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The anti-aging movement is a social movement devoted to eliminating or reversing aging, or reducing the effects of it. [1] [2] A substantial portion of the attention of the movement is on the possibilities for life extension, but there is also interest in techniques such as cosmetic surgery which ameliorate the effects of aging rather than delay or defeat it.
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The sale of purported anti-aging products such as supplements and hormone replacement is a lucrative global industry. For example, the industry that promotes the use of hormones as a treatment for consumers to slow or reverse the aging process in the US market generated about $50 billion of revenue a year in 2009. [ 3 ]
Chemical substances that (a) have been shown in laboratory research to increase longevity or retard senescence or some aspects thereof, (b) are proposed but not proven to do so or (c) may be promoted as such.
Longevity medicine is a set of preventive healthcare practices that rely on biomarkers of aging, such as aging clocks, to keep the patient's biological and psychological age as near to peak performance as feasible throughout life. [1] [2] Biogerontology and precision medicine are some of the related fields. [1]
In the United States, anti-aging products are commonly marketed with false health claims, and are deemed to be among various scams on consumers. [3] [4] Since 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued dozens of warning letters to manufacturers of skin care products with false marketing – including supposed anti-aging effects – about the benefits of such products, which are ...
Japan's Edo period saw the start of a trend of women whitening their faces with rice powder as a "moral duty". Chinese women valued a "milk white" complexion and swallowed powdered pearls towards that end. [68] Skin-lightening practices had achieved great importance in East Asia as early as the 16th century. [61]