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Also in Medicis' corner: plans for a Medicis-sponsored reality-TV show, The Hottest Mom in America. "It's like two 900-lb. gorillas that once each had a monopoly, slugging it out for each other's market share," says Dr. Kenneth Beer, a cosmetic dermatologist in Palm Beach, Fla., who runs a summer boot camp in Colorado that trains physicians on the latest aesthetic techniques. "It's an interesting time in the beauty business...
...therapies, laser resurfacing devices and innovative skin creams are available or about to hit the market. The newest selling point: shorter recovery periods, fewer visible aftereffects and, in many cases, near immediate results. "The better the techniques, the more people want them," says New York City and Miami cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Frederic Brandt. The machines used by professionals are expensive, but for dermatologists the payoff is huge: cash up front and no insurance bureaucracy to engage. "If you're really good at what you do," says La Jolla dermatologist Dr. Richard Fitzpatrick, "you've got the potential to charge...
Baby boomers want to look as young as they feel but don't want to look like they've had work done. "They don't want a pulled version of themselves," says Brandt, who claims that he uses more Botox and Restylane than any other dermatologist...
...least invasive dermatological treatments is GentleWaves, an FDA-approved technique developed by Virginia Beach, Va., dermatologist Dr. David McDaniel. GentleWaves, a 45-lb., 15-in. machine with two panels consisting of 2,000 tiny light-emitting diodes, flashes an amber light at a patient's skin for 35 painless seconds. Cells aren't damaged, as in some treatments, but they are energized, says Dr. McDaniel. The result is that the skin, over time, produces more collagen, a protein that disappears as we age, and less collagenase, an enzyme that degrades collagen. "Photo-modulation uses light to prevent, heal and reverse...
...After Democrats pleaded successfully with the court in June to block Republicans from replacing the tarnished DeLay on the ballot, he requested that his name be dropped, leaving the party with no option but to run a write-in candidate. That spot has fallen to Houston city councilwoman and dermatologist Shelley Sekula-Gibbs. And even in a district that President George W, Bush won with 64% of the vote in 2004, most experts on both sides of the aisle say winning with a write-in campaign is a long shot...