A person’s hand touching a recurring, dry, red, and inflamed rash on their neck.

How Did Sensitive Skin Become the Norm?

More than half of us would say we have sensitive skin. That term barely existed before the 1970s, when the first reactions to PABA (para-aminobenzoic acid) sunscreens gave it a…

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Breaking the Cycle of Recurring Dry Skin

Apply moisturiser. Feel relief. Feel the dryness creep back within hours. Reapply. Repeat. If that sounds familiar, it’s a cycle that is experienced by many because most products are built…

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Your Skin Is Not a Surface. It’s an Ecosystem.

Most skincare routines are built around a simplistic idea: strip the skin, then replace what was removed with a synthetic product. It sounds logical. The science of the skin microbiome…

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The Vitamin D You Can’t Get From a Pill

Most people know that sun exposure produces vitamin D. Fewer people know that vitamin D is only part of what it produces, and that the supplement industry has built an…

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The Uncomfortable Truth About ‘Probiotic’ Skincare

Most products labelled as probiotic skincare don’t contain live probiotics. They contain postbiotics, which are heat-killed bacteria or fermented extracts that lack the defining characteristic of a true probiotic: life.…

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Your Skin Doesn’t Take Time Off

Holidays are supposed to be restorative. For you, perhaps. For your skin, the reality is more complicated. Different UV levels, a new climate, the drying effect of cabin air, and…

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The 3 Root Causes of Accelerated Ageing

Of course, there are many lifestyle and environmental factors that cause accelerated skin ageing. UV damage, diet, air pollution, chronic stress, lack of sleep, and hormonal disruption are among the…