Yikes! “You can get toenail fungus from gym floors, showers, wet shoes, athlete’s foot or those socks they give you at shoe stores,” says podiatrist Dr. Joseph T. Garofalo. If your toenails are thick, brown or flaky, Dr. Garofalo says see a podiatrist...
Bummer. Nothing kills the excitement of getting the metal off than seeing yellow rust stains. But wait, first of all, it's probably not as bad as you think. Secondly, there are things to try to turn those pearly whites white...
You’re going through puberty (duh), and you have questions (who doesn’t?). The only problem? You’re afraid to ask! No worries—we took your most baffling body Q’s to the experts for you. You’ve got things on your mind. Private things. While your...
Yikes! “You can get toenail fungus from gym floors, showers, wet shoes, athlete’s foot or those socks they give you at shoe stores,” says podiatrist Dr. Joseph T. Garofalo. If your toenails are thick, brown or flaky, Dr. Garofalo says...
Before 1915, this problem didn’t exist. That was the year sleeveless dresses became popular, and Harper’s Bazaar magazine suggested fashionable women should shave their pits. Shaving, of course, is what causes ingrown hairs, which is what you are mistaking as...
Whether you sport an “innie” or “outtie” is determined at infancy. “Before birth, the umbilical cord is attached to the baby,” says plastic surgeon Dr. Bruce Nadler of New York. “After the baby is born, the cord shrivels up and...
Be wary of yeast infections—most likely why Mom’s freaking. Dr. Paula J. Adams Hillard, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, says, “There’s never been a research trial, which would involve taking 50 girls who don’t hang out in wet bathing...
True, many girls don’t dig having straggly hairs hanging out of bikini bottoms, but no one wants bright red bikini-line bumps. To avoid both, try these tips from Dr. Andrea Cambio, a New York dermatologist: First, use small scissors to...
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