Cosmetic Procedures

Experts look at new high-tech, at-home beauty devices

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Imagine having the fountain of youth as close at hand as the bathroom. We're not there yet — but there's a burgeoning number of at-home, high-tech beauty gadgets that claim to smooth wrinkles, whiten teeth and remove hair without the need to...

Nonsurgical cosmetic treatments growing in popularity

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Dr. W. Grant Stevens calls it his fire and ice room. Stocked with lasers, skin-tightening devices, fat-zapping machines and, on a recent Wednesday, a 65-year-old woman named Helen, the brightly lighted corner of the Marina del Rey medical facility is a...

Nonsurgical cosmetic devices that tighten, smooth and slim

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Doctors' offices are full of brochures listing new nonsurgical procedures that promise to tighten skin, eliminate redness or brown spots and get rid of fat. Though the machines have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the clearances don't...

Space NK to open store in Brentwood on Monday

2011-06-25 00:00:00

High-end beauty chain Space NK could be considered the luxury Sephora. The British retailer, which launched in 1993 in the form of a single, unassuming shop in Covent Garden, London, features an expertly edited selection of founder Nicky Kinnaird's...

PASSINGS: Bernard G. Sarnat

2011-11-06 00:00:00

Bernard G. Sarnat Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, research scientist Dr. Bernard G. Sarnat, 99, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon and research scientist who advanced the study of facial deformities, died of respiratory failure Oct. 21 in Los Angeles, his...

West Hollywood plastic surgery clinic staffer caught in sting

2011-08-12 00:00:00

Tighter scrutiny for outpatient surgery centers

2011-10-10 00:00:00

Outpatient surgery centers in California that perform Lap-Band operations and other procedures will face new scrutiny under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The legislation requires private accrediting firms to inspect outpatient centers at least once...

In-Your-Face Fitness: A few dents in those cellulite theories

2011-10-03 00:00:00

In July 2010, there was an end-of-days-type hailstorm in Calgary, and my little Acura got hammered. Now I drive a car that looks like it has cellulite. I'm cheap, and I don't need an overpriced and rapidly depreciating midlife-crisis-mobile to boost my...

Nonsurgical cosmetic devices -- are they the fountain of youth?

2011-07-24 16:32:09

Board probes plastic surgeon's West Hollywood clinic

2011-08-11 21:34:46

Fashion News: Kim Kardashian, Salma Hayek plan for future

2011-08-17 16:32:11

Consumer Confidential: BofA fee, casino bust, National Coffee Day

2011-09-29 16:34:50

A device that freezes and kills fat cells, used on a patient at Marina Plastic Surgery Associates in Marina del Rey, is an alternative to liposuction.

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Then she'd added black polka-dot pantyhose and black leather and elastic platform Moda booties, both from DSW. She'd topped it off with a multi-strand pearl necklace that was a gift from her mother, a chunky rhinestone bracelet from Loft and a red leather Dooney & Bourke tote from Nordstrom.

2010-10-06 00:00:00

resident loves "to do the pinstripe thing, if I can, because it breaks it up." When we "glimpsed" Higgins at her Towson office, she was wearing a black pinstriped Bisou Bisou suit from JCPenney that featured a ruched shawl collar, fold-back cuffs and an asymmetrically ruffled mermaid skirt.

2010-10-06 00:00:00