Price of Beauty

When it comes to getting a tattoo, preparation is key. From finding the artist to disinfecting the work area. But do you know what’s in the ink being injected under your skin?

When it comes to getting a tattoo, preparation is key. From finding the artist to disinfecting the work area. But do you know what’s in the ink being injected under your skin?

Americans’ obsession with our appearance is growing, and experts worry about the toll its taking on our mental health.

As weight loss medications continue to grow in popularity, the Illinois Poison Center is seeing more calls from people unintentionally misusing or misdosing the medications. NBC Chicago’s Lauren Petty reports.

NBC 5 Responds explains the risks of injectable weight loss drugs, and how you can safely obtain them online.

As weight loss medications continue to grow in popularity, the Illinois Poison Center is seeing more calls from people unintentionally misusing or misdosing the medications.

Kristin Podgorski knows beauty can be a fragile gift. She started getting Botox when she was 19. Now in her early 30s, Podgorski said she never had any problems until last summer. It started a few days after a Botox treatment. NBC Chicago’s PJ Randhawa reports.

Complications may be more common than you’d expect, but NBC 5 Responds learned there are ways to reverse adverse side effects.

Medical spas are a $15 billion industry that saw a huge spike in growth since the pandemic. A new study found most med spas in Chicago don’t have a doctor on site, and that could increase the risk of complications.

With the prevalence of “before” and “after” photos filling social media feeds, NBC Chicago looked into some of the trendy procedures and asked Dr. Amir Dorafshar, a board-certified plastic surgeon, in Chicago for his take on some of the top trends. Lauren Petty reports.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons says there were 26.2 million surgical or minimally invasive procedures performed in the U.S. in 2022, up 19% since 2019.

Beginning May 13, NBC 5 Chicago’s ‘Health & Wellness’ reporter Lauren Petty, ‘Responds’ reporter PJ Randhawa and Telemundo Chicago’s ‘Responde’ reporter Zully Ramírez will be taking a deep, weeklong dive into the growing popularity of beauty and physical enhancement trends and their associated risks in a brand-new, five-segment, bilingual series airing on NBC 5 News & Noticiero Telemundo Chicago at...