We know the role that physical appearance plays in creating first impressions, but little research has been done to evaluate the accuracy of those impressions that are based on appearance alone until the unique study that appears in the December 2009 issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

“In an age dominated by social media where personal photographs are ubiquitous, it becomes important to understand the ways personality is communicated via our appearance,” says Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University. “The appearance one portrays in his or her photographs has important implications for their professional and social life.”

Certainly something to think about before you upload that profile picture.

This intriguing study involved more than 100 undergraduate students at the University of Texas, some were assigned to be subjects, the others were personality judges.

Two full body photos were taken of the subjects, in one they posed just as the researchers told them, staring at the camera and not smiling, feet shoulder width apart, hands at the sides. In the next photo the same subject was photographed in natural, spontaneous poses.

Their true personality was gauged by a questionnaire they filled out themselves, as well as surveys completed by three informants who knew them well.

The judges then evaluated the subjects based on the photos for ten personality traits. When looking at the posed photos, the judges were able to guess three traits -extroversion, self-esteem and religiosity.

The more spontaneous photos allowed the judges were able to guess almost all ten traits (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, openness, likeability, self-esteem, loneliness, religiosity and political orientation) accurately. The accuracy of the judgments of the subjects was gauged by comparing them to the aggregate of self-ratings and the information provided by the informants.

“We have long known that people jump to conclusions about others on the basis of very little information,” researcher Sam Gosling of the University of Texas says in a written statement, “but what’s striking about these findings is how many of the impressions have a kernel of truth to them, even on the basis of something as simple as a single photograph.”

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The team concludes that the results suggest that personality is shown by both static and expressive channels of appearance, and observers use this information to form an accurate judgment.

Judging personality traits in women was found to be harder because females are more likely to be influenced by cultural demands to follow fashion, to look a certain way.

What’s more, you might be able to alter your appearance in subtle ways to lay claim to certain traits, or shape another’s impression of you.

For example, smiling or relaxed poses give the impression of warmth and friendliness. Looking healthy, neat and stylish while standing in an energetic or less tense pose presents you as an extrovert.

Someone more open to experience might not be the neatest dresser, but will have a distinctive style that hints at their adventurous traits.

In light of the work, perhaps the expression should be, “Sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover.”

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Things like harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as benzene, toluene, octane, alpha-pinene and trichloroethylene (TCF).

Adding a few living green plants to your home or office may do more than just add some warmth and bring the outdoors in, it might also help to clean the air.

In all, 28 indoor plants were tested by Stanley Kays, Ph.D. of the University of Georgia and his team to see which might remove contaminants (a process known as phytoremediation) from the air.

The plants were put in glass, gas tight containers and then exposed the plants to some organic compounds you’d find indoors. The plants did a good job of removing the contaminants from the air.

In fact, there might be thousands of plants that are able to remove airborne contaminants, but the team found 5 “super ornamentals” with the best rates of contaminant removal. The best included:

- Red ivy (Hemigraphis alternata)

- English ivy (Hedera helix)

- Variegated wax plant (Hoya cornosa)

- Asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus)

- Purple heart (Tradescantia pallida)

No one can explain why some plants are able to do this and others show little promise, but science continues to dig for the answers. “We also want to determine the species and number of plants needed in a house or office to neutralize problem contaminants,” Kays explains. “The idea that plants take up volatile compounds isn’t as much of a surprise as the poor air quality we measured inside some of the homes we tested.”

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are likely in the air of any home, given off by your furnishings, carpet, plastics, building materials (drywall, paint, solvents, adhesives), cleaning products and perhaps even your tap water.

Turns out that the air in our homes and offices is a concentrated source of these pollutants – astonishingly some indoor spaces can be up to 100 times more polluted than outdoor air.

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Dangerous VOCs have been linked to conditions like asthma, cancer, neurological and reproductive disorders.

