Newsmakers

BoNTA for Skin Disease

Botox (Allergan, www.botoxcosmetic.com) was first approved in 1989 to treat two medical conditions involving muscle spasm (...

Looking High and Low

“It’s a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack,” says David Fisher, MD, PhD, chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Dermatology and director of the MGH Cutaneous...

BBL Rejuvenates Aged Skin

“Clinical and histological studies have been showing the rejuvenating effects of broadband light (BBL) for some time, but this is the first study to show rejuvenation at the genetic level,” says...

Skin Care Researchers Seek Natural Extracts To Regulate Pigmentation

“It’s a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack,” says David Fisher, MD, PhD, chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Dermatology and director of the MGH Cutaneous...

Belotero Balance

A new hyaluronic acid filler, Belotero Balance (Merz Aesthetics, www.merz.com), hit the market earlier this year. Is it really something new...

Hair restoration

Research on hair regrowth in patients with androgenic alopecia (AGA) has spiked since 2010. Most recently, a group of researchers from Tokyo University of Science in Chiba, Japan, bioengineered...