they also seem to look a lot darker, without mascara. All this in one month, and I haven’t even gone through a fourth of the first tube I bought yet, so I thought I should share that with my readers if you’re in the market for an eyebrow and eyelash growth accelerator!
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