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          As many women over age 40 will attest, skin cleansing, toning and moisturizing is an integral part of their morning and evening routines; whereas their spouses, male friends and relative seem to have made a lifelong habit of anti-skin care.

            I am talking about the armies of men whose ineffective shaving creams lead to razor bumps and cuts. I am referring to men who inexplicably choose to shed their dandruff (don’t they realize that they’re flaking all over the place?) at home and, worse in public, instead of remedying matters with anti-dandruff shampoo. My rant also includes scores of makes who reach retirement age without ever once remembering to apply sunblock or moisturizing a single square inch of their skin.

            I am married to a classic anti-skin care kind of fellow. He is a fine husband, a wonderful father – but still, he is a man whose haphazard approach (or should I say non-approach) to his scalp, face and body has helped foster a distinguished but weather-beaten appearance. And this appearance occasionally calls for dermatological intervention. A wife can only witness so many sunburns, razor bumps, flaking skin flurries and chapped lip incidents before taking matters into her own hands. This is the story of how following a simple regimen can remedy carious skin problems and make any man look and feel better from head to toe.