Life&Style Beauty
We all have fat in places we’d rather not admit. However, fat is there for a reason. But how can you get rid? Dr Dinesh Maini explains. You might well ask what it is all about as you struggle to fasten those jeans that fit you last year, or those man boobs that have bothered you since teenage years are now forcing you to keep your shirt on! What we are discussing as we all know is called adipose tissue, the medical term for fat. The base unit of this collection is the humble fat cell or adipocyte. It holds [...]
There are many options out there for making yourself look better. Here, Dr Guinevere Smith from Facial Perfection takes us through just a few of them. ‘Non surgical face lift’ is a common phrase… what does it mean? Its so often used to describe a facial that claims to tauten the skin, a skin treatment or an electronic muscle stimulating treatment to tone muscles under the skin, but do any of these ‘face lifts’ work, and should the cosmetic surgeons put down their knives just yet? Two well known products that can be injected to creat lift in two quite [...]
It can feel difficult – if not impossible – to find time to care for yourself in the daily hustle and bustle, particularly during the festive season. But at the same time, everyone wants to look good, feel good and be healthy. There’s truth in the idea that sometimes you need to put yourself first. Looking good and feeling good often go hand in hand, and being healthy follows closely afterward. “By taking the time to tend to yourself, you’ll actually be doing a favour to your already busy schedule,” says dermatologist Dr. Jeffrey Dover. “Incorporating self-preserving and time efficient [...]
Specific emotions like that of anger, sadness, fear and guilt that are inevitably linked to stress also relate directly to specific conditions. Emma Clayton writes. Imagine what you could be, and all you could achieve if you only eliminated what stops you. The question is, what stops anyone and the answer to that every time is your mind under stress – today’s super stress. This is a different form of stress, one on a whole new level. It’s a silent stress- both damaging and deadly. It has never been seen before in human history. It is a lifestyle disease directly [...]