News tagged with wrinkled skin

Research boom on ingredients for 'enhanced cosmetics'

Growing demand among baby boomers and others for "enhanced cosmetics" that marry cosmetics and active ingredients to smooth wrinkled skin and otherwise improve appearance is fostering research on micro-capsules and other ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US approves cell therapy injection for wrinkles

US regulators have approved a new type of therapy that uses a person's own skin cells to create an injectable cosmetic plumper to smooth out laugh lines, Fibrocell Science said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A mutation causing wrinkled skin of Shar-Pei dogs is linked to periodic fever disorder

An international investigation has uncovered the genetics of the Shar-Pei dog's characteristic wrinkled skin. The researchers, led by scientists at Uppsala University and the Broad Institute, have connected this mutation ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study explains why soggy skin gets wrinkly but does not dissolve

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by mathematicians in Australia has explained how skin remains stable in water and does not dissolve, and why it wrinkles and remains a strong barrier even after absorbing large ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Hyperoxia may slow formation of wrinkles

It's no secret that UVB radiation from the sun causes wrinkles. However, a Japanese study published in the American Journal of Physiology -- Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology indicates that oxygen may he ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jun 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dog genetic studies reveal why Shar-Peis are wrinkled

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are over 400 genetically different dog breeds, with massive variations in size, colors, fur type, temperament, and so on, and scientists have wondered exactly what changes in the genes ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 24 | with audio podcast report

Like mother, like daughter, at least around the eyes

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests the old saying commonly told to husbands-to-be is true, that if you want to know what your wife will look like, look at her mother.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 weblog