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  • Alster has served as an unpaid member of the medical advisory board of one brush maker, Pacific Bioscience Laboratories Inc., Redmond, Wash., but has no financial link to the company.

    Deep Cleaning Faces at the Speed of Sound Laura Johannes 2011

  • In Hamburg, atop the George Hotel www.thegeorge-hotel.de , the Campari Lounge offers restaurant-goers prime sunset vistas over the city's Alster lake, spotted with hundreds of small sailboats on any given summer day.

    Rooftop Terraces Are Raising the Bar Rhea Wessel 2011

  • All the high-tech facials will result in improved hydrating, making your skin "tighter and more radiant," but the results fade in as little as four hours, says Tina Alster , director of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery in Washington, D.C. Advocates say results last at least a few days, sometimes longer.

    Probing Newfangled Facials Laura Johannes 2011

  • Dr. Alster says she is concerned the rotating motion is more likely to grind dirt into the skin and create tiny "microcuts," which could serve as a portal for bacteria.

    Deep Cleaning Faces at the Speed of Sound Laura Johannes 2011

  • A sonic brush "really vibrates the dirt out of the skin and it doesn't cause irritation," says Tina Alster , director of the Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery in Washington, D.C. Dr.

    Deep Cleaning Faces at the Speed of Sound Laura Johannes 2011

  • You can drive through Hamburg, starting at the Alster lakes, and then along the right bank of the Elbe out to the fashionable suburb of Blankenese, and find a whole cityscape of shimmering white villas and rock-solid prosperity.

    In Hamburg, a Romanticism alert J. S. Marcus in Hamburg 2010

  • Surprise runner-up: Hamburg's Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten, run by the Fairmont chain, has some spacious, bright rooms overlooking the serene Inner Alster lake.

    Where 'Finicky' Found Fulfillment 2010

  • Miriam Alster/European Pressphoto Agency Orthodox Jewish girls twirled chickens over their heads and recited prayers before the start of Yom Kippur.

    Yom Kippur Around the World 2010

  • Miriam Alster/European Pressphoto Agency At left, Ehud Barak, currently the Defense Minister and leader of the Labor party, rested his hand on his head after voting with his wife at a Tel Aviv polling station.

    Israelis Vote in Milestone Elections 2009

  • An advertisement by Jung von Matt/Alster for watchmaker IWC.

    Creative Jeans Advertisement 2006

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