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Winter Skin Care From Sea to Sea

The ravages of summer sun on the skin -- both the face and the body -- are well-known, but winter can be tough on the hide, too. Cold air can dry out your skin, which is not only uncomfortable, but makes you look older, too. Paying attention to winter skin care is just as important as summer skin ca
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6 Tips to Relieve Dry Skin Fast

Flaky, itchy, dry skin can plague you all year, but it’s often worse in winter. You want relief from dry skin. You want it fast. To help you give your dry skin the comfort it craves, WebMD turned to the skin care pros. We asked dermatologists for their top tips on how to combat dry skin fast. Here a
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Age and Dry Skin

Tightness, fine lines, itching, and flaking. If you want to avoid these symptoms of dry skin and aging, the time to act is now. Fewer natural oils, sun damage, and decreased cell renewal all can lead to dry, rougher skin as we get older, says Sonia Badreshie-Bansal, MD, a dermatologist practicing in
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The Lowdown on Mineral Makeup

As beauty legend has it, it was the mid-1970s, in the aftermath of the frenzied Haight-Ashbury love-ins of San Francisco, that a quiet, little cosmetic revolution was born. It was called "mineral makeup" – products made of all natural, finely ground minerals from the earth, without any of the chem
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The Truth About Tooth Whiteners

"I noticed my teeth were yellow in the past three Christmas cards," says Francesca Castagnoli, 39, an author and blogger based in Montclair, N.J. She wanted to try whitening her teeth, but her severe dental phobia kept her from scheduling a professional bleaching. And she'd heard that at-home whiten
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Skimpy Skin Care Tips

Exfoliate, hydrate, moisturize, cleanse...most of us barely have time to gulp a low-fat, half-caff latte, so who has time for complex skin care? Yet who doesn't want that good-skin glow? So, with your time (and pocketbook) in mind, WebMD sought the help of experts to create these quick, basic skin c
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Quick Facts About Cankles

Cankles: It sounds like a cough. Or maybe a nice shell you'd find on the beach. Instead, cankles are the latest fitness bug-a-boo. A slang term uniting the words calf and ankle, cankles refers to the absence of a defined indent between calf and foot. In short, thick ankles. So what causes cankles? D
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Shampoo, Shampoo Everywhere -- But Which One's Right for Your Hair?

Amber Gates admits to feeling a little stressed when she finds herself in the shampoo aisle at her local drugstore in Ada, Okla. "What's confusing is that the price can be so different while the ingredients are so similar, says the 28-year-old finance administrator for a car dealer. "I decided on th
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What's New: Advances in Hair Care

Hair care seems like it should be simple. But as you age, so does your hair. Over time, your hair becomes less dense. Individual strands get thinner and break more easily. Sunlight, climate, and pollution also exact a toll. And the way you style your hair – blow drying, coloring, overusing gels – ca
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Women's Hair Care

You might just be tempted to pull out your hair when it comes to selecting a hair care product. The choices are endless and today’s products are designed to multitask. With so many on the shelf, how do you know which ones to choose? There’s no magic formula. Dermatologists say the changes you might
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