Botox injections seem like a painful procedure but they do end up making an individual look younger and more attractive. Studies now show that getting botox injections can give a person more success in dating.

This may seem like a vain statement but first impressions are very much influenced by the facial appearance of a person.

Researchers wanted to prove whether an individual, that has gotten botox treatment, would get higher scores on first impression scales.

During the studies photographs were taken of the participants before and after they had gotten treatment with the botox.

The photographs were then divided into two separate books with each patient only appearing once per book.

Evaluators completed a survey where they gave their first impressions on different photographs.

Those who had gotten the botox treatments were given higher first impression scores in terms of dating material and attractiveness.

Of course, there is nothing that can help with social skills, financial or relationship success.

[Via: The Times of India]

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We published a post about Next2Friends a couple of months ago. To refresh your memory, Next2Friends uses Bluetooth technology to allow you to be matched with someone in your vicinity using what's called Intelligent Proximity Matching.

The company has just forged a partnership with web series Drawn By Pain (written and directed by Jesse Cowell), to bring a 360° experience around its upcoming Tribeca Cinemas feature-length version screening on October 4th, 2008 (press release).

Citizen journalists and fans will be video capturing pre and post show atmosphere while streaming live video, creating real-time opinion polls, and uploading event photos straight from their mobile phones.

What's the connection with dating? Well, if you are a fan of Drawn by Pain, you'll surely meet a lot of singles there who share your taste, and even if you're not, let me go back to the previous point - there will be singles there. Once at the event, power up your Next2Friends account, and use Intelligent Proximity Matching to meet someone interesting. Should be fun!

It's all happening on October 4, at Tribeca Cinemas in New York City. Tickets are $20, so if you're interested make sure you get them on time.

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There has been a lot of buzz surrounding what the media has pronounced to be "the monogamy gene". Basically, it seems our genetic code may contain a gene that makes an individual male more prone to being promiscuous.

Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden have done research around the gene coding the vasopressin receptor (determines the level of promiscuity) in 552 Swedish people, who were all involved in heterosexual relationships. Men with two copies of RS3 334 (a variation in a section of the gene) were more likely to be unmarried than men with one or none, and if they were married, they were twice as likely to have marriage crises. I won't go further into scientific details of the research, because you can read a pretty good write up about it here.

What's more important is that the finding has spawned numerous discussions and opinions around the Web. To my discontent, much of the media have already dubbed the gene "the cheating gene", and have already produced titles like "Men's Fidelity Controlled By Cheating Genetics" and "Cheating Men, is it in the Genes?". The thing is, a simple finding such as this has nothing to do whatsoever with being able to draw conclusions about whether men have a "cheating mechanism" built-in, or whether women can make sure they won't be "one of many" by checking their partner's gene for the abundance of the "cheating" predisposition. To be arrogant enough to draw conclusions from a small detail, while not seeing even a significant part of the big picture is in my opinion, well, irresponsible and immature. The vasopressin gene certainly presents an interesting direction for research of the human genetic map, but I am afraid that's all for now. Being monogamous is usually a much more complex phenomenon, and doesn't really boil down to "I got two RS3 334's therefore I am not capable of monogamous relationships". Promiscuous men will take refuge in the fact that they are "predisposed to polygamy", while women who don't want to work on keeping their man can take the easy way out - "he's got two RS3 334's so why should I bother".

I wouldn't even have written about this, was it not for the fact that gene testing is already available. I can see plenty of products and services appearing which will offer to "check" your partner for the "cheating gene". Think "dating service featuring single RS3 334 men" and "dating service featuring double RS3 334 men", which is another way of saying "interested in commitment" and "interested in casual relationships". Both already exist, both produce questionable results. The rule is that there are no rules in matters of the heart.

Do you have an opinion about this?

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Online dating (in whatever form) has been around since the very beginning of the Internet. The earliest online dating behavior was exhibited through the use of online chatting (ex. IRC), and slowly progressed to more sophisticated solutions (matchmaking sites), but it has now evolved into a more complex online social environment through social networks. If you've been wondering how to make the best use of the Internet for online dating, the following may be useful.

An interesting post on Mashable attempted a breakdown of top 5 trends in online dating today. In my opinion the author pretty much nailed it. It comes down to these:

• more hookups - majority of Americans have used an online dating service or other dating related site to flirt and possibly engage in a relationship with someone.
• niche dating - with more than 92 million singles in the US, your chances of meeting someone compatible should be high right? Well, not necessarily, if you take the general approach (you'll simply end up with millions of potentials, and you'll be stuck pretty soon). Niche dating sites offer singles a chance to narrow down their choices towards people who are more like them (if likeness is what they want), and improve online dating success chances significantly; we now have online dating sites for pretty much any social group of singles you can think of - just type it into the search box on your favorite search engine and voila!
• different dating flavors - interracial, interfaith, inter-party (well, it's the election season); peace and love among singles of all kinds.
• social networks and non-dating sites - social networks are probably the closest to online dating sites, as they provide for all the basic needs singles have in order to meet others - contact, communication, searching according to preferences; sites like Facebook and MySpace have been used by singles since their beginning to meet other interesting people, many of whom end up together in an intimate relationship, simply from having expressed and connected over something as trivial as joining the same activity group, or sharing the same music preferences (sometimes the simplest thing is the connection).
• online communities - the emphasis here is on sites that are oriented towards reuniting people who have gone to the same high-school, college, university; many of these sites allow their members to set dating preferences and see others' personal relationship statuses.

Theoretically, every online profile you posses can be enriched with your dating status information and personal preferences - be it a social network, dating site, personal site, business community network (like LinkedIn). Most (if not all) of these sites offer some kind of communication channel between members, and like I pointed out earlier - all you basically need for online dating is a profile and a communication tool, and you're set! So, if you're thinking "what's the right way to approach online dating" the answer is there is no right way, there are simply ways to do it. As with many things in life, you have to try things and see what happens, so go and try - online dating is almost everywhere on the Web.

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Women have many dating insecurities, which are easy to list right off the bat. Men's dating fears are a bit lesser known, but there are quite a few and it is important in the first few months of dating to react to them properly.

His first and foremost fear is probably that he is not the only man you are seeing. Men are very competitive and it is probably driving him nuts not knowing what he is up against. The best way to handle this situation is to skirt the subject, do not tell him you are exclusively his but ask him a lot of questions about his life.

He is probably continuously worried that you are going to reject him. He needs little acts of kindness to reassure him that you plan on staying, like lots of eye contact and gentle touches of the hand.

He probably wants you to know that he is an accomplished person, so if he brags about his achievements, let him, because he is only trying to impress you.

Finally, he is probably unsure of whether he is taking things too slow or too fast. Make sure you give him some hints about whether he should be a bit more forward or slow down…

[Via: Cayman NetNews]

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