If you’ve ever had a chemical peel, microdermabrasion, or other type of professional skin exfoliation, you know the wonders of “post-peel” skin. Once the peeling has stopped and any inflammation is gone, you’ve got skin that’s clearer, more even, and so smooth and soft that you can’t help but caress it every so often. Of course, at most med spas or dermatology clinics, you’re paying a pretty penny for that skin miracle – not to mention t...

You’re flipping through your favorite magazine (or, more likely, their site) and seeing all these celebrities and models with silk-smooth skin that looks like it was poured into a mold. Not a pore in sight. Then you look in the mirror at your own skin and it’s looking more like a dimple-filled orange peel because all you see are pores, pores, pores. In all honestly, those model pictures have been retouched and airbrushed like crazy,...

Pores are the great vanishing skin feature. For most of us, when we look in the mirror, there are at least a few areas that catch our eyes because all we can see are those big pores staring back at us and making our skin look like a strawberry. But you rarely notice other people’s pores and when you see people’s pictures online or magazine photos of models, or even when you see some people with expert makeup skills in person, you would think...

Browsing the skin care aisle at your local drugstore or browsing a skin care site can feel like a flashback to vocabulary lessons in school, with all the complex words coming at you from every direction. If you don’t know what all those skin care terms mean, it just feels like an indistinguishable mess and seems like every product is no different than any other.Let me give you a hand with that! Let’s take a look at one term you’re probably...