Daily Archives: May 14, 2012

Unattainable Beauty: The Decade’s Most Egregrious Retouching Scandals (Newsweek)

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2010.02.02--Madonna Before After Retouching
As a budding dermatologist, I am always conscious of men and women’s expectations of beauty, particularly as they age.  And despite the fact that we are living longer and feeling younger longer – not to mention all of the advances in dermatology and anti-aging medicine – the fact remains that we are unsatisfied with our appearances, maintaining a $10 billion cosmetic surgery industry, even in the midst of a recession. This 2010 Newsweek slideshow of the greatest airbrushing scandals of the past decade really astonished me. ... read more

Product Review: Lancome Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate

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I remember being a young girl, and watching my mother and grandmother alternate to and fro between the Estee Lauder and Lancome counters.  It’s no wonder, then, that these two long mainstay brands have started to create mirroring products, such as Lancome Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate ($75.49, Amazon.com), no doubt designed to be the French correlate to Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Serum or Concentrate ($66.99 or $85.00, Amazon.com). Unfortunately, the similarities between the two are not pleasant. ... read more