Beautiful Lips for Valentines Day

Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips

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Guest Post by Joshua Rosenberg, MD, Assistant Professor and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. To make an appointment with Dr. Rosenberg, call 212-241-9410 or visit www.mountsinai.org/ent and complete the Make an Appointment form.

Joshua Rosenberg, MD“My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”

– William Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet

The lips are an essential part of the human face. Their shape and proportion are important arbiters of beauty and a youthful appearance. These characteristics, widely recognized throughout art and literature, often place lips in a central position in matters of attraction and love. As Valentine’s Day approaches, recent trends in full, well-defined lips, coupled with increased interest in plastic surgery procedures by younger patients, is driving interest in all forms of lip enhancement. (more…)

The Benefits of Dark Chocolate for Valentine’s Day (Recipe Included!)

Updated on Jun 30, 2022 | Health Tips, Your Health

For centuries before becoming the sweet treat we know today, chocolate, the product of fermented cacao beans, was used as medicine. Early Aztec cultures concocted remedies using cocoa from the “chocolate tree” to ease intestinal complaints and upset stomach, control diarrhea, reduce fevers, and boost strength before military conquests. Later eras linked chocolate to other properties, such as a cure for “chocolatomania” cravings in the mid-1900s, which were believed to occur in young women.

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