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Popping zits isn’t the answer because you run the risk of infection, acne scarring and even more zits when you pop them. It’s hard to look in the mirror and see red bumps, whiteheads or blackheads staring back at you – it makes most feel self-conscious. After all, what’s the first thing most people notice…your face. When popping zits, you’re left with a dark scab drawing that much more attention to the spot and unless…
Pricky heat or miliaria, whichever you choose to call it is a red, itchy inconvenience we can all do without. Most of us are more conscious of it during the summer months when temps are hot and humidity is high but those working in unpleasant conditions, like fire fighters, construction workers or those in the military are often challenged with it year around. The first sense of a prickly sensation, following heat exposure or sweating,…
The long term effects of alcohol probably aren’t on your mind when you’re clinking glasses with friends after work. Following your next cocktail-driven happy hour, that stress-induced bottle of wine or even a night of shooters or beer pong, be sure to spend some time the day after taking a good, long look at yourself in the mirror. This is not about how bad your hair looks or that you forgot to remove your makeup…
Does your heat rash remind you of summer or the other way around? Summer brings with it thoughts of the beach, barbecues - all the “beautiful” people (those toned, tanned and taut plus the rest of us) in shorts, sandals and swimsuits but it also brings with it, for some, the dreaded heat rash. It’s more than annoying – it’s prickly, bumpy and madly uncomfortable. I mean, there is absolutely no reason anyone would want to put up…
Have your feet spent the winter wrapped in wool socks, jammed into boots or disguised in a pair of slippers? With spring here and warmer weather sneaking up on us it’s time to start paying attention to our feet and those yellow toenails. Summer will be here before you know it and so will open-toed shoes, sandals and flip flops. While our feet have been cocooned all winter, some of us (and the procrastinators know…
