10 foods I eat and 10 foods I avoid for my best skin
A common thread amongst those with good skin is a good diet. And a bad diet will beget bad skin. The problem most people have is that they are not aware...
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Skin Cycling and Why Your Skincare Doesn't Work Anymore
What people mistake for a plateau is often the result of long-term damage—barrier erosion, inflammation, and overexposure to poorly formulated products disguised as progress.
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Why Skin Care Cannot Remove Eye Bags
99% of skin care products on the market today are bad products. They either do nothing for the skin or they cause damage. What makes matters worse is that they...
Blue light from phone screens does not age or damage your skin
The gimmick of RFLCT and other blue light-defending skin care
Hyaluronic acid fillers do not dissolve
Hyaluronic acid fillers can stay in the body for 12 years or longer.
How dehydration causes skin deformities
How dehydration gave me a temporary, but very prominent skin issue
Benzene in sunscreen and the fragrance problem
Is the fragrance in commercial sunscreens the cause of the widespread benzene contamination?
Ask a Skin Care Biologist Episode 1
In this first video episode of Ask a Skin Care Biologist, I am answering all of your questions submitted via instagram.
6 Reasons why your skin is red and how to fix it
Skin redness is among the top skin concerns those who read the Mask of Vanity blog write in about, and for OUMERE customers, it is one of the top issues...
There are a thousand good places to buy your skincare, and Amazon isn't one of them
The big gamble of buying off of the famous platform.
Ten million labels, one formula.
From celebrity skin care brands, doctor skin care brands, influencer skin care brands and everything in between, the label may be different but it is all the same formula. Welcome...
Creams cannot remove wrinkles, Bakuchiol and retinol will age and damage the skin, and a discussion on exfoliating body washes: Ask a Skin Care Biologist
Want to know how creams dry and age the skin? How bakuchiol is a dangerous fad ingredient? Or want to learn if exfoliating body washes help or harm the skin?Read...
Buccal facial fat removal: Lose now pay later
This popular cosmetic procedure starts with a sculpted look and ends with an aged face.
Sheet masks are unsanitary and unsustainable
The skin care industry is hypocritical. Brands claim their products are "non-toxic" yet contain cytotoxic essential oils. Brands claim that they are "clean beauty", yet house their skin...
How fillers make you look older and cause you to age faster
People don't look the same anymore. And I am not referring to how people who live today don't look like people who lived in the 1500s. I am referring to...
Review: I received a Tempsure radiofrequency laser facial. This is what happened.
The good and the bad of my experience with the radiofrequency laser facial.
A Quick Word of Caution About Those Jade Rollers
There isn't much new in the world of skin care, so when something different arises that allows us to "spice up" our routine, we need to have the discerning ability...