For many, biochemistry can be an uninteresting topic that’s best left to scientists and geniuses.

But for a select group of women, biochemistry is the source of Herbal Woman, a line of nature-based beauty products from BioMart Asia Inc. Gisela Padilla Concepcion, a professor at the University of the Philippines’ Marine Science Insitute, is the woman behind Herbal Woman. It is a collection of body care products made from local herbs and natural products but make use of French innovations.

Moms willingly make sacrifices for their children -- but now their youthful figure doesn’t have to be one of them. A Mommy Makeover can restore a woman’s pre-pregnancy figure, and give her self-confidence a lift as well.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 325,000 tummy tuck, breast implant and breast lift procedures were performed on women ages 20-39 in 2006. This represents an 11% increase in "Mommy Makeover" procedures over 2005 statistics, and is more than five times higher than the 2% overall growth in cosmetic surgery procedures during that one-year period.