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9 Steps to a Flawless Face

Dealing with a skin condition? Follow these expert tips to look and feel beautiful! If you live with a skin condition like acne, psoriasis, eczema, or rosacea, you know that makeup can be a real miracle worker. But if you wear too much, apply it incorrectly, or wear the wrong kind, you just draw attention to the problem you’re trying to cover up—or irritate your skin even more.

7 Answers About Psoriasis

A dermatologist answers common questions about a condition that affects 7.5 million people. Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with psoriasis? Here are a few questions you may have, with answers from a dermatologist. 1. What Is Psoriasis? Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that affects 7.5 million people. The scaly patches that characterize the condition occur when the immune system incorrectly speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells.

7 Diseases You Can Get at the Salon

Tips for avoiding everything from burns to bacterial infections. Ah, a relaxing day at the salon, where you can luxuriate in beauty treatments and emerge with beautifully coiffed hair, radiant skin, and nails to die for. Most of the time, this is what you can expect when you pay a visit to a spa or salon. But you can also wind up going home with any number of unpleasant conditions, from burns to bacterial infections.

7 Contagious Skin Conditions

The symptoms may sound scary, but most of these conditions can be successfully treated with simple medications. Ouch! The skin you’re in can be plagued by a variety of conditions that itch, ooze, sting, and burn. To help keep your skin healthy, it’s important to take good care of it. "The skin is designed to be your wall against the outside environment," say Doris Day, MD, a dermatologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

How Menopause Affects the Skin

Plus, tips on how to keep your skin healthy. Your skin is your body’s largest vital organ—and the one that shows the world your age. Age-related skin changes develop more quickly once women are past menopause, but with a little TLC, your skin can still look healthy and beautiful for life. ...

Three Easy New Beauty Trends

The latest, easiest ways to look your best. What’s up and coming in the beauty and skin care world? We talked to dermatologist Joyce Davis, MD, who is in private practice in New York City, about what her patients are excited about. Then, we combed through store aisles to keep you up-to-date on what’s beautiful now.

9 Tips to Look Your Best This Summer

Get your glow on with these experts' advice. Want to know how to look your best during summer’s hot, humid, sticky days? We asked a dermatologist, a nutritionist, and a fitness expert for their best tips for looking great, staying healthy, and keeping cool this season. Skin Sense Sun exposure can be hard to avoid (or resist) during long summer days.

What You Should Know About Psoriasis, High Blood Pressure, and Medication

Could high blood pressure drugs increase your risk of this common skin condition? If you suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure) and use a type of medicine called a beta blocker to control it, you could be at increased risk of developing psoriasis, according to a recent study in JAMA Dermatology. Psoriasis: An Autoimmune Condition What is psoriasis? This skin condition, which causes raised red patches to form on knees, elbows, scalp, and/or torso, and currently affects approximately 7.

How to Buy the Best Lip Balm

The ingredients to look for, the ingredients to avoid, and seven tips for super soft and kissable lips. Do you know what’s in your lip balm? Though lip balms are supposed to keep your lips soft, some ingredients in this make-up bag staple may actually be causing lip dryness and irritation. We asked Helen Torok, MD, Medical Director for the Dermatology and Surgery Center at Trillium Creek in Medina, Ohio, for her advice.

All About Acne

Acne is aggravating but you don t have to suffer. Acne, the most common skin condition in the United States, isn’t just something that plagues teenagers. It can bother people at any age. The good news is, it’s easy to treat and few people need to suffer with it anymore. Acne is "a skin condition that consists of pimples, deeper lumps (cysts or nodules), and plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads), that occur on the face, neck, chest, back, shoulders, and even the upper arms," according to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
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