What is the least painful way to remove facial hair?
Bamamichelle asks…I have PCOS and wondered whats the most un-painful way of removing facial hair above lips and under chin?
The Beauty Brains respond:
When this question was first posted in our Forum, our readers came to Bamamichelle’s rescue with a variety of suggestions for her to try:
Depilatory cream
Threading
Waxing
IPL devices (like the Tria) and thermal devices (like the NoNo!)
All hair removal devices are not equal
The two device options are probably the most confusing to people. (They’re also the most expensive!) Which is better for hair removal, light or heat? A recent study published in ...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - August 19, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: thebeautybrains Tags: Questions Source Type: blogs
Acid Attacks in Pakistan
The Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) predicts that 150 acid attacks occur in Pakistan each year, with many more going unreported. This is a disturbing practice of throwing battery acid onto someone, 74 percent of the time a woman, with the attempt of killing them or at the very least leaving them with severe skin deformities. The reasoning behind these heinous attacks is even more disturbing. Frequently, they occur because a woman wants a divorce from an abusive husband and he seeks to bring shame upon her for taking action against him. Steps are being taken to improve laws and prosecution for these crimes yet acid attack...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - August 10, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Body Image Global Health Publc Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Singer Steve Perry’s Melanoma: Before (?) and After Surgery
An inspiring performance by singer Steve Perry
Former Journey lead singer Steve Perry has been blessed with an amazing musical career, belting songs like the Glee-rific “Don’t Stop Believing” that celebrate optimism. Recently, via a fan site, Perry disclosed a health scare: A lesion on his right cheek was biopsied and found to be melanoma skin cancer.
Perry has long had a beauty mark-like mole.
Steve Perry is not our patient, but he has long had a small oval mole on his right cheek. Chr...
Source: Skinema, dermatology in the media blog - July 20, 2013 Category: Dermatologists Authors: vail reese Tags: Music Source Type: blogs
Sologrip III Laser Fiberoptic Delivery Device for Minimally Invasive Transmyocardial Revascularization FDA Cleared
Cardiogenesis, a CryoLife company, has received FDA clearance to market the company’s new Sologrip III laser fiberoptic delivery device. The Sologrip III is a single use device used along with the company’s Holmium:YAG laser-based transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) system to treat angina.
Minimally invasive TMR procedure involves reaching the heart through an incision between the ribs and then creating 1 mm wide channels in the myocardium that induce the muscle to generate neovasculature. Typically between 20 and 40 such channels are created during the procedure. The technique increases blood and oxygen su...
Source: Medgadget - July 17, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Thoracic Surgery Source Type: blogs
Is Laser Therapy A Good Way To Treat Acne Scarring?
Acne is a very common skin condition, which tends to affect teenagers as a result of hormonal changes taking place in the body, but can affect older people as well. Most people will experience acne at some stage of their life, although for many it lasts only a short period of time and is very mild. Acne is characterised by spots, which develop on the face and other parts of the body, most commonly: the back, chest and neck.
There is no cure for acne but there are many treatments, which can be used to control and ease the symptoms. In very severe cases, medication, such as antibiotics and strong topical creams, can be presc...
Source: Mental Nurse - June 17, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: Iqcguest Tags: Laser surgery Acne Treatment Hormonal Changes Laser Skin Treatment Microdermabrasion Source Type: blogs
Is Laser Therapy A Good Way To Treat Acne Scarring?
Acne is a very common skin condition, which tends to affect teenagers as a result of hormonal changes taking place in the body, but can affect older people as well. Most people will experience acne at some stage of their life, although for many it lasts only a short period of time and is very [...] (Source: Mental Nurse)
Source: Mental Nurse - June 17, 2013 Category: Nurses Authors: admin Tags: Laser surgery Acne Treatment Hormonal Changes Laser Skin Treatment Microdermabrasion Source Type: blogs
Laser Tissue Welding
A tissue that is damaged or injured can be repaired /regenerated. Some tissue injuries can be repaired by simple methods as Stitches and staples. But as the scientific techniques are becoming more advanced, these Stitches and staples may be on their wayto becoming a thing of the past as we have a developing technology known as Laser Tissue Welding. This has the potential to produce stronger seals and expand use of this, alternative to conventional suture and stapling especially in intestinal surgery.
In this standard laser tissue welding, a laser is used to precisely heat the body tissue at the edges of the wound. This hel...
