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Product Expiration: When Good Skin Care Products Go Bad
Did you know that many active ingredients found in common skin care and makeup products have a limited shelf life? Once these ingredients pass their expiration dates the product can either become...
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6 Reasons to Not Pop that Pimple
Acne blemishes often appear very quickly. Your first reaction may be to pop the pimple. However, the short-term benefits of popping may end up leading to long-term harm to your skin. The pustule, or...
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Skin Care Basics: What’s My Skin Type?
Understanding the basic traits and needs of your skin is the first step in properly caring for it. Depending on the genetic characteristics, you may fall within these 5 common skin types: Normal,...
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Skin Care Tips for Dark Skin Types
When it comes to skin care, many individuals with darker skin (typically Fitzpatrick skin type of V or VI) face a different set of challenges than their lighter skinned counterparts. Individuals with...
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Tips: 7 Ways to Improve Your Skin after Quitting Smoking
Congratulations on kicking the habit! Smoking cigarettes is one of the most harmful behaviors on the planet. Smokers have a high risk of developing serious diseases such as heart disease and lung...
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Test the Elasticity of Your Skin with a “Pinch Test”
Facial aging is a natural part of growing older. Normal signs of aging can include wrinkles, volume loss (most often in temples, cheeks and under-eye areas) and sagging of the skin. The skin’s...
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Tattoo Cover-Ups: How Laser Tattoo Removal Can Help
Nearly 45 million Americans currently have tattoos. An estimated 20% of these people would like to have their tattoos removed. Are you considering parting ways with an old tattoo? Maybe you didn’t...
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Here’s How Antioxidants Can Improve Your Skin
Though “antioxidants” has become a popular buzzword for skin care marketers, the way antioxidants affect the skin is often misunderstood by the general public. From reversing skin inflammation and...
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What Does SPF Really Mean?
Each time you step outside in the sun you are exposing your skin to potentially dangerous ultraviolet (UV) rays. Sun overexposure can result in early onset aging, skin damage, and even lead to the...
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Age Spots: Prevention & Treatment Options
Age spots (also referred to as “sun spots” or solar lentigines) are flat brown spots that are caused when the skin is chronically exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light, either from the sun or from tanning...
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