They claim about 1.6 million lives a year according to a 2002 World Health Organizations report. Since 1957, experts have identified fifty million organic and inorganic chemicals and registered them in the CAS system.

Not all volatile organic compounds are toxic, and there are plants that emit VOCs too, though most of these don’t appear to be dangerous.

Some plants are better for certain toxins than others. Today there is no test you can do inside your home to check for toxins, but the hope is that in the near future there will be an affordable test to help you identify the contaminants in your home, along with a list of the best plants to clean the air.

“Ideally, we’d have an extension service that would send out a packet that would do the test for you to send back and get recommendations,” Kays concludes. There are scientists in Korea who are well ahead of the U.S. in phytoremediation, and have already looked at 86 species in an effort to identify one that might remove indoor formaldehyde.

In the meantime, you might consider adding a few ornamental plants to your home or office not just to upgrade the look of the space, but to take advantage of the potential air quality benefits they might bring.

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Instead, the answer to glowing skin is a lot easier, and more natural – eat lots of fruits and veggies – this according to research set to appear in the December 2009 International Journal of Primatology.

It’s a rather unexpected beauty tip that comes to us thanks to a study that took place at the University of St. Andrews.

Participants, 54 white men and women, used specialized computer software to adjust the skin color of the faces of images for both men and women. The goal was to make the complexions look as healthy as possible. The participants chose to enhance the rosiness, yellowness and brightness of the skin tone.

“Most previous work on faces has focused on the shape of the face or the texture of the skin, but one of the most variable characteristics of the face is skin colour,” said study leader Dr. Ian Stephen who is now a member of the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Bristol.

Earlier work found that those who have more blood, and therefore more oxygen in their skin looked healthier – this latest work sought to find out what other colors might affect our perceptions of good health and good looks.

Rather than getting a suntan, the team suggests a far safer, and still 100% natural way to get that glowing, healthy look – eating lots of those good-for-you fruits and veggies.

Melanin, the natural pigment in skin that causes it tan when we’re out in the sun, also causes it to darken and carry more yellow tones. The preference of the participants for this coloring may be explained by carotenoid pigments, a natural part of many of the fruit and veggies we eat.

These compounds are also responsible for brightly colored birds and fish, helping them to attract mates. The researchers believe that similar biological mechanisms might be at work in the human body as well.

Beyond making skin look healthier, these natural plant pigments are known to be powerful antioxidants that absorb dangerous compounds produced as the body combats disease and stress.

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They also play a role in boosting our immune and reproductive systems and might even help prevent cancer.

A rosy complexion is known to be a sign of a strong heart, healthy lungs. It’s well known that those who smoke or have diabetes do have fewer blood vessels in their skin, and this tends to make their complexions less rosy and less healthy looking.

“This discovery is very exciting and has given us a promising lead into cues to health,” points out Professor David Perrett, head of the Perception Lab at St Andrews University, where the study was conducted. “What we eat and not just how much we eat appears to be important for a healthy appearance. The only natural way in which we can make our skin lighter and more yellow is to eat a more healthy diet high in fruit and vegetables.”

So if you’re after that healthy body “glow”, and golden skin, eating lots of fruits and veggies is a better and safer way to get it. Certainly safer than tanning under the sun or by using a tanning bed.

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1. Don’t smoke – if you do, try to quit

2. Get active – at least 3.5 hours a week

3. Stay away from junk food and follow a diet rich in fruits and veggies,

whole grain breads, with limited amount of lean meat.

4. Watch your weight – keep the BMI under 30

Not altogether surprising suggestions – public health officials have been saying these things for years.

The startling news is the benefit some recent research has found to doing all four things at the same time.

Living this way cuts your risk of developing some pretty serious chronic diseases by almost 80%. The result holds even after adjusting for things like age, sex, education and occupation status.

The recommendations come from a report in this month’s Archives of Internal Medicine that analyzed the lifestyle, diet and health of 23,513 German adults who were from 35 to 65 years old and part of the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study.

