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Beauty By Numbers.
Beauty By Numbers
Despite the euphemism, "laugh lines" are not so funny to most women. The desire to erase them drove Ponce de Leon on his search for the fountain of youth in the sixteenth century and turned injections into a lunchtime errand in the current millennium. We look between the fine lines. --PATRICIA TORTOLANI
1513: Year Juan Ponce de Leon set off to find the fountain of youth, a legendary spring whose water would provide eternal life and health. Instead, he discovered Florida.
1889: Year Margaret Kroesen created Frownies, adhesive patches that hold skin taut to smooth wrinkles.
1890: Year Oscar Wilde published The Picture of Dorian Gray, about a man who pledged his soul in exchange for a portrait that would age for him.
1: Ranking of sun exposure as the most likely cause of premature aging.
60: Percentage of people who practice some form of sun protection every day.
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