By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It used to be that if you wanted to tighten your thighs or get rid of those not-so-loving love handles or slim your derriere, you had to go under the knife. Sure, liposuction was never quite as traumatic as a full-on body or facelift, but it still constituted surgery, and included all the pain and recovery time
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Morpheus, the ancient Greek god of sleep and dreams, was often associated with perfecting the human form. According to Ovid’s Metamorphosis, “no other god was more skilled than he in representing the gait, the features and the speech of mankind.” Like many Greek deities, Morpheus was able to take on human form, but unlike the others, he
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Ever since 1987, when the Canadian dermatologist Alastair Carruthers first stumbled upon the discovery that botulinum toxin, a medication used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological conditions, had a secondary effect of diminishing the appearance of facial wrinkles, women around the globe have been lining up by the thousands for Botox treatments to soften
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