Last year, the FDA announced new labeling rules for sunscreen products. This is the first summer since those rules have been enacted.
You know what that means? Your sunscreen labels have changed! Read More...

When pimples fade, the dark marks may not. Find out why those spots develop, and what can be done to treat them.
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With the Memorial Day Weekend upon us, many of us will be heading to the lake, the beach, or just a local park for a BBQ. All this fun in the sun can mean damage to our skin. But you can protect your skin without making acne worse.
Last year, the FDA announced new labeling rules for sunscreen products. This is the first summer since those rules have been enacted.
You know what that means? Your sunscreen labels have changed! Read More...
I've got to hand it to Proactiv. They've done a great job at getting some of the biggest celebrities to endorse their product. Justin Bieber, Julianne Hough, and Katy Perry are just some of the stars that have lent their faces to the Proactiv product.
Adam Levine, lead vocalist for Maroon 5, is the newest celebrity to become a spokesperson for the OTC acne treatment line. Read More...
Although we think of acne as being a teenage problem, kids can get acne long before they reach the teen years. It's fairly common for kids as young as nine to have acne. Heck, even babies can get acne.
But until this year, there were no comprehensive guidelines in place on how to treat acne the younger set (pre-teens and younger).
So, it's rather exciting (at least to a skin-care-nerd like me) that the American Acne and Rosacea Society has recently issued the first-ever set of guidelines for treating acne in preadolescents. These guidelines have just been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Exactly what do they have to say about treating acne in younger children? Read More...
Even if you didn't have acne as a teenager, you can still develop it as an adult. (No fair, right?)
You have plenty of company, though. Adult acne is very common, especially in women.
But acne isn't the only skin problem that can cause pimples. Read More...
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