Begun in the mid 1990s and covering an eight year period, the work found that subjects with healthy habits were far less likely to be diagnosed with conditions like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

The team analyzed each person’s body weight, height, disease history, food frequency and how well they stuck with the four healthy lifestyle tips.

Only 9% of the subjects followed all four recommendations, but most of the participants practiced from one to three of these good-for-you habits.

All in all, following all four healthy habits combined was linked to…

· 93% lower risk of type 2 diabetes

· 81% lower risk of heart attack

· 50% lower risk of stroke

· 36% lower risk of cancer

These findings reinforce the idea that making simple, everyday changes to a healthier lifestyle is worth the effort.

It’s clear that healthy habits can have a huge impact on your health over the long term. If you’re concerned about living well into your later years, this study points out things you can do today – stopping smoking, keeping your weight under control, being more active – to keep your body healthy.

Healthier, disease free living starts with you. All you have to do is commit yourself to these four totally natural lifestyle choices to keep your body in shape.

If you smoke, you probably know it’s time to stop. Luckily there’s help quitting from support groups, nicotine replacement therapy, hypnosis or with medication – talk with your doctor to see which option is right for you.

All it takes is a simple change, like cutting down on junk foods is a painless but practical first step. Before you know it you’ll have dropped a few pounds, maybe discovered some healthy foods you actually like.

Once you’re eating better you’ll be more inclined to get up and exercising, which will show rewards almost at once in how you feel.

Before you know it, you’re living better, you’ve cut disease risk, your feeling better, and on your way to a healthier, happier life.

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Since skin cancers account for just about half of all cancers in the U.S. according to American Cancer Society numbers, making some simple changes in your behavior this summer, and from now on, could help you beat the odds.

Here are ten surprising things we all do that put our skin at risk:

1. Driving without sunscreen – the glass in your car windows and sunroof doesn’t block UVA rays that cause damage to all types of skin.

2. Sitting in the shade without sunscreen – damaging UV rays bounce off water and sand, even into shady spots.

3. Using old sunscreen - if it’s from 1-3 years old, you need to replace it, then mark the purchase date on your new bottle, so you’ll know when to get rid of what’s left. Also, don’t store sunscreen in the car as the heat can cause the ingredients to separate and oxidize.

4. Not applying sunscreen often enough - most of us use only 25-50% of the recommended amount. For sunscreen to work, you need to use the right amount, which is about a shot glass full, applied all over your body and rubbed in well. Reapply after 2-3 hours, or when you come out of the water or are doing heavy work or exercise that makes you sweat a lot.

5. Not wearing sunscreen on a cloudy day - UVA rays penetrate clouds more readily on these overcast days than UVB rays do, so while you might not feel the heat or see the sun, days with cloud cover aren’t without risk of sunburn or other damaging, aging affects.

6. Expecting protection from a “base” tan - a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found exposure to UV rays during indoor tanning is harmful to eyes as well as skin cell DNA, leading to premature aging.

7. Using water-resistant when you need waterproof - there’s a big difference (40 minutes of sun protection for water-resistant; 80 minutes of sun protection for waterproof) between the two formulas. Still no matter which you choose you need to re-apply after time in the water

8. Not protecting your head with a hat – to cover your head, the tops of your ears and neck area (or any thinning spots up top) that aren’t normally exposed to the sun, or protected with sunscreen.

9. Relying on regular clothing as protection – some manufacturers have created new items made from Ultraviolet Protective Factor (UPF) that offers 97.5% protection from the sun. By contrast, a white tee offers an SPF of 7/8 if dry, but only 3 when wet.

10. Taking medications like certain antibiotics or antihistamines – these drugs increase your skin’s sensitivity to the sun, causing sunburn that can be rather severe. Anyone taking these medications should stay out of the sun, wear (and avidly re-apply) sunscreen and remain indoors as much as possible.