Source: Sciences Blog - June 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: srinivas_s at omicsgroup.co.in (OMICS Publishing Group) Tags: Applied Biological Sciences Biology Tissue Science & Engg Gold Nanorods Intestinal Surgery Laser Tissue Welding Nanospheres Source Type: blogs
Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo: the end of a myth
Conclusions
It is clear from meta-analyses that results of acupuncture trials are variable and inconsistent, even for single conditions. After thousands of trials of acupuncture, and hundreds of systematic reviews (Ernst et al., 2011), arguments continue unabated. In 2011, Pain carried an editorial which summed up the present situation well.
“Is there really any need for more studies? Ernst et al. (2011) point out that the positive studies conclude that acupuncture relieves pain in some conditions but not in other very similar conditions. What would you think if a new pain pill was shown to reliev...
Source: DC's goodscience - May 30, 2013 Category: Professors and Educators Authors: David Colquhoun Tags: Academia acupuncture badscience Bait and switch quackademia CAM quackery Source Type: blogs
Bausch & Lomb unit pays US$33.5M to settle claims over using kickbacks and improper marketing to boost sales
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John Moore/Getty ImagesA drug used for treating pain and inflammation after eye-cataract surgery was being promoted by Ista, a unit of Bausch & Lomb, for non-approved uses related to laser eye surgery and glaucoma treatments, the U.S. said.
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International’s $8.7-billion deal to buy U.S. eyecare giant Bausch & Lomb, announced Monday, comes just days after a unit of the latter pleaded guilty to using kick...
Source: PharmaGossip - May 27, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
New Laser System to Help Surgeons Drill Through Skull with Increased Safety
Brain injuries and strokes can sometime require surgeons to relieve pressure on the brain by drilling burr holes through the skull using a trephine. The device is straight out of the good old days of medicine when surgical tools and torture implements were made by the same manufacturers. Yet, while even dentistry has moved on, performing burr hole craniotomies is still very much a manual cranking operation prone to causing injury and even leading to meningitis.Researchers at Fraunhofer Institutes for Photonic Microsystems, Laser Technology, and Integrated Circuits have developed a new laser system that may soon replace th...
Source: Medgadget - May 15, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Editors Tags: in the news... Source Type: blogs
Dental Education in Video
The Library just purchased Alexander Street Press’ latest online video collection called Dental Education in Video. It consists of hundreds of high-definition videos featuring world-renowned dental clinicians and educators.
Subjects covered include esthetic dentistry, implant dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, patient assessment, operative dentistry, hygiene and maintenance, oral biology and medicine, orthodontics, laser dentistry, oral surgery, endodontics, infection control, periodontics, general dentistry, dental technology, digital dentistry, occlusion, TMD, digital photography, and much more.
To access Dental Educa...
Source: DentistryLibrary@Sydney - May 3, 2013 Category: Dentists Tags: Online tutorials in Dentistry Oral health videos Source Type: blogs
ScanMed Allows for Quick Medical Information Retrieval
Rocket Surgery Concepts has created a convenient way for first responders to retrieve vital medical and emergency information; it's all on the wrist.
ScanMed QR (Quick Response) allows customers to visit www.ScanMedQR.com and create a profile of all of their medical illnesses, medications, and allergies. After the profile is completed, customers order a silicone sports band ($24.99 per year), and each band is laser etched with the wearers' unique QR code (consists of the details on the profile).
When an emergency happens, first responders can scan the patient's QR code (by using an iPhone or Android smartphone), ...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 30, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
ScanMed Allows for Quick Medical Information Retrieval
Rocket Surgery Concepts has created a convenient way for first responders to retrieve vital medical and emergency information; it's all on the wrist.
ScanMed QR (Quick Response) allows customers to visit www.ScanMedQR.com and create a profile of all of their medical illnesses, medications, and allergies. After the profile is completed, customers order a silicone sports band ($24.99 per year), and each band is laser etched with the wearers' unique QR code (consists of the details on the profile).
When an emergency happens, first responders can scan the patient's QR code (by using an iPhone or Android smartpho...
Source: Technology & Inventions - April 30, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
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Terrible nights sleep. Hopefully I’d be tired after the op. All advice is that the best thing to do is go to sleep afterwards as apparently it helps the cornea heal.
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Sat in the waiting room of the laser clinic, the sun bright and cold outside, four others sitting around and waiting to be seen. I wonder if we’ll become a little happy band of laser victims, cheering each other on as we go in and out, like contestants on a reality TV show. A woman walks out of the treatment rooms, squinting and smiling before pulling sunglasses on and walking out with her husband…”I’m not too bad&...
Source: Trauma Queen - April 20, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Kal Tags: Journal Source Type: blogs
