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...STARTED The search for a quick-fix wrinkle remover without collagen's risk of side effects...
Right under the epidermis is the dermis, which contains the blood vessels that nourish the skin and the structural elements--proteins called collagen and elastin--that keep it taut and springy. As we grow older, the body has trouble replenishing the stores of collagen and elastin, giving the skin a thin, papery look...
...wonder why Melanie Griffith wasn't considered a worthy subject. After all, everyone thinks she's just the epitome of a blond but no one ever really bothers to see her movies or read her interviews to find out what's really going on underneath all that frizz and collagen. So I come across this quote the other day from our darling Mel G: "I always wanted to go back to school, you know to major in something like philosophy. Do they have that? You know, like majors in, like you know, philosophy?" I change my mind. No need...
Carbon dioxide, or CO2, lasers have been widely used since 1994 to bloodlessly eradicate wrinkles and sun damage by vaporizing the upper layer of skin, thus stimulating the underlying collagen fibers to rejuvenate the skin. Some 170,000 people had laser resurfacing done last year, making it by far the most popular laser procedure. Though chemical peels do essentially the same thing--and cost less than the average $2,500 to $3,000 for laser resurfacing--lasers have the advantage of being more controllable, since chemicals are absorbed at different rates by different skin...
...principal trouble spots are the shock-absorbing disks between the vertebrae and the facet joints, at the back of each vertebrae, that act as brakes to rotation. Each disk is a round ligament, made up of an annulus, which is like a multilayered collagen basket that absorbs rotational stress, and a lighter-density liquid nucleus that absorbs compression. The layers of the annulus are woven for maximum absorption. But it doesn't take much to tear this basket. "You can tear the annulus with no more than 3[degrees] of sudden loaded rotation," Watkins says. "If the disk ruptures into...