The last thing you want to spot on your waiter’s black shirt uniform is dandruff, no matter how sympathetic you are to his skin condition. You might think this has little impact on someone’s...
Whether you’ve had acne your whole life or just went through it in puberty, I’m sure we have this mistake in common: scrubbing your face as hard as you could to get rid of...
We live in a consumerist society and we were raised to believe that if you want high-quality products, you must pay a high price. For someone growing up with psoriasis, a chronic skin condition...
When I was searching for the best remedies for skin problems for my psoriasis, I kept coming across the same recommended active ingredient. Sea buckthorn oil. Well, someone who has suffered from psoriasis all...
For people with psoriasis, phototherapy is one of the most effective treatments but is also one of the most expensive. Before being laid off from work, I had the company health insurance coverage so...
I never had much faith in the lotions I used for my eczema. They all felt and smelled like the same thing, only with a different name. and all of them, without exception, only...
I get a lot of heat from random people when I say that living with a chronic skin condition is tough. Their point, and it is a fair point, is that a skin condition...
For the first half of my life, I always felt like I was the doctor’s favorite guinea pig for new treatments for psoriasis. Of course, I was too young then to understand they do...
I nearly lost my business as an Instagram influencer when I worked for the wrong brand of skin care products. I used for a couple of shots, posted them, and two days later I...
Whenever someone tells me “you look so young for 45! What’s your secret?” I know they actually expect me to pull out the little black book where I keep all my plastic surgeons’ contacts....