Skin Reading Blog

A question I hear frequently is “Can I make my pores smaller?” Before I answer, let’s delve into pores (not literally) and discover what they do. The pores we are talking about produce sebum, or oil that excretes to the surface of the skin from a gland housed within the pore known as the sebaceous [...]

Are skin care products able to penetrate into the bloodstream? Do they stay lodged inside the body? Do we urinate out the chemicals and extracts they contain? We are not talking about topical prescription medications, pharmaceutical dermal patches or over-the-counter drugs here. We’re talking about cleansers, moisturizers, serums, exfoliators and other products that do not [...]

Everyone has a lucky number. Mine is 8. But in the world of SkinReading(R), there are two unlucky numbers – 1 and 11. One catch: these numbers are only unlucky if they are etched between your eyebrows on the bridge of your nose. They’re commonly called frown lines (or frown line if you only have [...]

You know that show where celebs were punk’d? Or Candid Camera, where ordinary people were caught in unusual situations? Well, I’ve got an addition to that list of embarrassing video scenarios . . . Skype(R). Yeah, I know it’s a great free phone service, and when my friend Rebecca told me I couldn’t live or [...]

It’s funny – or maybe not so funny – but some days just seem to fall apart from the moment you wake up. My morning started with my plasma TV screen dying. Then my brother called to tell me he got a $300 traffic ticket. I had asked someone in my company to refer a [...]