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Juvederm® is a smooth consistency gel made of hyaluronic acid—a naturally occurring substance in your skin that helps to add volume and hydration. Your healthcare professional eases Juvederm® injectable gel under the skin to instantly restore your skin’s volume and smooth away facial wrinkles and folds, like your “smile lines” or “parentheses” (nasolabial folds—the creases […]
BOTOX© Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. It is a nonsurgical, physician-administered treatment that can temporarily reduce moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people 18 to 65 years of age. During treatment, very low doses of BOTOX© Cosmetic are administered via a few tiny injections directly into […]
I knew my friend Sybil had breast cancer, but it was still stunning to see her arrive at lunch wearing a cap covering her bald head. She had been diagnosed many months earlier, and, although she had already gone through months of chemotherapy to shrink the cancer, she was far from finished with the treatment. […]
Diane Russell’s hair began falling out the day before her second treatment. It was just 25 days after she learned she had breast cancer, and she was still grappling with the diagnosis. She had noticed swelling, then lesions on her breast and thought she was suffering from an infection such as MRSA. As a medical […]
Having both breasts removed can leave physical and emotional scars, but, for some women a mastectomy is the only option that makes sense. We spoke to four women who have had the procedure or were planning on having it done. While they share that in common, each woman told a unique story about how she […]
The idea to provide skin care products unparalleled in quality and effectiveness developed in Switzerland in 1975, when one man, Petter Mørck, together with a group of leading bio-chemists, biologists and herbalists, fulfilled his vision and founded Arbonne. Arbonne’s skin care products, based on botanical principles, became a reality in the United States in 1980 […]