If you’ve ever shaved, waxed or plucked hair anywhere off your body, you’ve more than likely had experience with ingrown hairs. And if you’re one of the lucky few (or unlucky, depending on whether or not you’re a popaholic) who has never experienced an ingrown hair, feel free to check out this increasingly popular Instagram…
DetailsIf your skin seems to be angry with you — it’s itchy, it’s dry, it’s cracked — you’re not alone. You, along with as many as 30 million adults and children in the U.S., may be suffering from eczema. Eczema is a chronic skin condition that presents as itchy, dry, cracking, scaly and/or rough skin,…
DetailsEveryone picks at their skin. You may spend more time than you’d like to admit in front of the mirror squeezing blackheads. When you’re bored, you might pick at the skin around your fingernails or scratch your scalp. You may even go overboard sometimes — popping or picking at a pesky pimple, scratching off a…
DetailsWe’ve all been there — you notice a lump somewhere on your face or body and proceed to freak out… majorly. What the heck is that thing?! We’ve all been down that dangerous Google/WebMD rabbit hole, but before you can enter panic mode, let’s talk about the C word: Cysts. These bumps can form just…
DetailsYou look in the mirror one morning and suddenly notice a small bump on your eyelid. What is it? What should you do about it? Is this skin issue going to stick around and mar your appearance? If you’ve ruled out pesky pimples and head trauma, there are quite a few possibilities as to what…
DetailsOn the (long) lists of icky skin afflictions, the dilated pore of Winer (also known as Winer’s Pore) definitely holds a top spot in the “Things You Never Want to See on Your Face” category. But not if you’re our fab founder — Dr. Pimple Popper! The proper-sounding menace happens to be a favorite extraction…
DetailsFinding a bump on your skin can be seriously frustrating… and scary. How the heck are you supposed to cover that thing up — and will it ever go away?! Plus, with all the warnings you hear about skin cancer (more than four million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with the most common kind,…
DetailsWe all witness our hair clogging up our shower drains. Sadly, hair shedding is a part of life. In fact, most of us shed an average of 100 hairs each and every day! But what happens when not strands, but clumps of your hair fall out? Unfortunately, you may be suffering from alopecia, a condition…
DetailsDid you know that non-melanoma skin cancer is the most commonly occurring cancer in the world? An estimated one in five Americans will get skin cancer in their lifetime. Every year more and more studies prove that there’s a direct correlation between skin cancer and sun exposure, and, although genetics and skin color do play…
DetailsIf you have a skin growth that looks like a wart, you may have developed seborrheic keratosis. It’s a worrisome name, but take a deep breath — these lesions, sometimes called “the barnacles of aging,” are not dangerous. In fact, they are one of the most common skin conditions you can get as you age.…
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