Eternal youth is an ugly obsession
Rebecca Seal: The west's ageing population has a choice - to accept the ageing process and get on with something more interesting, or to obsess about how to look younger
Barton’s Britain: Liverpool, home of the tanning salon
Laura Barton: In the sunbed capital of Britain, the sharp increase in skin cancer rates feels almost irrelevant. Here, the tan is still king
What I see in the mirror
Brian Paddick on holding on to his hair and being shown up by Simon Webbe
The price of beauty
Photographer Zed Nelson spent five years in 17 countries discovering how far people will go in their quest for physical perfection
Botox injections for sale on the internet
Which? Computer survey finds potentially lethal 'cosmetic enhancement' products including Botox and Melanotan readily available online
Health threat from beauty parlours
Poorly trained beauticians can inflict skin infections, facial paralysis or scalp burns
Use of nanoparticles in cosmetics questioned
Companies are taking insufficient steps to ensure face creams and other products are safe
Stress or in the genes – how did Obama suddenly go grey?
Emine Saner: While many people dread the appearance of grey hairs, Obama is nothing if not an optimist
What I see in the mirror
John Mortimer, writer
What I see in the mirror
Rula Lenska, actress