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Best home cleaning products for allergic people
Best Home Cleaning Products for Sensitive Skin

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Truly hypoallergenic products are difficult to find. Even the many seductive products labeled as natural are not so benign, hypoallergenic, or non-toxic.

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how often should you change your skin care regimen
How Often Should You Change Your Skin Care Regimen?

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Do you know how often you should change your skin care regimen? The question of when to change your skin care regimen can be complex. The simple answer is that you often need to change your skin care regimen...

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foot calluses are they good
Foot Calluses: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Foot calluses - are they good, bad, harmful, helpful, or just ugly? Calluses certainly aren't attractive. They can hurt, crack and open skin to infection. There's no way around them if you are hard on your ...

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Does mineral makeup give your skin sun protection?
Does Mineral Makeup Really Protect Your Skin from the Sun?

By Cynthia Bailey MD

A reader recently asked me "does mineral makeup really protect your skin from the sun?" Mineral particles can block UV rays. Some mineral makeup powders actually are labeled with an SPF and call themselves ...

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Best Vitamin C Skin Care Products
Using Vitamin C: How to Choose the Best Anti-aging Skin Care Products

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Adding vitamin C to your anti-aging skin care routine can benefit your skin - but it's also very tricky. That's because vitamin C is highly unstable and this is what causes so much confusion.  In a nutshell,...

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911 Beauty Skin Care Fix-It Kits!
911 Beauty Skin Care Fix-It Kits!

By Cynthia Bailey MD

911 beauty skin care fix-it solutions! Yes, an important part of my job as a dermatologist is to give my patients practical advice to help fix their unsightly skin problems - stat!! Skin problems cause more ...

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retinoid use tips for sensitive skin
Retinoid Products: 3 Tips for Using on Sensitive Skin

By Cynthia Bailey MD

As a dermatologist, I know how powerful retinoid products are for fighting the signs of skin aging.   I've personally used retinoid products on my skin for more than 35 years. Over that same time, I've also ...

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Natural Skin Care for busy moms
Natural Skin Care: Best Products for Busy Moms

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Multitasking natural skin care products are big time savers for busy moms. The problem with most multipurpose skin care products is that they compromise results. For example, I've never found a shampoo-condi...

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zinc soap
Dr. Oz Talks About Noble Formula Zinc Soap

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Pyrithione zinc soap cleansing bar is a wonder ingredient to treat some of the most common and frustrating skin conditions...... and, just this month, the Dr. Oz Show made pyrithione zinc famous! Dr. Oz was ...

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ZNP bar
Trying to buy ZNP soap online or in stores?

By Cynthia Bailey MD

ZNP Bar Soap was the only available bar soap at Walgreen's and other pharmacy retailers with the maximal allowed level of 2% medicated pyrithione zinc for many years.  As of 2011 ZNP is no longer available. ...

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tips to use self tanner for best results
Use Self-Tanners Like A Pro

By Cynthia Bailey MD

Get my dermatologist's tips to use self tanner that looks (and smells) great! There are a few really important tricks you need to know. One of the biggest problems is that self-tanners naturally stick in the...

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