Authors: Thomas Goodman, Stephanie Young
ISBN-13: 9780138143770, ISBN-10: 0138143773
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: September 1988
Edition: 1st ed
If you want to have beautiful and healthy skin and are tired of spending money searching for that "magic potion," Smart Face will give you the inside track to saving money and saving face--regardless of your age.
With the sound medical and consumer-product advice in this book, you'll be able to read between the lines of beauty-product advertisements and know what to believe and what not to believe. Dr. Goodman also explains why the most expensive skin-care products are not always the best.
Goodman ( The Skin Doctor's Skin Doctoring Book ) and freelance writer Young offer a comprehensive consumer reference guide to cosmetics and facial skin care with medical sections that are refreshingly clear and jargon-free. The authors use skin biology to explain, for example, what moisturizers can and cannot do: they can help smooth the appearance of the tiny facial lines but can cause acne breakouts on oily skin. They do not penetrate deeply and cannot prevent or remove wrinkles. The chapter on advertising claims, ingredients, labeling and skin rejuvenation cautions women to beware of the come-ons of expensive, beautifully packaged cosmetics. The scientific-sounding words on makeup bottles, the authors maintain, may be misleading: ``Collagen in skin creams or liquids, whether just `collagen,' `hydrolyzed collagen,' or `procollagen,' does not penetrate into the dermis and therefore cannot rebuild the dermis.'' A section on sun damage is emphatic about the importance of skin protection and a helpful, informative chart lists consumer products by category, price (high, medium, low), key ingredients and skin-type suitability. Illustrations not seen by PW. (September)
Introduction | xi | |
Part 1 | Understanding Facial Skin | |
1 | Facial Skin Through the Years, Seasons, and Days | 3 |
2 | Structure of the Skin--Learning About the Layers | 9 |
3 | Lines, Wrinkles, and Crinkles--The Big Concern | 14 |
4 | Pores--Can You Shrink Them? | 19 |
5 | Dry Skin | 23 |
6 | Oily Skin | 29 |
Part 2 | Skin Care | |
7 | Advertising Claims, Special Ingredients, Labeling, and Skin Rejuvenation | 35 |
8 | Sun Damage--Sun Protection | 49 |
9 | Daily Cleansing--The Simple, Inexpensive Way | 60 |
10 | Skin Treatments | 72 |
11 | Moisturizing | 81 |
12 | Facial Skin Cosmetics--Foundations, Blushers, and Powders | 95 |
13 | Fixing Wrinkles | 108 |
Part 3 | Skin Problems | |
14 | Breakout Problems--Acne | 115 |
15 | Seborrheic Dermatitis | 128 |
16 | Adverse Reactions to Cosmetics | 134 |
17 | Eyelid Dermatitis | 139 |
18 | Pigmentation Problems | 145 |
19 | Facial Blood Vessels | 151 |
20 | Perioral Dermatitis | 153 |
21 | Rosacea (Acne Rosacea) | 155 |
22 | Facial Growths and Spots | 160 |
23 | Facial Hair | 164 |
In Conclusion | 171 | |
Appendix | Consumer Product Information | 173 |
Index | 201 |