By Hannah Sivak, PhD Senior Scientist Skin Actives Scientific LLC The price of skin care If you think that quality of skin care is proportional to price, think again. For the most famous names, the ingredients...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Skin Actives Scientific LLC The Consumer Report list We trust the Consumer Report because they are independent of outside pressure: they do not sell the first place in the list. I do base...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Every year two or three new "magic pills" appear that promise to rejuvenate your skin and erase wrinkles. From time to time, there is a grain of truth to those marketing claims. ...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Acne is a very common skin disorder in the USA. It affects about 85% of adolescents, and comedos, an early stage of acne that may or may not develop into acne, affects practically all...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Chemical peels: the basics. A peel is a chemical solution that is applied to the skin and allowed to penetrate and wound it in a controlled way. Healing will follow, the old skin will peel...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD We all will lose hair. If you are a woman, it may happen because you were not kind to your hair and scalp, or because around menopause estrogen levels go down and the receptors for...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD You probably want to understand what is about peptides that makes the skin care products that contain them so expensive. First, let me tell you that there is nothing magic about peptides....
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Biochemist,Skin Actives Scientific LLC The Food and Drug Administration regulates cosmetics. The ingredient list has to follow certain rules so that the consumer will know exactly what is...
UPDATED 10/31/06 By Hannah Sivak, PhD Biochemist Skin lighteners, skin whiteners and skin brighteners are different names given to a type of product that decreases skin pigmentation. Skin color is mainly...
By Hannah Sivak, PhD Senior Scientist Skin Actives Scientidic LLC Think about it. How do you choose what eye cream to buy? If your answer is "I buy what the sales girl in the store tells me to buy" you are...