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The New York Times "Thursday Styles" section appears to be embarking on campaign to keep the severely vain from procreating. First, there's an article on how to treat stretch marks. "Can stretch marks, or striae gravidarum, as they are known among the Ph.D. set, really be prevented?" the Times wonders. "The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says no." Ouch. Then there is a second article about acne during pregnancy. Apparently many forms of acne treatment (Accutane, benzoyl peroxide, Retin-A) are potentially harmful to the fetus, so zitty moms-to-be need to stick to topical erythromycin and cleansers with glycolic acid. But you know, what's wrong with a third eye when you have clear, glowing skin!!! [NYT, NYT]

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Yo — all those old wives tales you heard about how to make pimples go away with simple household products? All bullshit. In brief: Don't pop them [Damn. -Ed.], put toothpaste on them, but Neosporin on them, or avoid eating fried foods. [Newsweek]

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rag trade

Nina Garcia Thinks Your Birth Control Is Aesthetically Unpleasing

  • It's official: Nina Garcia is officially a has-been. The recently-fired Elle fashion director is now partnering with Bayer and Yaz to judge a contest in which people submit designs for a new little case to hold birth control pills. I don't know about you, but I like the purple faux-suede "wallet" that my Yasmin comes in just the way it is. [Fashionista]
  • OMG sneak peek of Nina and Christian Siriano's performance on this week's Ugly Betty. [Sassybella]
  • Radiohead: Fighting sweatshops. [Yahoo]
  • Fergie is so P.C.: "I really love people who wear fashions of their own culture; they really touch me and inspire me. I'd like to call myself cultured and not just because I travel a lot and see various hotel rooms. I love driving around, seeing what people on the street are wearing, I would even ask my driver to take me to a cool, young part of town for inspiration. If I went to Africa I would come back with tons of different things, because I truly wouldn't find those things anywhere else." [Chic Report]
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11:30 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Jennifer
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Latest by ilovejohnnythunders: Didn't the Ricky bag come out over a year ago? I remember seeing that and thinking, "Hermes." more »

Breaking breakout news: Scientists say they have discovered a cure for acne. The drug, SMT D002, reduces the flow of sebum — an oil produced by the skin — by 90%. The pharmaceutical is in pill form right now, but researchers are working on a cream. While there don't appear to be any significant side-effects, let's hope it's better than retinoic acid — which has been linked to suicides among acne sufferers and doesn't work at all for 3 in 10 people. [Telegraph]

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microbiology

Elle "Genius" Fellow Explains Secret Of Acne Science Stuff! Sorta...

Elle's Beauty Genius Awards are...well, I was going to call them the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships of beauty, but look here — the magazine actually just went ahead and called them the "Nobel Prizes" of Beauty, which pretty much takes the wind out of my faux-hubristic sails. Anyway! It's an invaluable spread filled with the collected wisdom of 25 hairstylists, makeup artists, colorists, dermatologists, cosmetic dentists representing the "brightest stars" in the business of Making You Beautiful, and I am here because I wanted to share with you the explanation of Facialist and "former chemist" Mady Shany, healer of Hollywood's A-Listiest acne problems, as to why you should switch up your skin care products every three or four months. "Bacteria figures out what you are using to kill it and becomes immune to ingredients." Wait, really? So...these breakouts...they're like a mild superbug?? Is the advent of Purel and hormone-treated beef making our skin stay uglier later? More »

4:40 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Moe
4,574 views, 68 comments

Latest by GTCosita: testing to see if comments work more »

sephora spy

How I Conquered My Cystic Acne, In (Just!) 17 Painful Steps

Fighting acne is like fighting war. There is collateral damage. Things get worse before they get better. Whole villages of innocent, noncombatant pores stand in the line of our chemical weapons. And like war, fighting acne can be "controversial." Last week our Sephora Spy, Jasmine made an offhand comment about how acne can render a person "homeless," and some of you commenters declared mutiny. This week Jasmine is back to defend herself and what she feels is a just war on her adult onset cystic acne. It is, after all, her own experience with adult-onset cystic acne that launched her into the never-ending quest for a cosmetic cure and the accompanying lame retail job she works at to fund her, um, research. Because when it comes to the skin on your face, cysts aren't a shallow concern: They're deep. Really, really deep. (Which is pretty much also why they suck so hard.) More »

3:00 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Moe
44,987 views, 339 comments

Latest by n/a: I had a face full of zits, and while working at McDonalds (probably a key cause....) any way a little boy very loudly said 'look mummy that lady had chicken pox!!'. So i asked him if he thought Ronald would more »

broadsides

Cameron "Crater Face" Diaz Feels Our Pimple Pain

  • Something Cameron Diaz and that goiter on our forehead parading as a pimple have known forever: Women are more likely than men to suffer from adult acne. [Science Daily]
  • A woman whose canoe capsized survived 19 hours at sea, clinging to her bag in the choppy water, until rescuers spotted her off the coast of Maui. Badass. [LA Times]
  • More confusing cancer studies! Apparently sun exposure may decrease the risk of advanced breast cancer by half. [Science Daily]
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4:30 PM on Mon Oct 22 2007
By amparry
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Latest by NoStyleHere: @vivresavie17: When you get those deep cysts, go to the dermatologist and she can inject them (I think with cortizone?) and they will go down within 36 hours. They can't be treated topically. more »

end of days

It's Official: Being A Woman Kinda Sucks (Except For The Love Of Kitties)

Every once in a while it becomes clear that in a lot of ways, being a woman is an unbelievably raw deal. As if it's not enough that once a month blood comes burbling out of our vaginas, as several articles in the news today attest, each stage of our lives tends to be accompanied by the looming threat of some kind of trauma. In your teens, you're plagued by acne, which causes boys not like you, which subsequently causes the kind of angst that leaves lasting scars, "mentally more so that physically," a dermatologist tells the Wisconsin Post-Crescent. You know what else leaves scars? When you're fondled by a filthy old man in dance class. More »

7:00 PM on Tue Aug 21 2007
By heather
5,792 views, 68 comments

Latest by dorsia: bess marvin: i don't know how many times i've been close to the point of entry with a new dude and he's just going for it, sans condom. i play this game now where i let it go as long more »