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Beauty Tips & Tricks

Are you stuck in a beauty-rut, and not sure how to look the best you can? Or have you discovered something that makes you look great and want to share? This forum is the place to share your beauty tips, get advice or ask questions.

Natural sunscreen vs commercial sunscreens?

OK... can we have a thread about this? I have read quite a bit of conflicting and often difficult to understand info about this online. I want to protect myself from UVA and UVB without the sunscreen itself posing any risk to my body in the long term! In the long run and short term, which is...

by User avatar Guest

How do you keep your Clarisonic brush clean?

Hi! I recently got a Clarisonic brush. I've had great results with it and am very happy, but I figure you need to keep the brush very clean. I wouldn't want it to get dirty and to end up with a skin rash instead of beautiful skin! If you have a Clarisonic brush, what do you do to keep it clean?...

by User avatar Guest

Dermabrasion vs microdermabrasion for acne scars: what should I choose?

Answered by a doctor

Hi, I am 24 now and suffered from acne all through my teens. Unfortunately this left its mark on my face and some of the scars I have from my teen acne are visible even with studio fix type foundations. It is very obvious that they are acne scars and I am very ashamed of them and the way they...

by User avatar Orangie

Hair implants for complete baldness

Is this even possible? I am not talking about your typical male receding hairline or even male pattern baldness, but near complete baldness wherein almost no hair grows on the head at all. From what I have seen, hair implants work by taking grafts from haired areas of the hair and then implanting...

by User avatar Guest

Zinc oxide as a suncreen?

Hello, I have heard bits and pieces about people using straight zinc oxide as a sunscreen. I do not know much about this but am wondering if anyone can enlighten me. Why do people do this? What are the benefits of zinc oxide as opposed to other sunscreens? Is this done because it is considered to...

by User avatar Crazy-About-PINK348033

I have oily nose with open pores. the rest of my face is normal

Hi. I have normal skin on my face, but it is just nose that is very oily with ugly looking open pores. Normally I use the normal primer and foundation but that does not hide the pores so well. What can I do about this oily nose? Two things, I would like to have emergency solution to hide it...

by User avatar Sylwia

Switch from Retin A .025% to .05%?

I have been using .025% strength Retin A for a few years now, primarily for acne, but now that I am in my 40s, signs of age are showing up and I'm pretty sure the Retin A has helped with those some. I'm here asking this question because I still get acne, much less so than before, and the...

by User avatar Juanita

Scalp skin flaky and peeling off!!!

Answered by a doctor

This is crazy. For perhaps 2 months now I have terrible flaking on my scalp, under hair, and whole bits just peeling off. I know dandruff, but this is a whole new story, very severe and whole patches of skin come off, can see them underneath my hair when I lift it. It is also very obvious to anybody...

by User avatar Mili

Ceramides & Peptides - what's the deal?

So, these two things keep popping up on skincare discussions and in skincare blogs everywhere. Perhaps I'm slow or not well-read enough, but I don't really understand what these things do for your skin, other than that most people say they are great for your skin, though I have also heard some bad...

by User avatar Guest

Dry skin brushing technique for face - pros and cons

Dry brushing appears to have become a shareable buzzword recently. I came across the phenomenon on Pinterest and was quite interested in learning more. At first sight, the idea of brushing your skin with harsh looking brushes and no water sounds crazy. The benefits though... they say it makes for...

by User avatar Kimmy