Showing posts with label skincare. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Cream Cleansers Are the Skincare Comfort You Didn’t Know You Needed

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Even minimalists know that finding the best cleanser is one of those non-negotiable steps of a simple skincare routine. Even if you don’t wear make-up or go out into a polluted city often, you still need it to rinse off the day’s grime, sunscreen, sweat, excess oil and dead skin cells. A lovely thought that will either reinforce the importance of or encourage you to start washing your face twice daily…….Continue reading…

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Source:  Marie Claire UK

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Taking care of one’s overall health improves one’s skin, such as attention to diet and lifestyle. Oxidative stress is widely recognized as a contributing factor to skin aging. Drinking enough water may help to keep skin hydrated, especially in individuals who are chronically dehydrated. A poor diet lacking vitamins can lead to skin problems, such as scurvy, pellagra, and numerous subclinical pathologies that have not been studied in detail.

Lack of sleep has been shown to make conditions like atopic dermatitis, eczema and psoriasis worse, and these conditions have in turn been shown to reduce sleep quality. Skin care products help clean, protect, and improve the skin. In the U.S., the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act groups these products into two main categories: cosmetics and drugs. Drugs must go through a strict approval process before they can be sold.

Cosmetics, on the other hand, do not need FDA approval before being sold, though they are still regulated. Cosmetics are used to cleanse or enhance appearance, like face washes and moisturizers. Medications are meant to treat or prevent health issues, such as acne creams or sunscreen. Some products, like dandruff shampoos and moisturizing sunscreens, fit into both categories.

Cosmeceuticals, although not officially recognized by the FDA, combine cosmetics with “biologically active ingredients” that may have health benefits. Nutricosmetics are products taken by mouth instead of being applied to the skin. Here are some common ingredients and what they do:

  • Hyaluronic acid: Keeps skin hydrated.
  • Retinol: Helps with wrinkles and acne.
  • Vitamin C: Brightens skin and protects from damage.
  • Niacinamide: Reduces redness and oil.
  • Salicylic acid: Helps with acne.
  • Glycolic acid: Removes dead skin cells.
  • Ceramides: Strengthen skin and keep it moisturized.
  • Peptides: Help skin stay firm and smooth.

The labels on cleansing and skin care products can be confusing because they use unclear words like “mild” or “gentle”. This makes it hard to know how well a product works or what it actually does. Just because a product has a certain ingredient doesn’t mean it is effective—how well it works depends on the whole formula and how it is used. People often mix up what a product does (like moisturizing) with what an ingredient does (like glycerin keeping moisture in or petrolatum protecting the skin)

Skin care interventions consist of applying one or more products to specific areas of the skin in a specific order. A skin care routine may consist of the following steps:

  • Cleansing: Cleansers remove dirt, oil, and impurities from the skin. Their application process may include washing with water or they may be formulated as soapless or “no-rinse”.
  • Exfoliation: Exfoliation helps remove dead skin cells and promotes cell turnover. This can be done using physical exfoliants (scrubs) or chemical exfoliants (AHAs and BHAs). Over-exfoliation should be avoided to prevent irritation.
  • Toning: Toners help balance the skin’s pH and prepare it for moisturizing. They may also provide additional benefits, such as hydration, soothing effects, or acne prevention.
  • Targeted treatment: Specialized products such as serums, masks, and eye cream contain active ingredients to address specific skin concerns.
  • Moisturizing: Moisturizing helps to lock in hydration and maintain the skin’s natural barrier. Different formulations exist for different skin types, such as lightweight gels for oily skin and rich creams for dry skin.

Instructions for how much to use, how often, and for how long are not always clean. Dermatologists normally recommend that children wash their skin with a mild cleanser, use moisturizing lotion as needed, and wear sunscreen every day.Elaborate skin care routines are promoted on social media platforms such as TikTok.

This has led to children and teens using harsh and inappropriate products, such as anti-aging products, which provide no benefit to young skin and may be harmful. It has also encouraged children and teens to wear sunscreen every day. Skin ageing is associated with increased skin vulnerability, and the texture and colour of the skin can change over time. Although wrinkles occur naturally due to ageing, smoking can intensify the appearance of wrinkles.

Sunspots, dryness, wrinkles, and melanomas can occur from UV exposure over time, whether it be through the sun or through tanning beds. Exposure to UV can make skin less elastic. Skin problems including pruritus are common in the elderly but are often inadequately addressed. A literature review of studies assessing the maintenance of skin integrity in the elderly found most studies to have low levels of evidence, but the review concluded that skin-cleansing with synthetic detergents or amphoteric surfactants induced less skin dryness than using soap and water.

