Mental Health
Body dysmorphic disorder and skincare: when to refer instead of recommend
A reader I will call M emailed me last autumn with what looked, at first, like a normal skincare question. She had…
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Body & Specific Areas
Vulvar skincare: the 8-square-inches mainstream skincare ignores
A reader emailed me a list of products she had been using on her external genital skin. Body wash with fragrance. A…
Nutrition & Skin
The dietary skincare evidence quality ranking: dairy, sugar, fish oil, vitamin A
TL;DR: Dietary skincare claims sit on wildly different evidence tiers. Dairy and acne: moderate epidemiological signal, plausible IGF-1 mechanism. High-glycaemic diet and…
Travel & Lifestyle
The 6-hour flight skincare protocol that does not involve a sheet mask
TL;DR: Cabin air sits at five to twelve percent relative humidity, which is drier than most deserts. The sheet mask people do…