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Is This Hollywood’s Secret to Perfect Skin? – Madonna – Zimbio

Is This Hollywood’s Secret to Perfect Skin? By Lauren Frankfort on 2012-07-27 11:45:13 (courtesy of Getty Images) Madonna was spotted leaving her hotel yesterday trucking along a machine that resembled either a vacuum or a ventilator. Turns out the robotic box was actually an Intraceuticals anti-aging machine. Haven’t heard of it? Neither had we. (courtesy …

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Skin Exfoliation

Skin Exfoliation   Since ancient times it seems to have been accepted that a healthy, flawless skin, free of dead cells, needs regular exfoliation. This body care ritual can be performed using products containing abrasive particles, layers of gomage which are then peeled off or creams with specific ingredients. Peeling, dermabrasion, scrubbing … is exfoliation …

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Sunscreen

Ultraviolet rays cause sunburn and skin cancer, so sunscreens are essential for sunbathing. But why doesn’t an SPF of 60 provide double the protection of an SPF of 30? Summer is here and sunscreen products in their hundreds are back on the shelves of supermarkets and pharmacies. The vast global sunscreen market, however, continues to …

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Bad Sugar

A scientific study conducted with over 500 volunteers has shown that eating sugar makes us look older than we really are. It seems to be demonstrated that sugar ages the skin (and is also fattening). A team from Leiden University (Netherlands) selected 569 healthy volunteers and divided them into three groups according to their blood …

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Cellulite

About 90% of women have or have had some degree of cellulite, currently considered the most widespread aesthetic skin problem in the Western world. Although no infallible treatment exists, certain factors can prevent or ameliorate the problem. Cellulite, or gynoid lipodystrophy, is a physiological disorder affecting the subcutaneous tissue that makes it impossible for the …

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