According to this press release, applying a fluorouracil-containing cream to the skin results in the reduction of the signs of aging. It works essentially by causing superficial damage, which the body then reacts to, healing wrinkles and age spots in the process. The mechanism seems to be similar to that of laser resurfacing.
Topical application of [...]

A little over a month ago I conducted a personal experiment where I took 25mg/day doxycycline hyclate in an effort to improve the quality of my skin by reducing collagen breakdown via the inhibition of Matrix-Metalloproteinases (MMPs).
For the duration of the experiment, I consumed approximately 25mg doxycycline in the morning on top of my usual [...]

Some of you may be aware that the the antibiotic doxycycline hyclate has been found to possess anti-matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activities. MMPs are the enzymes that break down connective tissue such as collagen, and their relative increase is thought to contribute to the development of wrinkles in aged skin.
This is because, while the ability to [...]

Contrary to what that sad little voice in the heads of glassing victims says every morning when they look in the mirror, facial scars are perceived by western women to be signs of health and bravery, and confer somewhat more than a modicum of shagadelickness upon their bearers.
Facial scarring was downright sexy to these women [...]

You might think from all the stories I’m reporting on that have to do with fatness that I’m some kind of fat fetishist, and that my pejorative tone betrays some deep psychological problem with fat people. Allow me to clarify – this blog reports on scientific progress as it relates to the quest for human [...]

In what was apparently a surprise for Jennifer Aubrey, a researcher studying media effects on body image at the University of Missouri, while viewing media images of incredibly attractive female models made women feel a modicum of inadequacy, men did not feel similarly after viewing images of men well-endowed in the physical perfection department.
I’m just [...]