Tag: acne

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Around 2015, charcoal went from simply a fire starter and an emergency room treatment for overdoses and poisonings to an ingredient that set the food and beauty industries aflame.

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Some firsts you never forget: kisses, jobs, and tretinoin. Yes, that inaugural time you slather on prescription retinol is one that sticks with you — mostly because it often

Adult women with acne describe significant impacts on their lived experience of acne, including concerns about appearance, mental and emotional health consequences, and disruption to their personal and professional lives, results from a qualitative study demonstrated. Dr John Barbieri “Nearly 50% of women experience acne in their 20s, and 35% experience acne in their 30s,” the

Like so many, I downloaded TikTok at the peak of the pandemic's stay-at-home orders, bored in my childhood bedroom. I soon became obsessed with the creative platform's sense of comfort and relatability through short-form video content. In no time, I found myself late-night scrolling through "SkinTok" and makeup tutorials, watching creators like @skincarebyhyram break down

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), a synthetic version of the male sex hormone testosterone, are sometimes used as a medical treatment for hormone imbalance. But the vast majority of AAS is used to enhance athletic performance or build muscle because when paired with strength training. AAS use increases muscle mass and strength, and its use is known

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Many dermatologists and plastic surgeons anticipate a rise in cosmetic procedures such as laser skin resurfacing treatments in 2021. Industry leaders cite a few factors fueling the trend– technological

How’s this for a vicious cycle? Stress may cause acne, and acne defs causes stress. We chat to dermatologist Dr Elyse Love, who’s painfully familiar with the emotional toll zits can bring. The causes of acne are multilayered and include bacterial overgrowth, clogged pores, hormones and genetics, but there’s certainly a relationship between stress and

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. While COVID-19 might have prevented us last summer from doing many things we enjoy (ahem, dancing on rooftop bars, anyone?), there's one thing it couldn't take away from us:

Every time I've decided to add a face oil to my skin-care routine has been filled with regrets. They always seem to feel like a pore-clogging layer of pizza grease smeared on my face that I want to wash off minutes after slathering on. My acne-prone skin takes them as the ultimate opportunity to freak

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I've been dealing with acne for so long that oftentimes, I forget what my clear, baby-faced skin once looked like back in middle school. If you, too, have been

The cherry on top of this unprecedented, difficult year is actually more like a cyst. Or a whitehead. Or a blackhead. As many readers have discovered firsthand, periods of stress can lead to an increase in a stress hormone called cortisol, which in turn causes breakouts — and not necessarily on the face. Pandemic stress-induced

Hydrocolloid bandages are about the closest thing you can get to a vacuum for acne. And people all over TikTok are proving just that. They're sticking the gel-textured strips all over their faces where they are experiencing breakouts. Over time, the bandages go from clear to speckled with white spots where they've sucked the nastiness

Look, we all get acne. Some people get more than others, but it's something we all experience at one point or another (or a lot of different points). The scarring and hyperpigmentation that can result from acne, in turn, is also a sheer fact of life — so why do we applaud people so aggressively

Shai Eisenman, the CEO and Founder of Bubble, is 29 years old. A founder's age isn't typically on my list of interview questions, but Bubble, a new skin-care company created "with teens, for teens," is all about adolescence.  Eisenman treated me to an early cut of the brand's launch video, which features Jazz Jennings, Laurie

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. You can spot Mario Badescu Skin Care's green packaging from a mile away. With an over half-a-century legacy of repairing skin, developing a major fan following, it's no surprise

MSN recently reported on dermatologist Doctor Daniel Glass’s words about effective acne treatment and prevention. Acne seems to affect everyone to at least some extent. For some it’s a simple blemish around a certain time of the month, and for others the acne is constant, plenty, and persistent. Regardless how frequent, how much, and what

Drawing on winged liner every day or having a standing appointment with your colorist to dye your hair the same shade of blonde every six weeks is incredibly normal, right? For K-pop stars, having a consistent, signature look is a rarity. They undergo beauty transformations every couple months. Take Sammy from The Rose, for example.

Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study from University of Limerick (UL), Ireland, has found. A survey of 271 acne sufferers has revealed that their own negative perceptions of how society views their appearance is associated with higher psychological distress levels and further physical

Like literally everyone else, I dealt with acne as a teenager. And 13-year-old me assumed the red pimples and whiteheads on my face were just a part of growing up—and that they’d go away when I got older. Fast forward to age 25, and my acne was worse than ever. I had painful pustules that

Sandra Lee, aka Dr. Pimple Popper, is known for her strangely satisfying pimple-popping videos. You know, the ones that feature gargantuan blackheads unearthed from the depths of the deepest pores? If you're squeamish like me, you may not have been able to make it through one. On the other hand, if you're like so many