Grown woman that I am now, increasingly low on fucks to give, I breezily dismissed this tinge the other day, reminding myself that I am a 48-year-old lady and there’s nothing wrong with being Seen In Public Buying Sanitary Products!!!!!! But. I also knew that my next stop (after the giant Advil) would be to … Read more
Welcome to Doing It, a column where sex educator Varuna Srinivasan explores the deep connections between sex and emotions. This month, they speak with experts and people living with vaginismus about the realities of living with this under-researched condition. The vagina is a remarkable organ. It connects the uterus to the outside of the body. … Read more
While operating on Ozempic patients, Dr. Few started to notice a trend: The skin quality of someone on a GLP-1 was reminding him of an “old, overused rubber band.” Mark Mofid, MD, a board-certified facial plastic surgeon in San Diego and La Jolla, makes a similar comparison—it’s like the elastic waistband on a pair of … Read more
However, that was far from the reality. The discomfort I felt during the insertion process of the IUD was worse than when my son was actually descending into my birth canal. I had discussed with the doctor who performed the in-office procedure my pain tolerance levels and she was confident that I would feel nothing … Read more
Welcome to Shelf Life, where Olympians are breaking down the beauty routines carrying them through the 2024 Paris Games. Today, beach volleyball player Sara Hughes reveals all the ways she’s battling sweat and sand, including her favorite anti-chafe stick, the drugstore hairspray that keeps her ponytail intact, and the facial sunscreen that lasts for entire … Read more
In fact, yoga nidra precedes the trend by about some five thousand plus years. Sri Dharma Mittra, a guru in Lower Manhattan who has practiced for six decades, thinks it probably even precedes yoga. “Many people in the past knew that in order to restore our bodies, in order to go into healing, we have … Read more
Allure: Is there a beauty trend that you wish would go away? Bueckers: That’s so hard because everybody has their own things that they love to do. And personally I might not do it, but it’s their thing. Just like some people would not dye their hair pink, but I do. That’s how I express … Read more
At the same time, many white barbers are not trained in the basics of Black grooming, such as knowing which razors are suitable to use to prevent common concerns specific to textured hair, like ingrowns. In the event that a Black person is unable to see their regular barber, things can get tricky — especially … Read more
Despite the personal flair she brings to the track (see her custom bedazzled Nikes), Mu describes herself as “low maintenance.” She’s loyal to a few no-nonsense drugstore brands and has only visited a hair salon once in her life. Months ago, as she prepared for the Olympic trials from “desert-y” Los Angeles, Mu got granular … Read more
An enormous facade featuring the gaping mouths of happy, probably veneered patients flanks a double-doored entrance. Inside, a waiting room and treatment booths are arranged beneath an unfinished ceiling but also a chandelier raining down black and white pearls. Dr. T explains that it’s vestigial; the space formerly housed a bead store. “I love to … Read more
