Some people cry over the hue of their eyes. If only they were blue, rather than muddy brown. And, well, brown eyes don’t look so good with your dyed-blonde hair. An inventor in California believes he has found the solution. Gregg Homer, founder of Stroma Medical, says that, in a mere 20 seconds, he can turn old brown eyes into old blue eyes. Or even young ones. The way Homer told it to KTLA News, brown eyes are actually blue. Well, beneath the brown pigment that covers the iris, there is apparently a blue-looking orb. Read more…

By Claire Bates The demand for genital cosmetic surgery among women has risen five-fold in just 10 years, according to NHS figures. But a new study has found that most women who request a ‘designer vagina’ do not need it. A study by Dr Sarah Creighton, from University College London, found most women requested it as they felt pressured to have ‘perfect’ sexual organs by pictures seen in the media. ‘Women are bombarded with images suggesting they are not normal,’ she said. The latest figures for England show around 2,000 NHS-funded procedures take place each...

The popular saying would have us believe that gentlemen prefer blondes. But while the old adage may trip off the tongue, according to new findings, it no longer holds weight. A study found that gentlemen, in fact, overwhelmingly prefer brunettes. The 2,000 men were polled by social network site Badoo to find out the features they find most attractive in the opposite sex. Far from men finding blondes the most sexually attractive, the study found that more than 60 per cent said they preferred raven-haired beauties over their blonde counterparts. A third of all those polled – 33.1 per cent...

Invisible: The tiny hearing aid is inserted deep inside the ear canal The first ‘invisible’ hearing device that is inserted deep into the ear canal is being launched in the UK today. The hearing aid, which is 16mm in length can be worn for 24 hours a day for up to four months at a time. It was designed to be so unobtrusive that users can effectively ‘forget’ they are wearing it. ‘It’s like a contact lens for the ear,’ audiologist Paul Checkley from Harley Street Hearing in London said. Read more…

By TARA PARKER-POPE Mouse researchers conducting stress hormone experiments have stumbled onto a surprising new discovery — a potential treatment for hair loss. Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Veterans Administration were working with genetically altered mice that typically develop head-to-tail baldness as a result of overproducing a stress hormone. The experiment wasn’t focused on hair loss. Instead, it was designed to study a chemical compound that blocks the effects of stress on the gut. The researchers treated the bald mice for five days with the compound...

By Rebekah Cavanagh A NEW wrinkle cream derived from a tropical plant will go on sale after receiving backing by scientists, claim its makers. Millions of people use over-the-counter creams which promise to deliver a rejuvenated and youthful look. But most products, despite promising results, have no scientific basis. Now cosmetics giant L’Oreal claims it has developed an anti-ageing serum validated by formal scientific research. The L’Oreal product, to be called Lift-Activ, is based on the sugar compound rhamnose extracted from the flowering plant species uncaria. Read more…

Having smartphones like Blackberry is fun for some people. With smartphones, the activity of exchanging e-mails, chatting, or surfing the internet can be done simultaneously, anytime and anywhere. But think carefully before using this technology. Cosmetic doctor stated that smartphone users will get old faster characterized by premature wrinkles. Wrinkle as a sign of one being old is usually experienced by someone in their middle age 30. However, younger women are now having wrinkles more quickly due to overuse of smartphones. Dr Jean-Louis Sebagh says that staring at the phone screen which has...

By Andrew Levy To those of us not blessed with the good looks of a Cindy Crawford, an abundance of moles can be an embarrassment. But scientists say they should be a cause for celebration. Men and women with more than 100 beauty spots have tougher bones than normal, making them less likely to develop osteoporosis. They also appear to have fewer wrinkles – helping them look up to seven years younger than their true age. Other suspected benefits include tauter muscles and healthier eyes and heart. These far outweigh the risk of skin cancer linked to the presence of moles, which can develop into...

By Jenny Hope A quarter of fat women think they don’t have a weight problem, according to a study. Young mothers are particularly at risk of obesity but failing to recognise they are still carrying the pounds they put on during pregnancy, say U.S. researchers. British experts said it was inevitable that as the population gets fatter, bigger people are seen as ‘normal’. However, this encourages denial of health-related problems caused by obesity such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, they claim. More than 2,000 women aged 18 to 25 were asked questions about their weight and perceptions...

“A pill that could add decades to the average lifespan moved a step closer yesterday,” reported the Daily Express.  It said that scientists have found an anti-ageing enzyme that protects cells from decay. This research looked at how a calorie-restricted diet and the action of a protein called Sirt3 affected the development of age-related hearing loss in mice. It found that mice that were capable of producing Sirt3 in response to having a calorie-restricted diet had slower development of age-related hearing loss than those unable to produce Sirt3. This laboratory study gives us a new insight...