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These products work by adding light-diffusing ingredients to their formulas, and while they won't really eliminate unsightly spots, they can certainly minimize the appearance.

Ask the doctor

Is there anything nonsurgical I can do to improve wrinkles around the eyes, such as "crow's feet"?

Botox Safety

Should you? Could anything bad happen? Do questions similar to these race through your mind when you're considering cosmetic injectables?

Injectable maze

Everyone, from beauty editors to your best friends, seems to be talking about them.

East Lansing, Mich. - Researchers at Michigan State University say results of a study showing how nanoparticles can help prevent wrinkling and buckling in polymer films could also be applied to skin wrinkles.

Hanover, N.H. - A community-wide sun safety intervention targeting middle-school-aged children was effective in changing sun-protection behaviors and reducing skin cancer risks, WebMD reports.

National report - While any doctor can learn to inject needles into the skin, the difficult part of performing facial procedures is assessing the aesthetics of a situation, Ellen C. Gendler, M.D., says.

National report - With everyone from ENTs to ER doctors now offering cosmetic procedures, experts worry that dermatologists who focus too heavily on this market will suffer when competition slashes prices.

London - British surgeons have condemned a plastic surgery lottery that offers the winners money for facelifts, breast enlargements and tummy tucks. London-based Europa International is conducting what is thought to be the world's first lottery for cosmetic procedures.

Salinas, Calif. - A former beautician who injected cooking oil into a woman's buttocks as an anti-aging treatment, killing the client, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, CNN.com reports.

Juvederm enters market

Irvine, Calif. - Juv?derm, billed by manufacturer Allergan Medical as its "next-generation" family of hyaluronic acid dermal filler products, has entered the market nationwide, the company announced in mid-January.