Less stress, more beautiful

Stress ages us: Negative emotions, sleep deprivation and living at warp speed wear on our looks, especially our skin. Amy Wechsler, both a dermatologist and a psychiatrist, uses her expertise to untangle the psychological from the physical in her new book “The Mind-Beauty Connection” (Free Press). For example, she discusses how lack of sleep inhibits skin repair while exercise doesn’t hurt a bit. Read it for a practical, doable nine-day program for de-stressing skin.