| High cost of beauty
LIPOSUCTION is usually referred to as a low-risk procedure, but the death of a woman in Melbourne this week raises questions about all forms of cosmetic surgery and the industry that panders to our quest for perfection. The tragedy reminds us there may be dangers even in operations that are performed as a matter of routine. It tells us to proceed cautiously because so-called easy solutions to our health, weight or beauty problems may have outcomes far worse than living with an unfashionable body. In this case, the coroner will investigate the death of Lauren James, 26, of Kew, who died three days after a liposuction procedure and the findings will tell us what went wrong for a woman described as model-like in her beauty. No one is blaming the medical team - complications following surgery can have unusual origins.
India : First ever international beauty expo in Delhi from Feb 6
The first ever International Beauty Expo, to boost India's beauty industry, is scheduled to be held in Delhi, from February 6 to 8.
The three-day exposition will have more than 200 cosmetic firms from 25 countries showcasing their products.
Six national pavilions from Singapore, Turkey, South Korea, Indonesia, Europe and Taiwan will be set up.
Countries like Australia, Monaco, the US, Italy, Spain and Germany will also exhibit their beauty products.
The Indian beauty industry is showing a rising trend with growth of over $3 billion being recorded per year and cosmetics rising six percent in 2005.
The expo will help bring greater awareness among people about the beauty industry, growing at the rate of 20 percent per annum, said Blossom Kochhar, President of National Hairdressers and Beauticians Association India (NHBA), the co-organisers of the expo.
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Restoration of the former post office building that now houses the Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art will become a reality thanks to a $137,595 grant from the Colorado Historical Societys State Historical Fund.
The grant will help kick off plans for a complete interior facelift of the former 1912 Federal Post Office building, transforming MOCA into a showcase for local, regional and national contemporary art. The museum is honored to receive this grant because it recognizes the impor-tance of the old post office building and its architecture to Fort Collins, also because it will ultimately result in a higher-quality exhibition program, Marianne Lorenz, MOCA executive editor, said in a statement.
Thanks to the State Historic Fund, the museum and the community have an in-credible opportunity, said Melissa Katsimpalis, president of the MOCA board of directors, in the statement.
SAN FRANCISCO / Mountain lion survivor ready for next step
A retired Humboldt County man whose 65-year-old wife saved him from the jaws of a mountain lion during a hike in the North Coast woods last week will undergo six hours of reconstructive surgery on his scalp this morning after surviving a life-threatening infection from the wounds inflicted by the cat. Doctors at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco said the outlook is good for 70-year-old Jim Hamm, who was flown from Arcata, where he was initially treated before the gravity of his condition became apparent. The Fortuna couple had planned to celebrate their 50th anniversary on Feb. 9 with a trip to New Zealand, but instead will marvel at the extraordinary luck that they are both still alive. In a hospital news conference, a poised Nell Hamm recounted how she used an 8-foot-long, 3-inch-round branch to beat the cougar that ambushed her husband on a trail last Wednesday afternoon in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.
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