The best way to protect yourself from skin damage, besides watching out for these ten little-known hazards, is to wear a sunscreen of at least SPF 15 that will bring you 95% protection.

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There’s an overwhelming body of research that shows most diets aren’t effective in the long term because they work AGAINST the body…

In fact most people who diet end up putting ON more weight than when they started.

It’s because most diets deprive you of the foods you enjoy, stop you getting the nutrients you need…basically forcing your body into ’starvation mode’…

Joy Siegrist MD developed a diet that works WITH your body…one that has a 96% success rate.

And to prove it she used it to drop 10 dress sizes.

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Sunscreen is the best thing you can do to protect your skin, but remember the number on the bottle doesn’t mean you’re that many times safer, it simply means you’d burn that many times sooner without product.

Higher SPF’s bring incrementally more protection, but not even SPF 50 gets you to 100%. Re-applying rigorously with a lower SPF is just as protective as using a higher number less vigilantly.

And since SPF only refers to the protection against UVB rays, the FDA has taken its time developing new labeling guidelines for sunscreen manufacturers.

These products will soon be sporting a 4 star UVA rating (low, medium, high or highest), though the companies have a year to 18 months to implement the changes once put in place.

While you’re waiting, look for at least one of these UVA protective ingredients – avobenzone, oxybenzone, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, or ecamsule in any sun protection product you buy to help avoid UV skin damage.

To your good health,

Kirsten Whittaker
Daily Health Bulletin Editor

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A new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America finds that those with more education report better health than those with less education.

In every state, adults with less education are more likely to rate their health as less than very good, as opposed to those adults who’ve graduated from college.

The Commission looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau as well as Centers for Disease Control surveys done between 2005 and 2007 where over 174,000 adults from 25-74 rated their own health as either excellent, very good, good, fair or poor.

This is the first attempt at ranking U.S. states based on reports of health and education achieved.

According to the findings, the more education a person has, regardless of ethnicity or race, the more likely they were to report better health.

Overall, 45% of the survey respondents rated their health as less than very good, with those who hadn’t graduated from high school being 2.5 times more likely to be in less than very good health as were graduates from college.

High school graduates, who did not receive college education, are almost twice as likely to be in less than very good health as adults who had graduated from college.

Even a few years of education was enough to make a difference in how healthy a person believed themselves to be.

And though disparity in education level and reported health status exists in every state, there are some places where it’s particularly strong.

In Mississippi for example, 73% of high school dropouts reported their health as less than very good, while only 37% of the state’s college graduates did the same.

California is another state with a large gap in numbers between less and more educated citizens.

This report adds to the growing body of evidence that social factors (like education) do have an impact on health.

The Commission is convinced there’s more to staying healthy than focusing on health care. Education, income and other factors aside from things considered by traditional medicine may also help determine how healthy someone is, and how long they might live.

Less education often leads to fewer job opportunities, lower incomes and lots more financial stress.

What jobs there are less likely to offer health insurance, so less educated workers will naturally put off preventative care. Sick days in these jobs are more likely to be unpaid, so less educated workers force themselves to go in because they just can’t afford to stay home.

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And speaking of homes, those with less income have much more limited choices and may be forced to live in an unhealthy home or a neighborhood with more potential risks.

If you have more education your job prospects are probably better, the pay and benefits allowing for you to attend to your health, and the health of your children.

You get paid if you stay home sick. Your doctor may take you more seriously, and you’re better able to be your own advocate in terms of care and treatment options.

What’s more, you have many more choices in terms of where you live and how you live, your home is more apt to be well constructed and in a safe area.

The Commission has made a point to offer ten recommendations to Americans for improving their health that are based on two ideas, that people need to make healthier choices for themselves and their families, and society needs to remove obstacles and promote opportunities to help people make these types of choices.

Until these goals are reached, all of us will keep falling far below the level of good health we might have.

To your good health,

Kirsten Whittaker
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Consider this – you might be unknowingly interfering with your goal, even if your resolve to shed those extra pounds is rock solid.

