Category: Skincare

AGE: 28-ish Change #1: Your acne. It’s still here (sorry), but it’s different than it was in your teens and even your early-to-mid 20s. “The late 20s is when women start to see hormonal acne—deep, cystic bumps in the chin and jawline area,” says Lauren Ploch, MD, an Augusta, Georgia-based board-certified dermatologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology. The drying products you used to smother your whiteheads won’t work as well on these hormonal breakouts, says Ploch. What to do about it: Topical exfoliators, such as retinoids, can help, but…

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There’s one acne fix that doesn’t require a trip to the dermatologist. Earlier this year, researchers recruited people ages 18 to 35 with no acne or moderate-to-severe acne (which, if you’re interested, they defined as roughly 15 active pimples at any given time) and told them to either follow their normal diet or one with a low glycemic index for two weeks. (The research was presented at the Food and Nutrition Conference Expo 2016.) Here’s what you need to know about the glycemic index (GI): Every food has a number, and…

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Ranella Hirsch, a board-certified dermatologist in Boston The One Who Loves Drugstore Cleansers Her skin issue: Dryness. “I have really sensitive skin, and I’m just getting back into using a retinoid because this is the first time in 10 years I haven’t been pregnant, trying to get pregnant or nursing,” says Hirsch. (Experts recommend avoiding vitamin A derivatives like retinoid and tretinoins during pregnancy and nursing.) “I’m only using it every third night right now, and I’m peeling like crazy.” That means her medicine cabinet is filled with ultra-hydrating products to…

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Does it you look like you’re sporting a sweater vest every single day of the year? Are your arms, legs, shoulders, stomach, back, balls, and all manner of other body parts covered in a forest so dense you have trouble picturing what your bare body might even looks like? Have you destroyed three or more manscaping devices—be they electric razors, manual ones, epilators, or otherwise—all within the past year? Then you, dear friend, are what one might describe as a hairy-ass man. And sure, you may already know the bulk…

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