New web site and game to teach kids about healthy skin, hair and nail habits
AAD
A unique new Web site created by dermatologists lets kids learn how to practice good skin care virtually, or risk the consequences of pimples, greasy hair, a poison ivy rash and sunburn. The interactive game, "It's a Skin Cell’s Life," is just one of the many features on the American Academy of Dermatology's (Academy) new Web site www.KidsSkinHealth.org, which provides information about caring for skin, hair and nails to kids ages 8-12 and their parents. More

Become an approved training facility
NCEA
As a NCEA Approved Training Facility, you will offer the NCEA Certification Prep Class and have the option of offering these NCEA courses at your facility:
• 7 Hour Light Emitting Diodes (LED) Curriculum
• 14 Hour Microdermabrasion Curriculum
• 21 Hour Chemical Exfoliation Curriculum
• 42 Hour Laser and Light Therapy Curriculum

NCEA Approved Training Facilities are provided the NCEA Instructors Manual and Instructors CD. The NCEA Instructor Manual contains NCEA Training Manual Study Objectives, Self Assessments Exercises, Knowledge Reviews and other ancillary information necessary for conducting a NCEA Prep Class. Each question and answer is in the order they are presented in the Training Manual to allow for easy instruction and review. The Instructors CD also follows the Study Objectives, Self Assessments and Knowledge Reviews for each Section. More

A chance no esthetician should take
Associated Skin Care Professionals
It's an exciting time to be in the spa world, with new treatments and technologies being introduced seemingly every day. All treatments carry some risk for even the most experienced estheticians. Many professionals assume if anything goes wrong on the job, they are covered by their employer's insurance. Not necessarily.More

Check out PCI Journal's online CE activities
PCI Journal
We are very excited to be among the first to offer Commission on Accreditation(COA) -approved educational activities that are medically geared towards the skin care professional," said Susanne S. Warfield, President of PCI. "Since growing our relationship with the Society of Dermatology SkinCare Specialists the need for continuing education has become more apparent and that is why we launched the PCI Journal Online Continuing Education portal. Course approved by the COA so far inlcude:

TREATING ACNE IN SKIN OF COLOR - Click here
COA#PCIA0609 Exp. 6/1/2012

ROSACEA-Signs, Symptoms and Subtypes - Click here
COA#PCIA0709 Exp. 7/1/2012

TRIGGERS & TREATMENT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS - Click here
COA#PCIA0809 Exp. 8/1/2012

SCLERODERMA - Click here
COA#PCIA0809 Exp. 9/1/2012More

Cosmetic surgery experts: Female ageing is more noticeable
Zenopa
A cosmetic surgery expert has claimed that women are more likely to notice ageing around the eye area than their male counterparts. This, according to U.K. facelift surgeon Norman Waterhouse, is because men and women age in different ways. While men's faces tend to remain square regardless of their age, the shape of a woman's face tends to shift from oval to square as she gets older and skin begins to sag. More

A new face emerges for formerly disfigured man
ABC News
No one could blame James O'Neal for looking in the mirror a few times a day and admiring the contours of his face-chiseled jaw, straight nose, smooth planed cheek. They are, after all, brand new. Disfigured by an 11-pound mass of tumors so large they dominated the left side of his face, O'Neal, 47, from Woodinville, Wash., had surgery in August to remove the tumors and to reconstruct his face. More

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Plastic surgery: Korean Wave growing among Asians
The Plastic Surgery Channel
People from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong are flocking to Korea these days for facial bone contouring and cosmetic surgery on their eyes and noses. The trend was reportedly spawned by what many are calling the "Korean Wave" — the rising popularity of Korean celebrities. More