Simple Skin Beauty: Every Woman's Guide to a Lifetime of Healthy, Gorgeous Skin Book

Introduction 1

part 1 The Basics: Know Your Skin and How to Care for It

1 How Your Skin Works 9

2 There Are No Skin Types 17

3 Factors That Influence Your Skin 22

4 Your Seriously Simple Skin Care Plan 54

part 2 Saving Face: The Health of Your Skin

5 Your UV Protection Strategy: On the Beach, at the Pool, in the Sun Anywhere 127

6 What Does a Dermatologist Do? How Can I Be a Wiser Patient? And Other Important Questions 148

7 Skin Cancer 158

8 Skin SOS: Problems and Prescriptions 189

part 3 Regaining Your Youthful Skin

9 Cracking the Code on Cosmeceuticals: Can Antiaging Products Make Us Look Younger, and Which Ones Really Work? 257

10 The Big Breakthroughs: Cosmetic Procedures That Deliver 302

Conclusion 353

Acknowledgments 355

Notes 357

Index 363