We talk a lot about wanting our skin to look bright and youthful, and about the various ways our aesthetic goals can be achieved. Because there are so many products and professional treatments available to tighten, brighten, and smooth the skin, it’s very easy to forget the value of the basics. Here, we’d like to […]
If you’ve held a baby in the recent past, you may have noticed much more than that fresh baby-scent. What many people notice about infants is the softness of their skin. It doesn’t matter if you press your cheek to a baby’s, or if you hold on to a tiny hand; that soft skin can […]
Poison ivy, along with its cousin’s poison oak and sumac, is a common plant that most people know they want to avoid. The rash, the blisters, and, oh! That itch! Need we say more? What we will say is that there are interesting details about poison ivy that may come as a surprise. If you’re […]
Summertime should be a period of fun and family and friends. We envision ourselves sitting poolside, or dipping our toes in the warm waters of the Gulf. What nobody wants to think about is having to hide their feet on those hot summer days due to redness, peeling, and obvious irritation. The fact is, though, […]
Aging is a topic that may trigger a lot of feeling in a lot of people. Both men and women may struggle with the process, and with how to handle the aspects of facial aging that concern them. If you are in that struggle, you’re not alone. You’re also not without a leg to stand […]
You’ve worked hard to get the body that you do, and you feel good about it – except those stretch marks. This common concern is one that we hear from both women and men. We often believe that stretch marks as evidence of motherhood, but that is only one of several causes of these silvery […]
A sculpted jaw line is the hallmark of a young man’s face. Are you envisioning the young Tom Cruise, or maybe modern-day David Beckham? Whomever it is that has the jawline you want doesn’t matter. What matters is that your jaw line is not what you used to have. We find that, more and more, […]
If there’s one place besides the face that we should protect from the sun, it’s the skin on the chest. And on the hands. Oh, and the skin on your neck and shoulders. I hope I’ve made my point. It’s important to protect your skin from head to toe from the damage and potential health […]
When most of us think about tanning salons, we think about older teens and college students, still believing that tan skin is attractive and ignoring the warnings about the damage that tanning of any kind, indoor and outdoor, causes. We might assume that this ill-conceived choice is being made by those old enough to make […]
Living through acne certainly, ought to be enough to earn you a break from skin woes later in life. Unfortunately, even if your breakouts stop, you’re often left with visible signs of the acne that used to be. You might have dark spots or indentations, or a combination of both. But you don’t have to […]