This according to new research just seeing a healthy food option on a menu actually tempts you to chose a fattening food instead.

It doesn’t make sense, but according to researcher Gavan Fitzsimons, PhD a professor at Duke University who led the study, we’re all subject to what he calls “vicarious goal fulfillment”.

Before you dismiss the idea entirely, consider that while fast food places and vending machines have more healthy options than ever before, analysts point out that the sales of the fast food industry aren’t coming from those healthy items, but rather from the sales of calorie laden staples like burgers and fries.

We see the salad, but order the value meal instead.

This latest bit of research supports the idea that once we feel we’ve done something right, even if that’s just thinking about choosing a healthy option from a menu, we feel entitled to a reward.

“We’ve found that the presence of a healthy item leads people to choose the one that is the least healthy on the menu,” Fitzsimons tells online health resource WebMD.

“Just seeing the healthy item and considering it makes you feel you’ve done your duty. It’s crazy, but it’s human.”

Here’s how the team uncovered this bit of self-deception we feed ourselves.

Participants in a study who’d scored high on measures of self control and food were asked to choose a food from one of two menus with pictures.

Half of the subjects saw a menu with only unhealthy choices like fries, chicken nuggets and a baked potato loaded with butter and sour cream. The other half of the subjects saw the same menu, but with the addition of a side salad.

When the salad was a choice, some subjects did choose it, but many more of those most self disciplined participants selected an unhealthy option. Even more curious, the effect was strongest among those who normally have lots of self-control.

For whatever reason, consumers seem to have the tendency to ease off on the self control when something healthy is an option.

Its as if they feel the goal has been met just by seeing, and perhaps briefly considering, the visual. This appears to happen outside our conscious awareness.

In other variations of the study, participants also made unhealthy choices. Most choose a calorie laden bacon cheeseburger, chicken sandwich and fish sandwich over a healthier veggie burger. For desserts, they picked chocolate covered Oreos, original Oreos and golden Oreos against cookies labeled as only having a 100-calorie.

One thing that could help with vicarious goal fulfillment is to constantly remind yourself of your intentions.

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Anything that helps you stay in control and hold off on gratification will also be a plus for keeping you on track.

For some, wearing a rubber band on the wrist and snapping it before ordering keeps attention squarely in the present, making the unconscious less likely to take over.

“What [the study] shows is that adding one or two healthy items to a menu is essentially the worst thing you can do,” Fitzsimons says. “This is all brand new research, showing that much of what we do is happening outside our consciousness.”

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Love makes the world go around, keeps us together and may even be responsible for some incredible benefits to your body as well.

Not only lowered blood pressure and better stress management but fewer colds and shorter hospital stays.

Can it be true? It can, and there’s hard and fast science to back it up.

1) Married people make fewer visits to the doctor, and have shorter hospital stays than singles, this according to a review of studies by the Health and Human Services Department summarized in a June 2007 report.

2) Getting and staying married reduces depression in both men and women. Marriage also contributes to a decline in heavy drinking and drug abuse. This finding also comes from the June 2007 Health and Human Services Department report.

3) Happily married people had the best blood pressure readings, followed by singles. Unhappily married, as you might imagine, had the highest blood pressure according to a study appearing in the March 2008 Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

4) Loving, stable relationships provoke less activation of areas in the brain known to produce anxiety. Researchers at the University of New York at Stony Brook used functional MRI scans to evaluate areas of the brain and presented these findings at the 2008 Society for Neuroscience conference.

5) Loving, stable relationships make you less likely to complain of headaches or back pain. This too comes from the Stony Brook research, but holds even more weight because of a supportive CDC report on a study of more than 127,000 adults.

6) Social support, including loving relationships helps with stress management, making stressors easier to face.

7) Loving relationships can give the immune system a boost, making you less likely to get sick after exposure to a cold or flu virus. This according to research at Carnegie Melon University published in the November 2006 Psychosomatic Medicine.

