PART I

THE TRUTH

1

1

Getting on the Right Track

3

2

Successful People have Good Skin

7

3

Getting Started: You, Too, can have Beautiful Skin

9

4

Special Care for Hands, Feet, Nails, Hair, Lips, and Elbows

17

5

Seven Secrets for Sensational Skin

23

6

Your Amazing Skin

27

7

When Skin Ages: The Scientific Basis

35

8

Amazing Transformations in Your Appearance

39

9

Protect Your Child’s Skin

53

PART II

SORTING TRUTH FROM HYPE

55

10

Advettisements or Truths?

57

11

Getting Past the Myths and Hang-Ups

63

12

Alternative Therapies, Natural Products, Fact or Fiction?

67

13

New “Breakthrough Products”: Do They Work?

73

PART III

A SKIN CARE PROGRAM FOR YOUR SKIN

77

14

The Healthy Skin Program

79

PART IV

SKIN PROBLEMS

97

15

What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer

99

16

Dry Skin, Chapped Lips, and Mottled Skin

109

17

Problems with Hair and Scalp

111

18

Acne, Rosacea, and Other Facial Blemishes

117

19

Those Awful Warts!

127

20

Bites and Infestations

131

21

Unwanted Spots and Growths

135

22

Rash

139

23

Skin Infections

145

24

Other Annoying Problems

151

25

Chronic Skin Problems

157

26

Problems in and Around the Mouth

161

27

Skin Changes in Pregnancy

163

28

Common Problems in Children

165

PART V

THE FUTURE

169

29

Oh Crystal Ball, What is the Future for Us All?

171

30

Hot Areas of Scientific Research that will Change Skin Care

175

31

New Breakthroughs

179

32

Learning from the Simplest Organisms

193

33

The New Genomic Era—How it will Impact Skin Care

199

34

Renewing Our Body: Stem Cells and Tissue Transplantation

203

35

Tissue Engineering—Making a New Body Part

207

36

Nanotechnology—A Whole New World

209

37

Medical Tourism—A Vacation and a Face Lift?

213

38

Taking Technology Home

215

39

The Case for Vitamin D

217

40

The Finishing Touch

219

Appendix

221

Notes

229

References

241

Index

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