Bringing Sexy Back

Fashion designer Tom Ford likes to shock, so surely he wouldn't mind Hadley Freeman asking if he has had Botox?

Flying The Flag, Just Not The Right One

THIS is all I'm doing at the moment: watching the Olympics, eating cruddy food, and getting riled up with full-on patriotic Aussie-love. Any time I see an Aussie athlete competing in something, I feel pride burning in my heart - well, part pride, part acid-reflux from the chicken nuggets fried in rendered suet. Any time I hear the Aussie anthem playing, I get goosebumps all over me - part goosebumps, part inflamed acne from the melted tub of choc fudge ice-cream I sucked through a crazy straw. ...

Turns Out They're Just Plastic After All

THERE are few things more gratifying in the hackneyed, overexposed cosmos of celebrity than special features about stars without make-up. Such stars are in essence early Christmas gifts for our self-esteem. You and I are not the American actress Amy Smart in all her glowing, sylph-like, and beautifully lit big-screen glory, but at least we can cut out and keep a photograph of her looking like a tormented troll with wrinkles and acne in NW.

Powderroom

Research supports claims that retinol cream reduces wrinkles - but it should be applied with caution, says Natasha Hughes.

A Z

Carbon sinks, bubbles and protocols ... Aaaron Timms ensures he is the star of his next dinner party with his grasp of the latest buzz words.

Testosterone Cream Lifts Libido: Study

A PILOT study by Australian researchers has shown that testosterone cream rubbed into the thigh can increase libido in pre-menopausal women.

Inaudible War Cry Spares Burger

AS `THE Age' reported exclusively yesterday, the Salvation Army pulped 60,000 copies of `War Cry', its weekly newspaper, due out today in revised form, because of a front-page reference suggesting that McDonald's products were not necessarily the greatest boon to mankind since anti-acne cream and t

Face Cream Link To Deformity

A number of face creams marketed as anti-acne treatments - but being used as beauty treatments to "erase" signs of aging - will no longer be sold over the counter in Australia following reports that they may cause birth defects. The National Health and Medical Research Council (N

Acne: Doctors Close In On Cure

A NEW drug which doctors claim may help treat acne is being trialled in major hospitals around the country. More than 80 per cent of the population suffer from acne at some stage of their lives, according to the Australian College Of Dermatologists. College spokesman Dr Allan Cooper,