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Beauty 101.(skin typing)
Beauty Reporter
Beauty 101
Skin Typing
Take the guesswork out of caring for
your complexion woes. By Brooke Le Poer Trench
Relationship gurus say knowing your "type" makes it easier to find your perfect match -- and in a rare meeting of the minds, so do dermatologists. "One of the biggest mistakes women make with their skin is using the wrong products," says Leslie Baumann, professor of dermatology at the University of Miami School of Medicine and author of The Skin Type Solution (Bantam). "And then they assume that they're just having bad-skin days." Fortunately, the key to finding the right products is simple: Identify your skin type. There are four major types -- sensitive, oily, dry, or combination -- and all you need is running water, a well-lit mirror, and this easy test to figure out yours. "Treating the skin with the right ingredients will improve the way it looks and feels, and can even change the type from, say, sensitive to normal and calm," Baumann says. From there, stay vigilant: Stress, pregnancy, aging, and certain medications can cause changes ...
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- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) May 17, 2006 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune May 14, 2002 700+ words
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