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Boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya, 52, recently shared a beauty secret that is raising some eyebrows.
“These lasers only making me younger and cuter … sorry fellas,” he recently posted on Instagram, along with a video of himself receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) along with a laser treatment.
“CO2 laser + hyperbaric chamber=sexy papichulo by next week,” he went on.
While HBOT can serve as a supplement for other therapies, it is not a primary treatment for illnesses, experts emphasized.
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Fox News Digital spoke to the experts to find out whether HBOT is a safe aesthetic treatment.
In everyday life, humans breathe in air so that blood can deliver oxygen to cells for energy — but that air is only comprised of 21% oxygen.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy works by pumping 100% oxygen to the tissues, which can aid in healing. (Tissues need oxygen to function normally, but they require more oxygen after injury, experts say..

Searches for “tongue scraper” have almost doubled in the last two decades, according to Google Trends. Some experts, however, have warned about potential risks.
The practice of tongue-scraping (or tongue-brushing) has existed as a means of dental health for hundreds of years.
While earlier studies concluded that scraping the tongue can improve one's sense of taste in as little as two weeks, some have raised concerns about potential heart health risks associated with the practice.
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“There’s always been a strong association between good oral hygiene and heart health,” Dr. Bradley Serwer, an interventional cardiologist and chief medical officer at VitalSolution, an Ingenovis Health company, told Fox News Digital.
“Gingivitis or a bad gum infection has been known to cause problems with the heart on many different levels,” said the Maryland-based doctor.
Despite the potential benefits, Serwer and others hav..

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) recently reported the state’s first measles case of the year, identifying the patient as a child under 4 years old who recently traveled internationally.
While the department released limited information about the patient, it confirmed the child lives in the northwest region.
Health officials are coordinating efforts to identify anyone who might have been exposed, according to a news release from VDH.
Measles outbreaks have been declared in eight states, the most recent announced Thursday in Michigan.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and Oakland County Health Division confirmed the first case of measles in Oakland County March 14, and the state is up to eight cases detected this year.
“This first case of measles in Virginia this year is a reminder of how easily this highly contagious disease can spread, particularly with international trav..