How to Wash Your Face: America's Leading Dermatologist Reveals the Essential Secrets for Youthful, Radiant Skin

A whole book about washing your face? Actually, it isn't. This book should have been titled How to Understand Your Skin and Make It Look Better, Whatever Your Skin Type or Age, because it covers so much more than how to cleanse your face. Barney Kenet, a leading dermatologist and author of Saving Your Skin, explains how skin works (it's more than "wrapping paper") and changes, and what you can do to look and feel better. Some tips are very simple--stop washing so much. (The average woman showers for 12 minutes--cut that to 5.) Others take more effort. You answer some questions to develop your personal skin profile, then get an array of practical tips for your profile. Kenet isn't timid about telling you which brand-name cleansers, moisturizers, makeup, and other products work best for different types of skin, and which are not recommended. The book also gives tips for hair. Frequent stories of Kenet's patients lend human interest. This is a fine resource for women and men who want to improve their skin, not just wash it. --Joan Price