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Showing 1 to 20 of 226 for “"cosmetic"”.
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Attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders
The frequency of cosmetic surgery has increased substantially the last few decades and psychological studies have increased accordingly. However, a lot can be added to the limited literature available. The aim of the study was to examine the attitudes towards cosmetic surgery among Icelanders with …
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Selling Beauty: Ethical Implications of Skincare and Cosmetic Advertising
Though there are several legal regulations related to advertising, unethical behavior by advertisers remains a common occurrence. This is especially relevant within the beauty industry, where advertisements exaggerate product benefits and mislead consumers. Further, the beauty industry plays a …
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Media Effects: Cultural Appropriation And Attitudes Towards Cosmetic Surgery
… women through non-surgical and or surgical cosmetic procedures and vice versa. Participants were 26 African American women and 54 Caucasian women who had previously undergone either non-surgical or surgical cosmetic procedures. Results indicate that African American women were more likely to …
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The Globalization of Cosmetic Surgery: Examining BRIC and Beyond
<p>What is driving the globalization of cosmetic surgery? Using BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) countries as a model, this master's thesis systematically identifies and analyzes (1) the origins of cosmetic surgery in historical, regional, and country-specific terms, and (2) examples of how …
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Perceptions of Cosmetic Alteration in Different Sized Attractive Women.
<p>Two experimental phases examined the characteristics impacting the physical attractiveness stereotype and a potential stereotype shift. From reading a description of a hypothetical target, Phase 1 of this study revealed that participants considered an overweight attractive woman significantly …
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Desire for Cosmetic Procedures: An Investigation of Associated Factors
Previous research into cosmetic procedures has focused on plastic surgery. The present study sought to investigate non-surgical forms of cosmetic procedures, in additional to traditional surgical procedures. The study examined how self-esteem and dysmorphic concern relate to the desire for both …
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Cosmetic research study: Bridging material science with social inquiry
… advances an interdisciplinary framework for cosmetic research by bridging materials science methodologies for hair investigation with social scientific inquiry into lived experience, identity, and wellbeing. While human hair has been extensively investigated as a keratin-based composite fibre …
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Developement of Natural Multifunctional Cosmetic Ingredients Using Biotechnological Approach
… are becoming increasingly important to the cosmetic industry. The use of biotechnology to produce natural cosmetic ingredients has the potential to address a number of environmental and sustainability concerns. This study explores the use of mushroom Grifola frondosa, of the Basidiomycetes …
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Investigation on the thermal stability of technical and cosmetic emulsions
One of the major problems, which cosmetic industry is confronted with, is the thermal stability of the products in emulsion form. This work proposes an evaluation of the thermal stability of selected emulsion formulations – fabric softeners, as simple emulsion systems, and cosmetic creams and …
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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
Trends in cosmetic surgery are an ever-popular topic of discussion; however, little psychological or empirical research has been devoted to understanding specific psychological factors for ethnic minorities. African American women have historically fallen outside of Euro-centric beauty norms and …
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Body Objectification, Ethnic Identity and Cosmetic Surgery in African-American Women
… with their bodies and their decisions for cosmetic procedures. The research hypotheses are: (1) The odds of receiving a cosmetic procedure increase with lower endorsements of ethnic identity. (2) Ethnic identity has an effect on surveillance, shame, and body control in African-American …
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Factors affecting the measurement of stability and safety of cosmetic products.
… number of products that come under the heading ‘cosmetic product’. Each is required, according to the EU Cosmetic Regulation, to demonstrate formulation stability to a EUROTOX Safety Assessor before being placed on the market. The regulation places a requirement on the Safety Assessor to take …
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Stigma, Surgery and Social Identity: Attitudes towards Cosmetic and Sexual Reassignment Surgeries
… and interviews to explore social approval of cosmetic and sexual reassignment surgeries as a means of studying sex and gender in contemporary society. It draws from poststructuralist, queer, symbolic interactionist and intersectionality theories. This study found that social approval was …
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Colombian Women’s Experiences of Cosmetic Surgery and its Relationship to Body Image
… study was to understand women’s experiences of cosmetic surgery and its effects on body image on women from the Colombian cities of Bogotá and Pereira. The participants of this study were women of Colombian descent, who reside in Colombia. This was done with the hopes of better understanding how …
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The functional and cosmetic outcome of the ventral slit procedure for congenital megaprepuce
… Here we investigated the functional and cosmetic outcomes of the ventral slit procedure, an uncomplicated technique used to restore urinary flow which, importantly, preserves the foreskin. Parents of 18 paediatric patients were interviewed post-operatively regarding phallic appearance and …
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Integration of Data Quality, Kinetics and Mechanistic Modelling into Toxicological Assessment of Cosmetic Ingredients
… vivo data. Due to the ban on animal testing of cosmetic ingredients in the European Union, alternative approaches, such as in vitro and in silico tests, have become more prevalent. In this thesis existing non-testing approaches (i.e. studies without additional experiments) have been extended, …
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EVALUATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND COSMETIC USE OF EXCIPIENTS OBTAINED FROM CITRUS PROCESSING WASTE PRODUCTS
… waste as new materials in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics has attracted increasing interest. In this circular economy perspective, bergamot peel waste is an established source of high-value components such as essential oils, flavonoids, pectin, and ascorbic acid. After the extraction of such …
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The use of nanotechnology in enhancing the efficacy of cosmetic actives of natural origin
The trend towards natural cosmetics has had a strong and lasting impact on the cosmetics development. However, producing efficient and acceptable natural products presents a major technical challenge. The aim of this study was to investigate how adaptation of a new technology (nanotechnology) could …
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