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FDA Medwatch Alert: Skin Creams, Soaps and Lotions Marketed as Skin Lighteners and Anti-aging Treatments: May Contain the Toxic Metal, Mercury
Posted 19 Mar 2012 by Drugs.com
Issue: FDA notified healthcare professionals and warned consumers not to use skin creams, beauty and antiseptic soaps, or lotions that might contain mercury. The products are marketed as skin lighteners and anti-aging treatments that remove age spots, freckles, blemishes and wrinkles. Adolescents also may use these products as acne treatments. Products with this toxic metal have been found in at least seven states. Background: The products are manufactured abroad and sold illegally in the United States—often in shops in Latino, Asian, African or Middle Eastern neighborhoods and online. Consumers may also have bought them in another country and brought them back to the U.S. for personal use. Investigations in the past few years by FDA and state health officials have turned up more than 35 products that contain unacceptable levels of mercury. Recommendations: Consumers are advised to c ... Read more
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Genes May Hold the Key to Aging Skin
Posted 16 Mar 2012 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, March 16 – Your DNA might help dictate how your skin changes with age, one expert says. While factors such as smoking and sun exposure contribute to skin aging, a person's genes can have an even greater influence, explained Dr. Zoe D. Draelos, a consulting professor at Duke University School of Medicine. Draelos was slated to discuss the topic Friday at the American Academy of Dermatology's annual meeting in San Diego. "There is groundbreaking research underway to determine the differences between old and young genes," Draelos said in an academy news release. "The hope is that by understanding how to make old genes act younger and how to keep young genes from getting old, we can better advise our patients on caring for their skin." Researchers are examining differences in how genes are expressed in older and younger skin, and how diet may affect those genes. In one study, ... Read more
Related support groups: Photoaging of the Skin, Facial Wrinkles, Dermatoheliosis
Merz Aesthetics Announces FDA Approval of Belotero Balance Dermal Filler for the Correction of Moderate-to-Severe Facial Wrinkles and Folds
Posted 17 Nov 2011 by Drugs.com
SAN MATEO, Calif., November 16, 2011 – Merz Aesthetics today announced that the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Belotero Balance for the correction of moderate-to-severe facial wrinkles and folds. Belotero Balance filler is a hyaluronic acid-based cohesive gel dermal filler designed to deliver natural-looking results with little recovery time. Belotero filler is currently approved for aesthetic use in the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Russia, Austria and Switzerland. “Belotero Balance is a soft dermal filler that is designed to achieve meaningful results by integrating into facial skin tissue,” said Rhoda S. Narins, M.D., lead investigator and Clinical Professor of Dermatology at New York University Medical School, New York, N.Y. “With Belotero Balance, patients are able to see a visible softening in their lines for a natural look that lasts.” Belo ... Read more
Related support groups: Facial Wrinkles, Dermal Filler
Anti-Wrinkle Gel Might Work Like Botox Without Needles
Posted 21 Sep 2011 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, Sept. 20 – Preliminary industry-funded research suggests that a gel based on the active ingredient of the injectable Botox wrinkle treatment could help reduce the lines around the eyes known as crow's feet – without the pain of needles. The effects of the gel, which uses botulinum toxin, last for about four months, comparable to that produced by Botox injections, the researchers said. The new study is encouraging since it showed that the gel "noticeably softened crow's feet," said study author Dr. Michael Kane, a plastic surgeon at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital in New York City. He has served as an investigator and consultant to Revance Therapeutics of Mountain View, Calif., the gel maker that has been trying to develop a Botox alternative for several years. There are several caveats, he pointed out. It's not clear how much the treatment would cost, whether it ... Read more
Related support groups: Botox, Dysport, Facial Wrinkles, Botox Cosmetic
Study Finds Botox Alternative Better at Smoothing 'Crow's Feet'
Posted 20 Jun 2011 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, June 20 – A more recently approved version of botulinum toxin type A beat the anti-wrinkle medication Botox in a trial that compared the respective powers of each in erasing those unwanted lines of aging around the eyes known as "crow's feet." "One month after treatment, on a two-to-one preference basis, patients picked Dysport over the Botox in terms of wrinkle improvement," said study co-author Dr. Corey S. Maas, an associate clinical professor at the University of California, San Francisco, as well as a plastic surgeon with The Maas Clinic, based in San Francisco and Lake Tahoe. "So, we can say that when it comes to addressing the smile lines around the eyes, the crow's feet, at one month the Dysport is more effective than Botox," Maas said. "And that's a big deal, because Botox is such a recognized household name now. And it's such a great drug. But when you have something ... Read more
Related support groups: Botox, Dysport, Facial Wrinkles, Botox Cosmetic, Onabotulinumtoxina, Abobotulinumtoxina
Could a Woman's Wrinkles Predict Risk of Fractures?
Posted 5 Jun 2011 by Drugs.com
SATURDAY, June 4 – As if facial wrinkles didn't have a bad enough rap, a new study suggests that the worse a woman's wrinkles are in early menopause, the lower her bone density. That is not to say that wrinkled skin is being cited as causing poorer skeletal health, merely that the two factors are associated. But because poor bone density can lead to broken bones, a link between wrinkles and bone density – if confirmed – might prompt development of an inexpensive way to identify postmenopausal women at highest risk for fractures, the researchers say. "We hypothesized that because skin and bone share common tissue architecture, the physical attributes of skin in menopausal women will relate to bone density and bone quality," said study principal author Dr. Lubna Pal, a reproductive endocrinologist and associate professor at Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn. "And what we found ... Read more
Related support groups: Facial Wrinkles, Prevention of Fractures
Freezing Wrinkles a Possible Alternative to Botox
Posted 3 Apr 2011 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, April 1 – A new technology that temporarily zaps away forehead wrinkles by freezing the nerves shows promise in early clinical trials, researchers say. The technique, if eventually approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, could provide an alternative to Botox and Dysport. Both are injectable forms of Botulinum toxin type A, a neurotoxin that, when injected in small quantities, temporarily paralyzes facial muscles, thereby reducing wrinkles. "It's a toxin-free alternative to treating unwanted lines and wrinkles, similar to what is being done with Botox and Dysport," said study co-author Francis Palmer, director of facial plastic surgery at the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles. "From the early clinical trials, this procedure – which its maker calls cryoneuromodulation – appears to have the same clinical efficacy and safety comparable ... Read more
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In Mice, Oxygen Slows Wrinkling Due to UV Rays
Posted 3 Jul 2010 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, July 2 – High levels of oxygen may slow the development of wrinkles by reducing skin damage caused by ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation from the sun - at least in mice, Japanese researchers report. University of Tokyo researchers found that hairless mice placed in an oxygen chamber after exposure to UVB rays developed fewer wrinkles and had less evidence of skin damage than hairless mice exposed to UVB rays that didn't spend time in the oxygen chamber. In addition to a control group of eight hairless mice who were not exposed to UVB radiation, researchers studied two groups of mice exposed to a UVB radiation-emitting light three times per week for five weeks. One group of eight mice received the radiation but no oxygen treatment, and the other group of eight was exposed to ultraviolet B and then placed in an oxygen chamber for two hours after each irradiation. The mice in both ... Read more
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