| WORLD BRIEFING | MIDDLE EAST; Iran: Western-Style Barbers Shut Iran shuts down 13 barbershops that are offering 'deviant Western styles'; eleven salons for women are also closed query.nytimes.com |
Latest Findings From Hair, Skin, Color And Shaving At AAAS Annual Meeting P&G Beauty & Grooming scientists presented research at the AAAS Annual Meeting (Chicago, Feb. 12-16) that offers evidence of science's role in evolving beauty and grooming product efficacy. This year's meeting theme observes the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, affording a unique perspective for examining the company's use of advanced science and technology to help individuals feel and look their best. medicalnewstoday.com |
First-Ever Standardized Scales To Measure The Skin's Aging Process Are Introduced At The American Society For Plastic Surgery's Annual Meeting The Merz Scales, the first standardized, comprehensive rating system to measure the skin's aging process, were introduced to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at its annual meeting in Las Vegas. Developed by a leading team of multidisciplinary experts to "establish a universal language of aging," The Merz Scales address the unmet need for an educational tool to facilitate communication between physicians and patients. medicalnewstoday.com |
Questions Remain On Bariatric Surgery For Adolescents Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding surgery can effectively treat obesity in adolescents and seems to offer a better alternative than gastric bypass surgery, but further study is needed to determine whether it's better than nonsurgical options, a UT Southwestern Medical Center surgeon writes in an editorial in the Feb. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association... mnt.to |
Look What I Bought (or Got Free) Haul videos, a phenomenon on YouTube, fulfill a voyeuristic thrill of seeing what women, mostly young, buy. nytimes.com |