If you’re looking to achieve calm and happy skin, it might be time to rethink how you wash your face. Many of us wash our faces with hot water to open and clear our pores, finishing with cold water to ...

A study by skincare brand Cerave found that 55 percent of respondents either over-wash or under-wash their faces, while 42 percent use only water to cleanse. Dermatology and aesthetics nurse Emma ...

Washing your face—morning or night—feels as automatic as brushing your teeth. You lean over the sink, turn on the faucet, splash water on your skin, and move on with your routine without a second ...

Face washing seems deceptively simple—just soap, water, and a towel, right? Yet social media platforms have transformed this basic skincare step into a complex ritual filled with conflicting advice ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Social media has countless recommendations for the ...

The antics of TikTok creators can either drive us mad or inspire us, depending on what we see. Making your own homemade sunscreen? An absolute no-no. Washing your face with bottled water? We’re ...

There’s no shortage of jaw-dropping content on SkinTok, but the recent videos of an influencer adopting what she's calls the “Caveman” skincare routine—which involves using nothing, not even water, on ...