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What Is a Diolite Laser?

Diolite laser falls under the wider category of diode lasers and is used in cosmetic surgery. The main use of diolite laser is for lesions in the skin that are either pigmentation problems or vascular issues. Examples of pigmented lesions are freckles, liver spots, keratosis (slight bumps of...

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Is It Safe to Have Laser Eye Surgery?

Not everyone is blessed with 20/20 vision, and many people who have faulty vision has considered undergoing laser eye surgery at some point. Laser eye surgery is also called LASIK, and makes use of a tightly focused beam of light to correct vision problems. Much like any other type of surgery,...

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What Is Laser Birthmark Removal?

Laser birthmark removal is a process by which blemishes on the skin are treated and removed, with the goal of leaving “normal” skin behind. Birthmarks differ from other blemishes on the skin simply due to the fact that they are formed before a person is formed. In some cases, birthmarks disappear...

15 Pets Who Returned Home From Remarkable Distances

15 Pets Who Returned Home From Remarkable Distances

Call it luck, determination, the power of love or a mix of all three; here are 15 inspiring examples of happy reunions of lost pets and their families.

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10 Signs of Poor Skin Health

How many times have you heard how important first impressions are? People will tell you when you first meet someone new, the individual decides within the first few minutes of the initial encounter whether or not you are someone he/she would like to: befriend, hire, become lovers with, or avoid...

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Did Justin Bieber Hit a Kid at Laser Tag?

Pop superstar Justin Bieber is currently being investigated after he was accused of hitting a kid during a game of laser tag in Canada.

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What Is Light Therapy?

Light therapy is a treatment that is used to deal with a wide variety of conditions using natural or artificial light. It is also called phototherapy or heliotherapy. For artificial light therapy, tools such as lasers, light-emitting diodes (LEDs), fluorescent lamps, and dichroic lamps are used....

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How Do I Get Rid of Stretch Marks?

Stretch marks are one kind of scarring that occurs on the skin. They can be due to a variety of causes, but the bottom line is that the skin is stretched to a point that it loses its elasticity. This results in long markings, usually parallel to each other, that are of a different hue from the...

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Costs of Skin Treatment

These days you hear people throwing around a lot of medical procedure terminology in regards to skin treatments. Between the multitude of make over shows on cable television and the popular beauty magazines, skin treatment procedures have become part of our daily vocabulary. Unless you have been...

12 of the Deadliest Unmanned Killing MacHines in Our Arsenal

12 of the Deadliest Unmanned Killing MacHines in Our Arsenal

Artificial intelligence has not yet reached a level that allows for a truly autonomous robot, but we have come far in the last 50 years. Robots are in use today, performing duties from vacuuming our floors to building cars, to fighting our wars for us. Only a handful of these machines possess any...