A couple of weeks ago my wife and I were doing cardio at the gym. As I was catching up on my reading — immunobullous skin disease testing for dummies — my wife was next to me exclaiming, “Oh, my god! That’s amazing! That’s unbelievable!” I turned to her and asked, “What’s so unbelievable?” “These makeovers in the Oprah magazine,” she said. Continue reading
I saw a polite, soft-spoken boy this week with severe cystic acne.
“How long have you had acne?” I asked.
“For about two years.”
“Have you been treating it?”
“Yeah. Actually I’ve spent so much money on acne medication that my mother made me get a part time job to start paying for it,” he replied. Continue reading
A recent post from The Daily Green has the folks over at Digg all excited. The title reads:
In Wake of 16 Deaths, Advocates Urge FDA to Improve Botox® Warnings Continue reading
Do men use cosmetics? Should they?
We know that men get laser treatments, face lifts, chemical peels, Botox® and fillers.
But applying a little bronzing powder is a different story. Or is it?
I am not advocating that men apply make-up (not that there is anything wrong with that). I wonder though, how many men reach into their wives’ or girlfriends’ make-up bag to find concealer for their acne? I don’t know, but I suspect quite a few.
A product that might be worth the cost (and preserve your masculinity) is an anti-shine gel. This one, made by Shiseido, was recently mentioned in the Wall Street Journal (not exactly Men’s Vogue).
Male faces naturally produce more sebum, some more than others. If you’re a professional and your face has a tendency to glisten when your hedge fund takes a dive in the afternoon, then having a product like this might be useful. And no less manly.
Before Plucking
After Plucking
You can’t catch a cold from going outside without a jacket, and hairs don’t grow back thicker after you pluck them. I swear.
In fact, repeatedly plucking hairs can scar the follicle, which over time can lead to permanent loss of that hair. It is actually a very inexpensive way to remove unwanted hairs.
Waxing, threading, and plucking hairs are essentially the same thing; the hairs usually will grow back (unless you perform this repeatedly over a long period of time).
Electrolysis and laser hair removal, in contrast, destroy the hair follicle. Most of these hairs will not grow back and repeated treatment will lead to permanent hair removal.
If you pluck your hairs:
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