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The minimum effective skincare routine for men
Three products, two minutes, twice a day. What a men's skincare routine actually needs to do, what it can drop, and how long before anything changes.
Read, 9 min - 02
Beard skin, what actually goes wrong underneath
Itch, flaking, spots along the jaw and that red patch under the chin. What is happening in the skin beneath a beard, and the routine that fixes it.
Read, 9 min - 03
Men's hair loss, what works and what does not
Male pattern hair loss, the two treatments with real evidence behind them, the ones with thin evidence, and the ones sold on nothing at all.
Read, 10 min - 04
Shaving irritation, the real causes
Razor burn, bumps, the sting after a close shave. The mechanical and chemical causes, and the changes that actually stop it.
Read, 9 min - 05
Sunscreen for men, why the resistance
Men use less sunscreen than women, apply less of it and reapply less often. The reasons are texture, ritual and a misread of risk, and all three are fixable.
Read, 9 min - 06
Sweat, odour and what actually controls it
Sweat has no smell. Bacteria produce it. The difference between antiperspirant and deodorant, what each ingredient does, and what to do when neither is enough.
Read, 9 min - 07
Ageing skin for men, what changes and when
What changes in the twenties, thirties, forties and beyond, which of it is intrinsic and which is sun, and what actually alters the trajectory.
Read, 10 min - 08
Grooming for darker skin tones, what differs
Pigmentation responds differently, hair curvature changes shaving entirely and scarring behaves differently. What actually changes, and what does not.
Read, 9 min
Shorter, sharper
All explainersThe explainers take a single mechanism and finish it. Start there if you want to understand one thing properly rather than a subject broadly.