Blogger Colin Stewart is biomedical innovation columnist for the Orange County Register. This blog keeps people updated on what’s going on at the Register’s Cosmetic Medicine and Celebrities and Cosmetic Medicine Web pages.
Skin of the Stars
Facts and fancies about celebrities and cosmetic medicine
“In Your Face” posts- Happy birthday, mysterious Marg HelgenbergerActress Marg Helgenberger of “CSI” turns 51 today. She and her cosmetic treatments were recently featured in this blog’s post, “CSI: Plastic Surgery … the case remains a mystery.” Slide show of celebrity birthdays: Nov. 16 birthdays Other recent slide shows: Recent celebrity posts: Post from: In Your Face
- Carrie Prejean supporters express their outrageFor many readers, my recent commentary on former beauty queen Carrie Prejean struck a nerve. Readers who saw it in Sunday’s newspaper were especially critical. They sent a volley of emails my way, telling me I was smug, disdainful, uninformed, biased, in need of a makeover, and should be silenced. My description of radio talk show host [...]
- Real Housewife’s surgeon sets record straight‘REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC PLASTIC SURGERY TOUR’ slide show IT’S NOT FAKE, DOC SAYS Post-surgical photos of Lynne Curtin that Bravo TV distributed to promote “Real Housewives of Orange County” were accurate, not fakes, says plastic surgeon Dr. Milind Ambe of Newport Beach. Ambe performed two cosmetic procedures on her, he said in an […]
- Carrie Prejean = just an awkward college kidCOMMENTARY Carrie Prejean is just a wet-behind-the-ears college student. She’s not a heroine, which is what the often-nasty conservative talkmeister Rush Limbaugh calls her. She’s not an idiot, which is what the often-nasty celebrity blogger Perez Hilton calls her. Sure, she won the Miss California USA pageant last year, got $5,200 worth of breas […]
- Gretchen Rossi hates her thighs, likes ‘cute butt’‘REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC TOUR’ slide show LOVE-HATE Gretchen Rossi, like most of the “Real Housewives of Orange County,” has a love-hate relationship with her body. It used to be worse, she tells In Touch magazine. She used to be bulimic, deliberating throwing up food to control her weight, she says: My best friend busted me [...]
- Should surgery be teens’ goal in Real Housewives?‘REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC TOUR’ slide show CAST YOUR VOTE Plastic surgery “is a positive goal for the girls,” Lynne Curtin (pictured) of “Real Housewives of Orange County” says on tonight’s episode as she takes her 19-year-old daughter to see plastic surgeon Dr. Milind Ambe of Newport Beach. That consultation, and a mat […]
- Happy birthday, Botox advocate Nadia ComaneciToday’s birthday lineup includes former Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci (pictured), 48, who was previously in the news as a celebrity endorser of Botox: Mark Spitz and Nadia Comaneci to endorse Botox Responding to a survey in that post, 59 percent of readers said athletes shouldn’t endorse Botox. Others celebrating birthdays today include: Basebal […]
- Kate Hudson looks forward to Botox‘A DECADE OF KATE HUDSON’ slide show Photo: Kate Hudson in 2005. (Getty Images photo) HURRAH FOR BOTOX Actress Kate Hudson, 30, told Elle magazine that she’s too young to use Botox, but is looking forward to using it in the future. According to an account in Britain’s Daily Mail, she said: Everyone’s so obsessed with who gets [...]
- A decade of Kate Hudson‘A DECADE OF KATE HUDSON’ slide show This slide show is a companion to the post, “Kate Hudson looks forward to Botox.” Post from: In Your Face
- Doctors analyze Al Gore’s ‘diabolical’ eyebrowsAl Gore in August 2009 at age 61 . (Getty Images photo) For more photos, see “Closeups: Al Gore.” BOTOX BROWS? What’s up with former vice president Al Gore’s eyebrows? They often have a peaked, “diabolical” look. It’s a facial expression that can be caused by Botox injections, which is what many cosmetic doctors say […]
- Happy birthday, mysterious Marg Helgenberger
September 12, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I ordered Natural Advantage by Jane Semour Cosmetics. Wrote
and cancelled my further orders – this was ignored – more unwanted
shipments
no email of phone address available
Is this a scam??
September 12, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Materials ordered from Jane Seymore site were cancelled.
However the cancellation was ignored and products continued to be
shipped.
When we talked to them they made us pay for the unsolicted products’ return postage.