Stories
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When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery
When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.
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Our endless quest for eternal youth
From poisonous 16th-century cosmetics to the latest “vampire facelift”, discover the fashions in unsavoury methods for improving our appearance.
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When skin bleaching goes wrong
Warnings about permanent health damage don’t deter those using skin-bleaching products for years on end. Read the story of one woman who suffered from liver failure after years of striving to be paler.
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Enduring taboos and the future of skin bleaching
Many condemn skin bleaching in public while secretly lightening their own complexions. To break away from these taboos, we need honest information and open conversation.
Catalogue
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Cosmetic surgery.
Date: 2005- Books
Handbook of botulinum toxin treatment / edited by Peter Moore, Markus Naumann.
Date: 2003- Archives and manuscripts
Professor R A Peters (1889-1982): British Anti-Lewisite (BAL) and treatment of post-arsphenamine jaundice
Peters, Rudolph Albert, Sir, 1889-1982Date: 1941-1953Reference: GC/197
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The cosmetic treatment of skin complaints : with especial reference to physical therapy and scarless methods of operation / by E. Kromayer.
Kromayer, Ernst, 1862-1933.Date: 1930- Books
IAL system : natural bio-interactive hyaluronic acid : medical-cosmetic treatment : long-acting bio-revitalisation programme : for the recovery and maintenance of a youthful skin / FIDIA.
Date: [2002?]