Extreme Beauty Treatments

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Vavelta, a new British skincare potion, is "a clear liquid derived from baby foreskins, donated by mothers whose babies have just been circumcised." Women have the liquid injected into their skin to try to erase acne scars."The treatment, which claims to be permanent, is different from skin fillers like Juvederm and Restylane because it contains tiny skin cells, called fibroblasts. The cells rejuvenate and revitalize damaged, aging skin from the inside by actually repopulating the lower skin layers with millions of healthy young skin cells." It's not yet legal in the US. [NYDN]