This special issue of SHAPE offers a 360-degree approach to healthier skin. Based on the latest research and interviews with some of the country’s top dermatologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, scientists, and more, it will help you pinpoint your own skin’s needs, explaining which skincare ingredients are worth it, how to help stressed-out skin, the best treatments for every skin tone, the latest way to heal acne, and new advice about hormones. You’ll also learn how to put together a minimal and effective skincare routine, which exercises help make skin look younger, why sweating is good for you, and how to eat and drink your way to a clearer and brighter complexion, from a smoothie recipe that makes skin glow to good news about chocolate. The issue also includes the 2022 Shape Skin Awards, featuring the year’s best skincare products and treatments chosen by a panel of 15 top skin experts and SHAPE beauty editors. Consider it your insider’s guide to what actually works.
The Science of Skin
Skin These Days • New brands, more product categories, just-discovered ingredients—there’s a lot to wrap your mind around. Here’s my advice.
The Skin Awards • Over the course of a few months, we interviewed 15 of the country’s leading skin experts to ask: What are the most impressive innovations right now? What are you turning to more than ever before? What actually works? They were generous with their knowledge and candid with their reviews. Based on the responses, we created this trustworthy resource of the best products and treatments of the year. Dive into the insights on these next 10 pages, plus a full gallery of the winners at the end.
Skin-Care Ingredients 101 • Beauty buzzwords can make your head spin. But certain ones stand the test of time for good reason: They’re research-backed and expert-approved. This guide spotlights the top must-know ingredients, explaining what they are and how to best incorporate them into your routine.
Embracing Skinimalism • Doing the most for your skin isn’t necessary—and it may even be introducing new problems. Here’s why a low-key regimen could be just the thing your complexion has been missing.
The Hormone Factor • You probably knew they triggered acne outbreaks, but hormones play a role in skin aging, too. Thankfully, a new crop of products is offering help on both fronts.
Your Clear-Skin Plan • Blemish busting, zit zapping, and acne fighting are all wrong. Here’s why babying your skin works much better than battling it.
What Pro Treatments Can Do Now • The way top aesthetic experts think about lasers, injectables, energy devices, and more has completely changed. Ahead, the positive ways that can help you.
Health Moves that Make You Glow • To increase your skin’s radiance, what you put in your body is as important as what you put on it. Here’s how to foster the beauty-body connection.
How Inflammation Ages You • It has a sneaky way of making skin look older than it should. A new routine can counteract its effect and restore a youthful glow.
New Ways to Sleep More Soundly • Too stressed to rest? Here’s how to tune out the worries and wake up feeling—and looking—refreshed and recharged.
Mind Tricks for Great Skin • A clearer, smoother, brighter complexion is partly in your head, mental health experts say. You can train your brain toforge a beautiful, healthy face.
The New Science of Skin Cancer • There’s a lot you can do in addition to applying sunscreen that will safeguard your skin. Here, the most cutting-edge advances.
Can Exercise Make Your Skin Look Younger? • New research says yes. Learn how your workout can reverse aging and double as your most potent beauty treatment.
Sweat Is Good for You • With each glistening drop, your body is benefiting both inside and out. The latest science...
