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ACETYLSALICYCLIC ACID: a white crystalline compound that relieves pain and fever, but also causes thinning of the blood which can encourage bruising and bleeding. It is the generic name for aspirin.

ANTIOXIDANTS: substances, such as vitamins E and C, that prevent oxidation at the cellular level. It is surmised that oxidation is the chemical reaction central to the aging process.

BLEPHAROPLASTY: (eyelid lift) a surgical procedure that corrects baggy eyelids by removing excess skin and fat from the upper and lower eyelids and tightens up lax muscles around the eyes.

BRUXISM: grinding of the teeth at times other than chewing, especially when sleeping.

CAPSULOTOMY: the process of breaking down the fibrous or scar tissue of a capsular contracture of a breast implant; closed capsulotomy, the fibrous tissue is fractured by compressing the breast from the outside; open capsulotomy, the scar tissue that has enclosed the implant is partially removed through the original surgical incision.

CHEMICAL PEEL: a resurfacing technique in which one of a variety of chemical agents is applied to the skin to remove its superficial layers. In so doing, the skin is regenerated and rejuvenated through the removal of wrinkles, the smoothing of irregular pigmentation, and the growth of new skin.

CHERRY ANGIOMAS: bright, red, benign blood vessel tumors of the skin that range in size from a pin prick to the size of a drop of water.

COLLAGEN: the principal supporting protein of the skin, bones, cartilage, and connective tissue of the body.

DERMABRASION: a resurfacing technique that removes the superficial layers of the skin enabling new, rejuvenated skin to replace scarred, wrinkled, and irregularly pigmented skin utilizing a whirling bit to remove the superficial layers of skin.