The power of a positive relationship might help wounds heal as much as twice as fast as those of couples who are most hostile with each other. This comes from work in December 2005 out of Ohio State University Medical Center.

9) Married people live longer according to an ever-increasing body of work on the topic. Data from the National Health Interview Survey found those who’d never been married were 58% more likely to die younger than those who were married.

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10) Love is more important that money. Research has shown that while happiness might come from income to a point, in the end it’s the quality of family relationships that brings lasting satisfaction. This bit of wisdom is based on work appearing in the June 2008 issue of the Journal of Family Psychology and relies on data that tracked married couples for more than a decade.

“There is very nice evidence that people who participate in satisfying, long-term relationships fare better on a whole variety of health measures,” reports Harry Reis, PhD, the co editor of the Encyclopedia of Human Relationships.

A key distinction is the love we’re talking about here isn’t the intense, passionate, can’t-live-without-you type of relationship but rather a calmer, enduring more stable form of love. Let’s face it, while the other type might be exciting and vital for a while it’s almost impossible to maintain.

Reis also points out that while many of the studies referenced here focused on married couples, it is the quality of the relationship, whether traditional marriage or deep love for a partner, parent or friend that delivers benefits to your overall health.

Love is happiness as any relationship that brings a feeling of being connected to another person, one where you feel respected and valued for yourself can bring not only good feelings and a sense of belonging, but better health as well.

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Two studies involving researchers at Yale University and the University of Colorado at Boulder assessed how temperature affects feelings.

Warm physical contact has long been rated as important by psychologists, and with this in mind, co-authors John A. Bargh and Lawrence E. Williams decided to test the impact of physical warmth on the perceptions of adults.

Recent brain imaging studies have supported the idea that temperature has a power to trigger strong activity in the insular cortex.

With that in mind, the authors conducted the first experiment by having a research assistant (who was ignorant of the test being conducted) casually ask college age participants to hold either a warm coffee or an ice coffee during the elevator ride to the test site.

Once the subject arrived, they were given a packet of information and told to rate a hypothetical person.

Those who held the warm drink rated the pretend person as warmer than those who’d held the cold coffee drink.

It seems holding warmer things makes us view others more favorably… what’s more it might even make people more generous.

A second experiment involved subjects being asked to hold either a hot or cold therapeutic pad.

The participants thought they were evaluating the pads, but at the end of the “test” they were asked to choose a reward for themselves, or something for a friend.

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Those who’d held the warm pad were more likely to choose a reward for their pal.

This is really quite an amazing result, showing that if your hands are warmer you’re more likely to be open and receptive to others and do ‘good deeds’.

“It appears that the effect of physical temperature is not just on how we see others, it affects our own behavior as well,” says Bargh, professor of psychology at Yale University. “Physical warmth can make us see others as warmer people, but also cause us to be warmer – more generous and trusting – as well.”

Although it’s not clear why warmer hands give a person a warmer disposition, this is one old wives tale that has been well and truly busted!

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7. What’s causing my toenail fungus?
This rather embarrassing fungus is in truth athlete’s food that you’ve picked up from shared showers or borrowed shoes that’s spread into your toenails.

The fix? What works best is a prescription antifungal pill like Lamisil or Sporanox, but be warned: these treatments are only 70 to 80% effective at best and can have some nasty side effects.

What’s more, it can take nearly 18 months for the toenail to fully grow out. Now you know why it’s so important for you to wear those shower slippers at the gym!

A natural option to try is bathing the affected nails in hot water and epsom salts 2 – 3 times a day and try to avoid wearing socks and shoes were possible.

8. Why do my teeth look so dingy?
The dull, stained look comes from culprits like smoking and drinking dark beverages (coffee, tea, soda and red wine) that stain your teeth.

The fix? As with any stain, the longer it sits the harder it will be to remove… so keep going for those dental cleanings.

