I used to deeply resent the phrase do as I say, not as I do.
If hypocrisy and condescension had an official slogan, that would be it.
And why should I take advice thats apparently not good enough for the advisor?
Then I became a beauty editor.
For nearly two decades now.
A not-insignificant portion of my job is disseminatingskin-careandhair-careadvice by means of what I hope are coherent and captivating sentences.
(Howm I doin?)
Remember when I said Ive been a beauty editor for two decades?
A spring chicken I am not.
That said, some things never change: I still get zits every now and then.
It has become significantly more difficult to successfully pop a zit.
And I dont mean the resistance weve all experienced when apimplejust simply isnt ready to go.
I cant achieve the satisfaction of confronting an unwanted visitor and watching its glutinous contents get evicted.
Did my skin install some kind of anti-pop equipment without my knowing it?
According toDivya Shokeen, MD a Los Angeles-based board-certified dermatologist and anactualexpert Im not imagining things.
The skin changes that come with getting older are absolutely contributing to this newfound unpoppability.
can be even more pronounced in not-so-young skin.
And get this: As we continue to age, the breakouts themselves are more likely to becysticin nature.
In other words: The breakouts often dont have pus in them, so squeezing just creates more inflammation.
