Q: During both my pregnancies, my face developed hyper-pigmentation, or the mask of pregnancy. I have dark spots on my forehead, upper lip and cheeks that turn really dark if I’m in the sun. Will they ever go away? Are there treatments that can help? A: Melasma (also known as chloasma or the “mask of pregnancy”) is a skin condition characterized by dark brown, well-demarcated and roughly symmetrical patches on the face and occasionally on the backs of the forearms. It is nine times more common in women than in men, and it is more prevalent in darker-skinned individuals. Although the cause of melasma...

Almost all of us have something that we don’t like in our appearance. Sometimes these things can be easily changed with cosmetic surgery. Both men and women get such a great boost in self esteem and confidence after plastic surgical procedures.

If cosmetic surgery is done carefully, and for the right reasons, it can bring a lot of happiness to people. I, myself, have had plastic surgery and the correction of some problems, although minor in the eyes of some , really made me feel better about myself, more feminine and restored a feeling of youth once again.

Having the right expectations about...