All posts tagged "Beauty"

The growing trend of wearing make-up at the gym or on runs is likely to be causing skin damage, according to scientists based in South Korea and the US. After testing the effects of applying foundation cream before exercise, the team concluded that it "can reduce skin oil, causing dryness." "Additionally, make-up can clog pores and increase sebum production," they said, warning in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology that people with dry skin are likely to be worst affected by slapping on make-up before working out. From the University of San Antonio and Korea National University of Education, ......

Ulrike Hamann, 64, was unlucky, though initially it looked like her dreams were about to come true. Hamann went to Antalya in southern Turkey to have her stomach stapled, an operation that cost less there than in Germany, where she lives. She was initially delighted, losing more than 30 kilos. She decided to head back to Antalya for a face lift, to tighten things up after losing all that weight. This time, though, she was less happy with the operation. Hamann, not her real name, is one of hundreds of thousands of health tourists who head to Turkey for cosmetic surgery every year. Health touris......

Getting more sleep may be a handy way of shedding extra weight, new research suggests. Experts found that adding an hour or so more of sleep per night shaved around 270 calories off people's daily diets - the equivalent of around three chocolate digestive biscuits. Over three years, this could lead to a weight loss of 26 lb or 11.7 kg - simply by sleeping more, the researchers said. A team from the University of Chicago wanted to look at how sleep interacts with obesity and so carried out a clinical trial with 80 adults. Writing in the journal Jama Internal Medicine, they found that young, ove......