Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. It’s the season for dry, itchy skin, from your flaky scalp all the way down to your cracked heels. Why is winter so brutal on our ...

Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy, new research suggests. The microbiome, or the collection of microbes living on and in the human body, ...

Dry skin, or xeroderma and xerosis, occurs in 40% to 60% of all adults, especially in winter. It occurs in 70% to 99% of adults aged 60 years of age or older and increases with age.

Your skin feels tight, looks dull, and no matter how much moisturizer you slather on, nothing seems to help. Sound familiar? You’re not alone in this frustrating skincare mystery that affects millions ...

La Roche-Posay’s drugstore formulas are great options if you want a step up from brands like CeraVe or Cetaphil but don’t want to go out of the way to find them. A couple of our editors have used this ...

Rachael Link is a registered dietitian and health writer based in San Francisco. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Central Missouri and holds a master’s degree from New York ...

WASHINGTON (Sept. 28, 2023) — Grandmother was right: Scrubbing behind the ears and between the toes may help keep the skin in those regions healthy, or so says a new study by a team at the George ...