I’m only 20 — I was shocked 4 injectors wanted to give me Botox
Journalist Taylor Penny investigates what happens behind closed doors when young people book in to get anti-wrinkle injections.
Cosmetic Health
I’m a cosmetic physician – this is how often I’m fixing ‘pillow face’
Cosmetic injectors and plastic surgeons say they are regularly seeing patients who want filler dissolved or who have developed an issue that’s becoming known as “pillow face”.
Meet the women who say breast implants destroyed their health
Breast implant illness is not officially recognised. But Australian women who’ve battled painful symptoms and forked out thousands to have theirs removed want action.
The reason for our most popular plastic surgery will floor you
Facial procedures like eyelid surgery are surging in popularity with Aussies are splashing out big bucks on cosmetics despite the cost of living crisis.
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Inside the risks of these unregulated ‘tanning drops’
Young Australians are being warned about the rise of a dangerous tanning trend taking the country by storm, which may have sinister consequences.
Jennifer Aniston does this to her coffee – should you?
Celebrities are popularising the trend but is it actually worth the hype and will it improve your skin?
I went under the knife and had a facelift at age 37
Once deemed an anti-ageing fix for women in their 50s, getting a surgical facelift is now a growing trend for those in their 30s and 40s. But experts warn it’s no ‘magic bullet’.
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Warning over botox injector after three people hospitalised
An unlicensed botox injector under investigation after several people contracted a deadly, paralysing illness in Sydney also works in Victoria, health authorities have warned.
More women fall ill after ‘dodgy’ injections
Two more women have been hospitalised with suspected botulism as another fights for life, with all three believed to have received unregulated anti-wrinkle injections from the same person.
Exciting medical breakthroughs we can expect in 2025
Australian specialists, scientists and researchers are at the forefront of treatments that could change the lives of people all over the world. Here’s what 2025 has to offer.
Brightening eye cream that ‘lives up to the hype’
It’s giving, ‘I got eight hours of sleep’
‘Hair saviour’: This oil is the secret to ‘glass hair’
Oily hair is officially a good thing
This anti-wrinkle serum is a “miracle in a bottle”
Revive that supple skin
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Time to face the music
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