Your daily skin care regimen and holy grail products may have shaved five years off your appearance, but if you haven’t been as meticulous in looking after your neck, there’s a good chance it’s been displaying everything your face has been trying to hide all along. Think wrinkles, fine lines and sagging, crepey skin.
In your 20s or 30s, keeping wrinkles and fine lines at bay...
We usually think about skin in terms of what we can put on top of it (like a juicy toner-serum-moisturizer sandwich). But just as important as curating the perfect skin care routine is thinking about your face in terms of skin health. As the largest organ of our bodies, skin is impacted by general health as much as our lungs, brain or heart.
“The human body generally functions in a synergistic and...
As exhausting as it can sometimes be, going to bed without washing your face is a big no-no. And this is especially true for those of us who love sporting a full face of makeup. According to Dr. Hadley King, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in New York City, in addition to removing makeup, cleansing your skin helps to remove dead skin cells, dirt, debris, sebum and pollution residue. Truthfully...
Sunscreen: Apply it every morning and…that’s it, right? Nope, not really. For something as seemingly basic as SPF, there’s a surprising amount of misinformation and confusion around formulas, coverage and efficacy. But considering sunscreen is the best defense against lines, wrinkles, discoloration and skin cancer, it’s something you absolutely don’t want to get wrong. So, let’s clear up some of...
Let’s be real: Skin care isn’t exactly easy. Sure, moisturizer is self-explanatory, and face washes are, you know, for the washing of faces, but when it comes to actually applying those products in a systematic, logical order? Kind of a guessing game—and one that’s usually filled with a ton of misinformation. So, if you’ve been slathering on products and simply hoping for the best (or dealing with...
At the end of each year, we release our list of the most-searched brands, products, and ingredients on our site. It’s one of our most anticipated stories of the year—but like almost everything else in 2020, this year’s list looks a little different. Based on our analysis of our 2020 search data, it comes as no surprise that we’re all looking for ways to lean a little deeper into our self-care...
As you start to dream about brighter days ahead in 2021, add one more new year to-do to your list: Take great care of your skin.
“In general the end of the year/beginning of the new year is a time to reflect on yourself, your life and the past year and resolve to make positive changes,” explains dermatologist Dr. Sejal Shah, M.D. “Just as many people make resolutions to improve their general...
Ask a dozen dermatologists about their favorite skin care ingredient, and you’ll likely get a dozen love letters about vitamin C. “It’s one of the few ingredients that both protects and repairs skin, but is also tolerated by a vast majority of patients,” says Dr. Titilola Sode, a board-certified dermatologist in Dallas. But not all vitamin C serums are equally effective, and the wrong formula,...
In a perfect world, we’d all wake up with clear and bright-looking skin. But even if we’re dealing with dark spots and discoloration, that doesn’t mean we can’t have the radiant, blemish-free skin of our dreams. That is, if you know which serums to look for.
According to Viseslav Tonkovic-Capin, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in Clinton, Miss., dark spots are caused by an increased number or...
If you’ve watched even 10 minutes of TV, read an article (hi), or talked to a beauty-obsessed friend recently, there’s a very good chance you’ve already been bombarded with skin care’s new best friend: niacinamide. Niacinamide (also called nicotinamide) is a form of vitamin B3 that can, supposedly, give you the calm, smooth, happy face of a baby, but…what does that really mean? If you’re only...
