FREE Skin Cancer Screening This Month!


Updated 08/22/08 1:28 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 3 comments

FREE Skin Cancer Screening This Month!

In recognition of Skin Cancer Awareness Month this May, Olay and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery have joined forces for the third year for "Skin Cancer Takes Friends." Skin Cancer Takes Friends is a nationwide free skin cancer screening program that encourages everyone to bring their friends to a participating dermasurgeon's office for a free skin cancer screening. What's even Read more

What to Expect When You're Getting a Skin Cancer Screening


Updated 05/03/12 3:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

What to Expect at a Skin Cancer Screening

We're happy to present this story from our friends at Allure: Nonmelanoma skin cancers may be slowly decreasing, but melanoma is on the rise — and it's the most common cancer for my age group (25- to 29-year-olds). Since this is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, I asked dermatologist Jeannette Graf, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City, to Read more

8 Bad Habits to Kick in Your 20s


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8 Bad Habits to Kick in Your 20s

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! We remember those days long ago — or not so long ago — when we thought the only thing standing between us and a great night out was a fake I.D., and the days when every hurt could be soothed with a new pair of shoes. Until now, we’d always chalked those notions up to our own youthful silliness, but it turns out we Read more

Jessica Simpson's BeautyMint Is Almost Here


Updated 11/01/11 12:31 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Jessica Simpson Launches BeautyMint With Nerida Joy

It's a busy time for Jessica Simpson, whose newest beauty endeavor, BeautyMint, is launching Oct. 31. Jessica is the face of the new skin care brand, which was created with the help of celebrity esthetician Nerida Joy. The concept is simple: after you fill out a short online questionnaire about your complexion issues and goals, BeautyMint delivers a customized skin care regimen. "The questions Read more

Get Naked With Your S.O. and Check Your Skin


Updated 10/20/11 3:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Michelle Monaghan and How to Prevent Skin Cancer

Fall weather might mean your skin is all covered up, but you still shouldn't neglect the largest organ in your body. Covering Health magazine, the actress from the new film Machine Gun Preacher, Michelle Monaghan, talks candidly about her brush with skin cancer: " . . . A few years ago I had a mole on the back of my calf, and he [husband, Peter White] was adamant that I get it checked. In Read more