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To white Americans, the idea that skin color and toughness go hand-in-hand might seem odd. But in the black community, it’s a big deal.
The female body should maintain warmth better than the male, but this doesn’t seem to be the case.
Copyright and trademark law mean that the body art inked into your skin may leave you open to an infringement lawsuit.
Our skin is a water-containing barrier that protects us from our environment.
Our faces give away far more just our mood.
After years of plastic surgery and progressive skin-bleaching, Lil’ Kim is not black any more.
Face transplants are one of the great leaps forward of 21st-century medicine. But soon they may not be necessary.
Scientists have long struggled to explain what actually causes the sensation of itching – now we know what to blame.
A handheld ultrasound device could cut wound recovery times by 30% by reawakening the body’s natural healing powers.
Most women get them. Some men get them. Few people welcome them. Stretch marks, or stria distensae, are scars that appear when the skin is stretched beyond its elastic limit.
Most of us find our first “greys” by the time we turn 30, usually at the temples, then later, across the scalp.
The earlier you find a cancerous mole, the easier the treatment and the better the outcomes. But it’s not easy distinguishing between harmless, benign moles and those that warrant further attention. In…
Everybody sweats, some more than others. It’s a physiological reaction to heat and the body’s mechanism to regulate core temperate. Individual sweat rates vary and are influenced by factors such as ambient…
You may have battled blemishes in your teens, or made it through puberty and early adulthood with relatively clear skin, but it always feels particularly unlucky contending with zits in adulthood. Adult…
Researchers from KAIST, South Korea have developed a thin, wearable device that measures goosebumps. Technically known as…
Vitiligo, a human skin condition that turns patches of skin and hair white, it is not a disease we hear much about, although it affects approximately 1% of the population. Most famously, Michael Jackson…
Once a topic explored exclusively in science fiction, the notion of restoring sensory feelings to humans and to machines is now approaching reality. Scientists around the world are developing artificial…
Professor Rodney Sinclair explains how advances in laser tattoo removal technology have enabled the relatively safe and easy removal of tattoos. But it is a medical procedure, and as laser dermatologist…
Swiss scientists have developed a breakthrough technique that could see full-thickness skin grown in the lab, complete with blood and lymph vessels. Skin grafting has been used to treat major burns and…
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