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For men, personal grooming requires more
than a shower and shave to look one’s best

MORE MEN are joining women in personal grooming and
skincare. They are realizing that it takes more than a

shower and shave to look their best.

Men’s skin is different from
women’s.

It is thicker, more resilient, and
has a higher rate of oi! secretion.
This doesn’t mean, however, that
non-scented women’s soaps,
moisturizers and toners are not
perfectly adequate for a man’s
complexion as well.

Here are some tips on how to
care for male skin.

If the soap you're using leaves
your face feeling tight, try one
labelled ‘‘mild’’ or ‘‘for oily to

By Carol Crenna
Contributing Writer

normal skin.’’ Oatmeal and honey
combination soaps or others with
natural ingredicnts help leave skin
feeling soft.

Wash your face before shaving,
since the warm water helps to
soften your beard. Washing after
shaving’ may disrupt the skin’s
acidity,

A man's daily shave acts as an

exfoliator of dead skin cells, so a
facial scrub in those areas is not
necessary. However, shaving is
also a major cause of skin irrita-
tion, so shave creams and after-
shave creams containing soothing,
healing ingredients (the more nat-
ural the better) should be used.

Some shaving creams contain
topical anesthetics, temporarily
affecting the nerves around the
area, hiding the pain, rather than
alleviating it.

Many shaving foams, such as
those in aerosol cans, can have
high perfume levels and aerosol

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