Do you sweat a lot? Do you often find yourself in embarrassing situations such as having to go around in sweat-stained clothes even though no one else seems to be perspiring? If you do, then maybe you’re suffering from hyperhidrosis, a condition characterized by abnormally increased perspiration way beyond what body temperature regulation requires.

Many people suffer from it, and they tend to try any sort of relief for the condition, often to no avail. But a popular cosmetic procedure is showing promise in the fight against hyperhidrosis: liposuction. The Boston Channel gives us the details:

A team of doctors in Australia have begun tests that will try to find out if wrinkle remover Botox could also give millions of women relief from menstrual pain.

The West Australian reports:

In a world-first trial at Sydney's Royal Hospital for Women, doctors have begun injecting Botox into the womb of women with severe and prolonged monthly cramps.

Up to 10 per cent of fertile women suffer from period pain, when the uterus contracts erratically and "fights" against itself.

Professor Thierry Vancaillie from the department of endo-gynaecology said anecdotal evidence seems to show the toxic bacteria botulinum toxin can paralyse the region and bring relief.

Ever since the news that Cameron Diaz has decided to go for a nose job broke, countless camps have contended that the Charlie’s Angels star was just using her oft-broken nose as an excuse to get her nose cosmetically fixed, that she is just getting a nose job purely for vanity reasons.

Starpulse tells us how Diaz is begging to differ:

She explains, "My ear, nose and throat doctor said nostrils only work one at a time, I think. I only have one that works at any point, so when it's off, the other one doesn't come on. They're going to swipe it through. It's not cosmetic, it's just for breathing purposes. Half the oxygen isn't working for me any longer. There are moments where I can't remember things and I'm going to blame it on lack of oxygen. They're just going to go in and fix the bones. The septum's kind of like a derailed train; it kind of piles up on itself a few times. It's not cosmetic, it's purely medical."

Stacy Ferguson, more popularly known as Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas, has been quoted as saying that she has never had any cosmetic surgery procedure done whatsoever, that she would, however, be open about going under a cosmetic surgeon’s knife when she feels she already needs it.

But if you are to form an opinion around these pictures, that need for cosmetic surgery has already come, and has been promptly satisfied.

From the looks of the pics, Fergie, who is at present trying her luck as a solo artist with a brand-new album, has already had a nose job and perhaps a facelift.

Britney Spears seems to be on the news a lot lately. A potentially messy divorce with the father of her two kids, wild rumors of a sex tape, and photographs with no panties on has recently revived public interest in the pop star, albeit in a rather more controversial way.

Now Jason Alexander, the pop superstar’s first husband, is trying to get his two cents’ worth, saying the rumors about his ex-wife undergoing plastic surgery are true.

Virgin.net says:

He also revealed the 'Toxic' singer has had plastic surgery.

It is rather a trite research: asking volunteers to rate pictures of 59 young women aged 19 to 25 for attractiveness, health and femininity. But the overly curious among the researchers at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland compared the results to an analysis of the photographed women's levels of estrogen.

And so they found that those with high counts of the sex hormone were judged to be prettier by both male and female participants. Attractive bone structure and smooth skin were found to correspond to high levels of the hormone.

Simply put: more estrogen present in the body could mean more attention of the opposite sex. Scientists can easily back that up because estrogen does have an impact on a girl's appearance during puberty, particularly on bone growth and skin texture. And scratching the evolutionary terms, it makes sense for men to favor feminine, fertile women. "Our findings could explain why men universally seem to prefer feminine women's faces," says a psychologist who led the study.

The National Coalition for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Health was quoted:

"It is encouraging that among lesbians there is some self-awareness about body weight…what we don't yet know, and what we must establish, is whether lesbian adults understand the health risks of being over weight or obese."

The comment was made after a new US survey reveals that over three-quarters of lesbian adults says they are overweight while 67 percent of all female adults declares the same, when asked to describe their body weight.

In this survey of 2,200 American adults aged 18 or older -- of which 119 adults were self-reported GLB respondents and an additional over-sample of 341 self-reported lesbians -- lesbians more accurately perceived their body weight than women in general because when the body mass index (BMI) is applied to survey responses, the percentage of overweight adult women (80%) is much closer to the proportion of overweight lesbian women (84%).

"I am very scared of doctors and of being operated on," says the man widely credited with inventing modern plastic surgery.

It’s no wonder Brazilian Ivo Pitanguy spews his kind of sarcasm "naturally" -- as quoted by the Europa press agency:

"People today are obsessed with physical beauty and ignore the importance of intelligence and spiritual well-being...pastic surgery should help people feel at ease with themselves, it should not be for other people."

Pitanguy calls it "exaggerated" -- referring to today's fascination with the cult of the body and is quick to suggest that “the spirit, the cult of intelligence” was more important.

Many cosmetic surgeons have shared their particular points of view on the case of a 12-year old Texan girl who underwent liposuction to lose weight. Some spoke favorably about it, while others warned against the dangerous precedent set by the much-ballyhooed operation.

Now the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery or ASAPS has expressed its stand on the issue: Liposuction should never be used as a treatment for childhood obesity.

According to The Birmingham News:

Doctors said they were concerned that obese youths might be tempted to seek liposuction based on the experience of 12-year-old Brooke Bates, whose 35-pound weight loss from liposuction was chronicled in People magazine and has been widely reported elsewhere. The ASAPS, whose members are board-certified plastic surgeons, said there was no evidence the procedure is safe or effective for children.

This episode of Nip/Tuck opens with Sean and Matt in a jewelry store buying a necklace for Annie for Christmas. Her and Conor are coming to Miami to spend the holidays with Sean, and he couldn’t be happier. While they are picking out the gift, his cell phone rings – it’s Julia telling him that Annie and Conor won’t be coming because Annie has strep. Sean is clearly upset, but he has Matt so he’s ok. But then Matt tells him that he and Kimber are going on a Scientology cruise and won’t be around for the holidays either. This sends him straight to the bar where he starts drinking by himself.