You can also lighten your teeth a few shades with lightening toothpaste with carbamide peroxide, but use it only once a day to avoid drying out your gums.

And while you might be tempted by the packaging… drugstore teeth lightening kits generally aren’t strong enough (nor are the trays fitted properly) to take your tooth color more than a few shades lighter.

If you need stronger stain removal, your dentist can bleach your teeth up to eight shades brighter with a concentrated peroxide gel administered with a laser (at a cost of $800 to $1,500), or by using a custom-fitted mouthpiece (at about $600 to $1,000) that you wear an hour a day for 10 days.

9. Why do I have stretch marks?
While you might blame your pregnancies or weight fluctuations (maybe even your mother) for your stretch marks, they are actually caused by hormonal changes that happen during normal growth spurts. When your skin stretches minimally or the stretched skin is thick, white marks are the result.

The fix? While there’s no treatment guaranteed to take away stretch marks, there are steps you can take that make them less visible.

Twice daily applications of over the counter Striae Stretch Mark Crème may help – in fact several studies have confirmed that it can reduce red or white marks in about four weeks.

You might also ask about laser therapy (at a cost of $450 to $700 per treatment) that can tone down the brightness of recently acquired red marks.

Microdermabrasion, at a cost of $50 to $150 per session, can also diminish the look of those marks.

10. Could there be an underlying cause for my excess facial hair?
If you find that you’re fighting new facial hair growth on a daily basis, or are sprouting lots of hairs on your chin, it’s time for a visit to your doctor.

Polycystic ovarian syndrome (a condition known to cause high levels of male hormones) or an adrenal gland problem could be to blame.

If you’re moderately hairy and touch up your upper lip or eyebrows once a month, you probably have nothing to worry about and your genetics to thank for the add on to your beauty routine.

The fix? Vaniqa is a new, odorless prescription cream that has just been approved by the FDA to decrease light to heavy hair growth anywhere on the face ($50 for a two-month supply).

Though it doesn’t give immediate results (keep using your regular hair-removal methods at first), the cream blocks one of the enzymes responsible for hair growth, gradually slowing it down as long as you continue to use the product.

For those who don’t respond to Vaniqa, six laser hair treatments (at a cost of $150 each) can significantly decrease hair growth for months, while monthly electrolysis sessions for up to a year (at a cost of $60 to $100 each) can get rid of hair permanently.

11. Why is my face so shiny?
If you’re loosing hair and have stopped getting your periods a hormone imbalance could be to blame… so see your doctor.

If this isn’t you, your skin may just be oversensitive to your male hormones (all women have them) and it is this that’s triggering the production of extra oil.

A too harsh cleaning regimen can also be responsible. Many dermatologists contend that alcohol-based toners and gritty scrubs can overdry and irritate your skin, making it produce extra oil to compensate.

The fix? Clean out the oil without overdrying your skin in the process.

In the morning, wash your face with an oil free lotion cleanser, then rub on an alcohol free toner. You can top this with an over the counter oil absorbing gel and touch up shiny spots during the day with blotting papers.

Repeat your morning cleansing routine, without the gel, just before bed.

If you’re still shining away, ask a dermatologist about Retin-A Micro, a less irritating cream created to treat acne, but that has also been proven effective against oiliness.

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12. What do I do about these warts on my hands?
To get warts you have to be genetically predisposed, and be exposed to an infected person. The culprit is the human papilloma virus.

The fix? Use a clean nail file to slough off the top layers of your warts to get rid of dead skin. Don’t use the file for anything else, or share it with anyone. Next rub on over-the-counter Occlusal HP – its highly concentrated salicylic acid dissolves warts.

If warts linger after several months, you can talk to your dermatologist about laser therapy and liquid nitrogen treatments. Even with treatment, warts can come back.

You should also know that you need to be careful when engaging in sexual activity – though it’s unlikely, hand warts can spread to your (or your partner’s) genitals.

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