Moisturizers with humectants helped with skin dryness and skin barrier occlusive reduced skin injuries. When taking baths or showers, using warm water rather than hot water can aid with dryness. There is limited evidence that moisturizing soap bar; combinations of water soak, oil soak, and lotion are effective in maintaining the skin integrity of elderly people when compared to. Radiation induces skin reactions in the treated area, particularly in the axilla, head and neck, perineum and skin fold regions.

Formulations with moisturising, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and wound healing properties are often used, but no preferred approach or individual product has been identified as best practice. Soft silicone dressings that act as barriers to friction may be helpful. In breast cancer, calendula cream may reduce the severity of radiation effects on the dark spot corrector. Deodorant use after completing radiation treatment has been controversial but is now recommended for practice.

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Are Some Cosmetics Promising Too Much?”.

Protecting the radiation-damaged skin from friction: a mini review”. 

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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Why Mommymaxxing Is Probably The Most Unrealistic Parenting Trend Yet

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You’ve probably heard of looksmaxxing, theTikTok trend among young men to maximize their looks, with skincare, workouts, and even plastic surgery. It’s the idea of optimizing what one has to be the best version of themselves, at least on social media. Now, this idea has infiltrated the motherhood feeds. Enter mommymaxxing. It’s the idea of optimizing every facet of motherhood, from aesthetic choices, like your child’s clothing……Continue reading….

By:  Rachel Morgan Cautero

Source: Parents

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Looksmaxxing is an online self-improvement practice focused on the process of maximizing one’s physical attractiveness. The term is a neologism which was coined on incel message boards in the 2010s. Previously, the phrase had limited usage on obscure internet forums, but was popularized on TikTok by primarily male content creators in the early 2020s.

The term has commonly been associated with the black pill ideology, which espouses that female sexual selection is primarily based on external physical qualities such as height and facial attractiveness, while qualities such as kindness and personality are ignored or even cause rejection. Looksmaxxing is very broad in the methods used to improve appearance; they can range from benign practices such as skincare routines and gym use, to more extreme interventions, such as invasive cosmetic surgery and usage of anabolic steroids.

Commentators generally criticize the concept as being judgemental and harmful to its practitioners (‘looksmaxxers’). Communities and influencers associated with the practice are described as rating individual’s appearance without concern for their overall well-being which can lead to negative mental health outcomes such as body dysmorphia and suicidal ideation. The increasing popularity of the concept has also led to concerns over its potential to promote hegemonic masculinity.

Looksmaxxing has been connected to incel sub-culture since its origins within it. Writing for The Conversation, senior lecturer and researcher Jamilla Rosdahl of the Australian College of Applied Psychology, considers that the practice converts young men into incels, as a result of TikTok algorithms. On the popularity of looksmaxxing amongst young people overall, she wrote that “where young people feel like they can’t control their environment,

They may turn to trends such as looksmaxxing as something they can control,” attributing several real world problems such as an unstable economy and the increase in young men struggling to get into relationships. In some cases, men involved in the practice have reported benefits such as getting a girlfriend, aswell as positive affirmation from their peers after improving their looks. Albeit such praise is invariably mixed with critique, which helps maintain a common outlook with less attractive members, who all feel subordinate to the masculine ideal.

Several methods of looksmaxxing have been criticized by doctors and dismissed as misinformation, including mewing and bonesmashing.[21] Regarding mewing, researchers have argued that evidence supporting any change in facial structure is lacking. Facial surgeons have criticized bonesmashing saying it includes the risk for fractures, facial misalignment, neurovascular injuries, facial deformity, and alterations in vision.

Physicians have been advised to help patients interested in looksmaxxing to distinguish between safe beauty practices and harmful practices, suggesting to patients to only conduct looksmaxxing practices when done in a medically viable manner. Clavicular’s system of rating looksmaxxing that he promotes in interviews and on social media is the PSL scale, which gives men a numerical rating then sorts men into three tiers: “subhuman,” “normie,” and “Chad.”

In her New Yorker criticism, journalist Becca Rothfeld explains, “The moral objections to looksmaxxing are numerous, severe, and obvious. A system that designates any person as ‘subhuman’ is beneath contempt, and that’s to say nothing of the racial slurs to which looksmaxxing stalwarts help themselves regularly.” She also cites a recent interview in which Clavicular “approvingly notes that Brad Pitt ‘mogs’ Mother Teresa.”

While its encouragment for men to care about their health and fitness can be seen as a positive, looksmaxxing overall is seen as demoralising to men, especially the young. A study published in the National Library of Medicine argues that looksmaxxing promotes a hegemonic masculine gaze on male bodies. Hegemonic masculinity is a social concept developed by R.W. Connell that defines the ideal form of dominant and physically attractive male bodies, legitimizes sexism, and reinforces patriarchy.

The study’s findings support its argument, and proves that the looksmaxxing community revolves around male supremacy and hegemonic masculinity.

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