Waxing, Depilatories, Ingrown Hair on Face and Body – and Aliens

The late comic Joan Rivers once remarked that a bikini waxing would beat waterboarding for getting results easy-peasy. The ordeal of WAXING does make one wonder if it is another dreadful plot by the patriarchy; but, then we come to learn the patriarchy is now waxing, too. Waxing is by far the biggest segment in […]

Summertime Rashes, Breakouts & Red Dots

The summer can bring on hateful skin. Heat brings on sweat that gathers up airborne dirt like a mop and then resorbs the sludge in the cool shade. The result is itchy food for small bugs (things horrifying in their look, but small enough you can’t see) who roam about and leave a trail of […]

Zen & The Art of Skincare (part 4)

SKIN METABOLISM In this final installment we can review the issues so far and then discuss the metabolic issues of the skin and how this single factor can have such a large impact. Summarizing: The directions on the bottle often have nothing to do with you and a lot to do with sales (as in, […]

Zen & The Art of Skincare (part 3)

Cell signaling rules. Let’s find out. Skin is a close second behind the brain as the most complex organ of the body. Nothing else comes close. The skin protects. That is its sole mission. So, why so complicated? There are many “systems” in play is the short answer, otherwise we would have hid like lizards. […]

Zen & The Art of Skincare (part 2)

The skin evolved from the brain. They share many common factors, interest in novelty and susceptibility to addiction being two of these. Meaning, the brain is easily addicted, even to the point of self-destruction. The skin likewise is easily addicted. Meaning the skin adapts to the environment in order to protect the vital organs (its […]

Crinkly Skin

Another evil in the world of aging ungracefully is the emergence of crinkly skin. This is a different subject than sagging, turkey wattles. Sagging skin that you see on your neck or under your eyelids is another issue for a separate post. They can often go together, but need to be approached differently. Crinkly skin […]

Zen & The Art of Skincare

What’s in your mirror? Skin that is peevish, blotchy, just not right always has a cause. It doesn’t “just happen.” You can drive yourself bananas with self-diagnosis by over analysis. In fact, over analyzing skin that is acting up can be part of a larger problem – called life. If you are bananas then your […]

How About Those Radio Frequency Devices?

“Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” (William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Act 2) Elf-skin? Is that me? Oh, drat. Here we are again with our slack crepe paper look, just a wee bit nervous about a disturbing turn in the mirror of late, toward…elf-skin? What to do? What TO DO!! The […]

Dry Skin That Doesn’t Quit

The Skin Dork hears from professionals who have clients that no matter what they do dry skin persists. Let’s explore this. It’s a big and complicated topic to compress. To begin, 302 Skincare professionals are taught to subtract topical products from their clients first in order to stabilize the skin to its normal metabolism. In […]

Moisturizing Topically

Everyone has been convinced of the need for a topical moisturizer as a matter of physical need and proper skincare. About a zillion dollars have been spent by the industry to condition you psychologically, emotionally and mentally. It isn’t a conspiracy, or anything personal, moisturizing is strictly business. Well, don’t we really need that moisturizer? […]